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91_SB0804enr SB804 Enrolled LRB9102910DHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing 2 Section 10-4-2. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 6 changing Section 10-4-2 as follows: 7 (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-2) 8 Sec. 10-4-2. Group insurance. 9 (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality may 10 arrange to provide, for the benefit of employees of the 11 municipality, group life, health, accident, hospital, and 12 medical insurance, or any one or any combination of those 13 types of insurance, and may arrange to provide that insurance 14 for the benefit of the spouses or dependents of those 15 employees. The insurance may include provision for employees 16 or other insured persons who rely on treatment by prayer or 17 spiritual means alone for healing in accordance with the 18 tenets and practice of a well recognized religious 19 denomination. The corporate authorities may provide for 20 payment by the municipality of a portion of the premium or 21 charge for the insurance with the employee paying the balance 22 of the premium or charge. If the corporate authorities 23 undertake a plan under which the municipality pays a portion 24 of the premium or charge, the corporate authorities shall 25 provide for withholding and deducting from the compensation 26 of those municipal employees who consent to join the plan the 27 balance of the premium or charge for the insurance. 28 (b) If the corporate authorities do not provide for a 29 plan under which the municipality pays a portion of the 30 premium or charge for a group insurance plan, the corporate 31 authorities may provide for withholding and deducting from SB804 Enrolled -2- LRB9102910DHmg 1 the compensation of those employees who consent thereto the 2 premium or charge for any group life, health, accident, 3 hospital, and medical insurance. 4 (c) The corporate authorities may exercise the powers 5 granted in this Section only if the kinds of group insurance 6 are obtained from an insurance company authorized to do 7 business in the State of Illinois, or are obtained through an 8 intergovernmental joint self-insurance pool as authorized 9 under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. The corporate 10 authorities may enact an ordinance prescribing the method of 11 operation of the insurance program. 12 (d) If a municipality, including a home rule 13 municipality, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing 14 health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance 15 coverage shall include screening by low-dose mammography for 16 all women 35 years of age or older for the presence of occult 17 breast cancer unless the municipality elects to provide 18 mammograms itself under Section 10-4-2.1. The coverage shall 19 be as follows: 20 (1) A baseline mammogram for women 35 to 39 years 21 of age. 22 (2) An annual mammogram for women 40 years of age 23 or older. 24 Those benefits shall be at least as favorable as for 25 other radiological examinations and subject to the same 26 dollar limits, deductibles, and co-insurance factors. For 27 purposes of this subsection, "low-dose mammography" means the 28 x-ray examination of the breast using equipment dedicated 29 specifically for mammography, including the x-ray tube, 30 filter, compression device, screens, and image receptors, 31 with an average radiation exposure delivery of less than one 32 rad mid-breast, with 2 views for each breast. The requirement 33 that mammograms be included in health insurance coverage as 34 provided in this subsection (d) is an exclusive power and SB804 Enrolled -3- LRB9102910DHmg 1 function of the State and is a denial and limitation under 2 Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois 3 Constitution of home rule municipality powers. A home rule 4 municipality to which this subsection applies must comply 5 with every provision of this subsection. 6 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97.)