96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3210

 

Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 105/1.1   from Ch. 73, par. 1301.1
215 ILCS 105/2   from Ch. 73, par. 1302
215 ILCS 105/4   from Ch. 73, par. 1304
215 ILCS 105/7   from Ch. 73, par. 1307
215 ILCS 105/12   from Ch. 73, par. 1312

    Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Deletes language that provides that the State may subsidize the cost of health insurance coverage offered by the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan. Makes changes to the definition of "dependent". In the provisions concerning powers and authority of the board and eligibility, changes references of "appropriated funds" to "assessments". Deletes language that provides that any deficit incurred or expected to be incurred on behalf of eligible persons who qualify for plan coverage shall be recouped by an appropriation made by the General Assembly. Makes technical changes to update Section numbering. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 1.1, 2, 4, 7, and 12 as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 105/1.1)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1301.1)
7     Sec. 1.1. The General Assembly hereby makes the following
8 findings and declarations:
9     (a) The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan is established
10 as a State program that is intended to provide an alternate
11 market for health insurance for certain uninsurable Illinois
12 residents, and further is intended to provide an acceptable
13 alternative mechanism as described in the federal Health
14 Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for
15 providing portable and accessible individual health insurance
16 coverage for federally eligible individuals as defined in this
17 Act.
18     (b) The State of Illinois may subsidize the cost of health
19 insurance coverage offered by the Plan. However, since the
20 State has only a limited amount of resources, the General
21 Assembly declares that it intends for this program to provide
22 portable and accessible individual health insurance coverage
23 for every federally eligible individual who qualifies for

 

 

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1 coverage in accordance with Section 14.05 15 of this Act, but
2 does not intend for every eligible person who qualifies for
3 Plan coverage in accordance with Section 7 of this Act to be
4 guaranteed a right to be issued a policy under this Plan as a
5 matter of entitlement.
6     (c) The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Board shall
7 operate the Plan in a manner so that the estimated cost of the
8 program during any fiscal year will not exceed the total income
9 it expects to receive from policy premiums, investment income,
10 assessments, or fees collected or received by the Board and
11 other funds which are made available from appropriations for
12 the Plan by the General Assembly for that fiscal year.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-30, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
14     (215 ILCS 105/2)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1302)
15     Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
16 context otherwise requires:
17     "Plan administrator" means the insurer or third party
18 administrator designated under Section 5 of this Act.
19     "Benefits plan" means the coverage to be offered by the
20 Plan to eligible persons and federally eligible individuals
21 pursuant to this Act.
22     "Board" means the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance
23 Board.
24     "Church plan" has the same meaning given that term in the
25 federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of

 

 

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1 1996.
2     "Continuation coverage" means continuation of coverage
3 under a group health plan or other health insurance coverage
4 for former employees or dependents of former employees that
5 would otherwise have terminated under the terms of that
6 coverage pursuant to any continuation provisions under federal
7 or State law, including the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
8 Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), as amended, Sections 367.2,
9 367e, and 367e.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code, or any other
10 similar requirement in another State.
11     "Covered person" means a person who is and continues to
12 remain eligible for Plan coverage and is covered under one of
13 the benefit plans offered by the Plan.
14     "Creditable coverage" means, with respect to a federally
15 eligible individual, coverage of the individual under any of
16 the following:
17         (A) A group health plan.
18         (B) Health insurance coverage (including group health
19     insurance coverage).
20         (C) Medicare.
21         (D) Medical assistance.
22         (E) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code.
23         (F) A medical care program of the Indian Health Service
24     or of a tribal organization.
25         (G) A state health benefits risk pool.
26         (H) A health plan offered under Chapter 89 of title 5,

 

 

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1     United States Code.
2         (I) A public health plan (as defined in regulations
3     consistent with Section 104 of the Health Care Portability
4     and Accountability Act of 1996 that may be promulgated by
5     the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
6     Services).
7         (J) A health benefit plan under Section 5(e) of the
8     Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(e)).
9         (K) Any other qualifying coverage required by the
10     federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
11     Act of 1996, as it may be amended, or regulations under
12     that Act.
13     "Creditable coverage" does not include coverage consisting
14 solely of coverage of excepted benefits, as defined in Section
15 2791(c) of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42
16 U.S.C. 300 gg-91), nor does it include any period of coverage
17 under any of items (A) through (K) that occurred before a break
18 of more than 90 days or, if the individual has been certified
19 as eligible pursuant to the federal Trade Act of 2002, a break
20 of more than 63 days during all of which the individual was not
21 covered under any of items (A) through (K) above.
22     Any period that an individual is in a waiting period for
23 any coverage under a group health plan (or for group health
24 insurance coverage) or is in an affiliation period under the
25 terms of health insurance coverage offered by a health
26 maintenance organization shall not be taken into account in

 

 

