92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB4220
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House Sponsors:
PANKAU.

Senate Sponsors:
WALSH,T

Short description: 
INS HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN CARE                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient  Rights  Act  and  the      
   Illinois  Insurance  Code.  Prohibits health care plans from requiring      
   enrollees to utilize the services of  a  physician  other  than  their      
   attending  physician without the agreement of the enrollee's attending      
   physician.                                                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides that a health care plan may not require substitution  of      
   an  enrollee's  participating  primary  care  physician,  rather  than      
   attending physician, during an in-patient hospitalization.                  
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          215 ILCS 5/155.36                                                    
          215 ILCS 5/370s                                                      
          215 ILCS 5/511.118                                                   
        Removes provisions requiring  notice  to  prospective  enrollees.      
   Removes  provisions  subjecting insurance companies and certain health      
   plan administrators to the provisions of the bill.                          
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0770

   Last action date: AUG-06-2002

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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