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90_HB1881sam002

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1881
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1881,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    in  the  body  of  Section  5  of  the  bill, in Sec. 6.9, by
 4    replacing  "Insurance  Code."  with  "Insurance  Code.    The
 5    program   of  health  benefits  shall  provide  the  coverage
 6    required under Section 356u of the Illinois Insurance Code.";
 7    and
 8    in the body of Section 15 of the bill, in Sec.  5-1069.3,  by
 9    replacing   "356t   of  the  Illinois  Insurance  Code.   The
10    requirement that post-mastectomy care"  with  "356t  and  the
11    coverage   required   under  Section  356u  of  the  Illinois
12    Insurance Code.  The requirement that health benefits"; and
13    in the body of Section 20 of the bill, in Sec.  10-4-2.3,  by
14    replacing   "356t   of  the  Illinois  Insurance  Code.   The
15    requirement that post-mastectomy  care  with  "356t  and  the
16    coverage   required   under  Section  356u  of  the  Illinois
17    Insurance Code.  The requirement that health benefits"; and
18    in the body of Section 25 of the bill, in Sec.  10-22.3f,  by
19    replacing  "356t"  with "356t and the coverage required under
20    Section 356u"; and
21    in the introductory clause to  Section  30  of  the  bill  by
22    replacing "Section 356t" with "Sections 356t and 356u"; and
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 1    in   the  body  of  Section  30  of  the  bill  by  inserting
 2    immediately below the last line of Sec. 356t the following:
 3        "(215 ILCS 5/356u new)
 4        Sec.  356u.   Pap  tests  and  prostate-specific  antigen
 5    tests.
 6        (a)  A group policy of accident and health insurance that
 7    provides  coverage  for  hospital  or  medical  treatment  or
 8    services for illness on  an  expense-incurred  basis  and  is
 9    amended,  delivered,  issued,  or renewed after the effective
10    date of this amendatory Act of 1997  shall  provide  coverage
11    for all of the following:
12             (1)  An  annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for
13        female insureds.
14             (2)  An annual  digital  rectal  examination  and  a
15        prostate-specific  antigen  test,  for male insureds upon
16        the recommendation of a physician  licensed  to  practice
17        medicine in all its branches for:
18                  (A)  asymptomatic men age 50 and over;
19                  (B)  African-American men age 40 and over; and
20                  (C)  men  age 40 and over with a family history
21             of prostate cancer.
22        (b)  This  Section  shall  not   apply   to   agreements,
23    contracts,  or policies that provide coverage for a specified
24    disease or other limited benefit coverage."; and
25    in the body of Section 35 of the  bill,  in  Sec.  4-6.5,  by
26    changing "Section 356t" to "Sections 356t and 356u"; and
27    in  the  body  of  Section  40  of  the  bill, in Sec. 10, by
28    changing "356t" to "356t, 356u"; and
29    in the body of Section 45 of the bill,  in  Sec.  5-16.8,  by
30    replacing  "356t"  with "356t and the coverage required under
31    Section 356u".

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