(820 ILCS 45/0.01) (from Ch. 73, par. 1350)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Health Insurance Claim Filing Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
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(820 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1351)
Sec. 1.
It is the public policy of this State to encourage employers
to obtain group health insurance coverage or otherwise provide for or
furnish medical or health care services for their employees
and to encourage employees to exercise their rights and privileges under
such policies or contracts of insurance or other plans or arrangements
for providing for payment of or furnishing medical or health care services.
(Source: P.A. 85-930.)
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(820 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1352)
Sec. 2.
No employer who makes available to employees
group health insurance coverage or otherwise provides for payment of or
furnishes medical or health care services under a group health insurance
policy or contract, non-profit health care service plan contract, health
maintenance organization or other subscriber contract, or any other health
care plan or arrangement which pays for or furnishes medical or health care
services by a provider of such services, whether by insurance or not, shall
discharge an employee where the basis for such discharge is retaliation for
the filing of a legitimate claim or the actual use or receipt of medical or
health care services by an employee under such insurance policy or contract,
or any other health care plan or arrangement, whether insurance or not.
(Source: P.A. 85-930.)
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