(215 ILCS 5/356h) (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)
Sec. 356h.
No individual or group policy of accident and health
insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or children, as well
as covering the insured, shall exclude a child from coverage or limit
coverage for a child solely because the child is an adopted child, or
solely because the child does not reside with the insured. For purposes of
this Section, a child who is in the custody of the insured, pursuant to an
interim court order of adoption or, in the case of group insurance, placement
of adoption, whichever comes first, vesting temporary care of the child in
the
insured, is an adopted child, regardless of whether a final order granting
adoption is ultimately issued.
(Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)
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