HB5454 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 25350 BMS 34629 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5454

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Fred Crespo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for testing for the detection or the diagnosis of COVID-19 without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement or a prior authorization requirement on the coverage provided if the purpose of the testing is for individualized diagnosis or treatment of COVID-19, in accordance with the requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Provides that a testing site that provides services for testing for the detection or the diagnosis of COVID-19 shall collect accident and health insurance information from patients.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 356z.53 as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new)

Sec. 356z.53. Coverage for COVID-19 diagnostic testing.

(a) A group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall provide coverage for testing for the detection or the diagnosis of COVID-19 without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement or a prior authorization requirement on the coverage provided if the purpose of the testing is for individualized diagnosis or treatment of COVID-19, in accordance with the requirements of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

(b) A testing site that provides services for testing for the detection or the diagnosis of COVID-19 shall collect accident and health insurance information from patients.