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Public Act 094-0122
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LRB094 08108 LJB 38293 b |
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AN ACT concerning insurance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
changing Section 356u as follows:
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(215 ILCS 5/356u)
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Sec. 356u. Pap tests and prostate-specific antigen tests.
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(a) A group policy of accident and health insurance that |
provides coverage
for hospital or medical treatment or services |
for illness on an
expense-incurred basis and is amended, |
delivered, issued, or renewed after the
effective date of this |
amendatory Act of 1997 shall provide coverage for all of
the
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following:
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(1) An annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for |
female insureds.
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(2) An annual digital rectal examination and a |
prostate-specific
antigen test, for male insureds upon the |
recommendation of a physician licensed
to practice |
medicine in all its branches for:
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(A) asymptomatic men age 50 and over;
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(B) African-American men age 40 and over; and
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(C) men age 40 and over with a family history of |
prostate cancer.
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(3) Surveillance tests for ovarian cancer for female |
insureds who are at risk for ovarian cancer. |
(b) This Section shall not apply to agreements, contracts, |
or policies that
provide coverage for a specified disease or |
other limited benefit coverage.
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(c) For the purposes of this Section: |
"At risk for ovarian cancer" means: |
(1) having a family history (i) with one or more |
first-degree relatives with ovarian cancer, (ii) of |