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215 ILCS 5/155.48

    (215 ILCS 5/155.48)
    Sec. 155.48. Prohibited practices relating to prescription for or obtainment of opioid antagonist.

(a) As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" means any drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or otherwise inhibits the effects of opioids acting on those receptors to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

(b) A company authorized to transact life insurance in this State may not, based solely on whether an individual has been prescribed or has obtained through a standing order an opioid antagonist:

(1) deny coverage to the individual;
(2) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage

available to the individual; or

(3) charge the individual or a group to which the

individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for the same coverage, unless the charge is based on sound underwriting or actuarial principles reasonably related to actual or anticipated loss experience for a particular risk.

(Source: P.A. 102-107, eff. 1-1-22.)