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1 determining if there has been a break of more than 90 days in
2 any creditable coverage.
3     "Department" means the Illinois Department of Insurance.
4     "Dependent" means an Illinois resident: who is a spouse; or
5 who is an claimed as a dependent by the principal insured for
6 purposes of filing a federal income tax return and resides in
7 the principal insured's household, and is a resident unmarried
8 child under the age of 26 19 years; or who is an unmarried
9 child who also is a full-time student under the age of 23 years
10 and who is financially dependent upon the principal insured; or
11 who is an unmarried child under the age of 30 years if the
12 child (i) is an Illinois resident, (ii) served as a member of
13 the active or reserve components of any of the branches of the
14 Armed Forces of the United States, and (iii) has received a
15 release or discharge other than a dishonorable discharge; or
16 who is a child of any age and who is disabled and financially
17 dependent upon the principal insured.
18     "Direct Illinois premiums" means, for Illinois business,
19 an insurer's direct premium income for the kinds of business
20 described in clause (b) of Class 1 or clause (a) of Class 2 of
21 Section 4 of the Illinois Insurance Code, and direct premium
22 income of a health maintenance organization or a voluntary
23 health services plan, except it shall not include credit health
24 insurance as defined in Article IX 1/2 of the Illinois
25 Insurance Code.
26     "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of

 

 

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1 Insurance.
2     "Effective date of medical assistance" means the date that
3 eligibility for medical assistance for a person is approved by
4 the Department of Human Services or the Department of
5 Healthcare and Family Services, except when the Department of
6 Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family
7 Services determines eligibility retroactively. In such
8 circumstances, the effective date of the medical assistance is
9 the date the Department of Human Services or the Department of
10 Healthcare and Family Services determines the person to be
11 eligible for medical assistance.
12     "Eligible person" means a resident of this State who
13 qualifies for Plan coverage under Section 7 of this Act.
14     "Employee" means a resident of this State who is employed
15 by an employer or has entered into the employment of or works
16 under contract or service of an employer including the
17 officers, managers and employees of subsidiary or affiliated
18 corporations and the individual proprietors, partners and
19 employees of affiliated individuals and firms when the business
20 of the subsidiary or affiliated corporations, firms or
21 individuals is controlled by a common employer through stock
22 ownership, contract, or otherwise.
23     "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association,
24 corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons
25 acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in
26 relation to an employee, for which one or more persons is

 

 

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1 gainfully employed.
2     "Family" coverage means the coverage provided by the Plan
3 for the covered person and his or her eligible dependents who
4 also are covered persons.
5     "Federally eligible individual" means an individual
6 resident of this State:
7         (1)(A) for whom, as of the date on which the individual
8     seeks Plan coverage under Section 14.05 15 of this Act, the
9     aggregate of the periods of creditable coverage is 18 or
10     more months or, if the individual has been certified as
11     eligible pursuant to the federal Trade Act of 2002, 3 or
12     more months, and (B) whose most recent prior creditable
13     coverage was under group health insurance coverage offered
14     by a health insurance issuer, a group health plan, a
15     governmental plan, or a church plan (or health insurance
16     coverage offered in connection with any such plans) or any
17     other type of creditable coverage that may be required by
18     the federal Health Insurance Portability and
19     Accountability Act of 1996, as it may be amended, or the
20     regulations under that Act;
21         (2) who is not eligible for coverage under (A) a group
22     health plan (other than an individual who has been
23     certified as eligible pursuant to the federal Trade Act of
24     2002), (B) part A or part B of Medicare due to age (other
25     than an individual who has been certified as eligible
26     pursuant to the federal Trade Act of 2002), or (C) medical

 

 

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1     assistance, and does not have other health insurance
2     coverage (other than an individual who has been certified
3     as eligible pursuant to the federal Trade Act of 2002);
4         (3) with respect to whom (other than an individual who
5     has been certified as eligible pursuant to the federal
6     Trade Act of 2002) the most recent coverage within the
7     coverage period described in paragraph (1)(A) of this
8     definition was not terminated based upon a factor relating
9     to nonpayment of premiums or fraud;
10         (4) if the individual (other than an individual who has
11     been certified as eligible pursuant to the federal Trade
12     Act of 2002) had been offered the option of continuation
13     coverage under a COBRA continuation provision or under a
14     similar State program, who elected such coverage; and
15         (5) who, if the individual elected such continuation
16     coverage, has exhausted such continuation coverage under
17     such provision or program.
18     However, an individual who has been certified as eligible
19 pursuant to the federal Trade Act of 2002 shall not be required
20 to elect continuation coverage under a COBRA continuation
21 provision or under a similar state program.
22     "Group health insurance coverage" means, in connection
23 with a group health plan, health insurance coverage offered in
24 connection with that plan.
25     "Group health plan" has the same meaning given that term in
26 the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

 

 

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1 Act of 1996.
2     "Governmental plan" has the same meaning given that term in
3 the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
4 Act of 1996.
5     "Health insurance coverage" means benefits consisting of
6 medical care (provided directly, through insurance or
7 reimbursement, or otherwise and including items and services
8 paid for as medical care) under any hospital and medical
9 expense-incurred policy, certificate, or contract provided by
10 an insurer, non-profit health care service plan contract,
11 health maintenance organization or other subscriber contract,
12 or any other health care plan or arrangement that pays for or
13 furnishes medical or health care services whether by insurance
14 or otherwise. Health insurance coverage shall not include short
15 term, accident only, disability income, hospital confinement
16 or fixed indemnity, dental only, vision only, limited benefit,
17 or credit insurance, coverage issued as a supplement to
18 liability insurance, insurance arising out of a workers'
19 compensation or similar law, automobile medical-payment
20 insurance, or insurance under which benefits are payable with
21 or without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to
22 be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent
23 self-insurance.
24     "Health insurance issuer" means an insurance company,
25 insurance service, or insurance organization (including a
26 health maintenance organization and a voluntary health

 

 

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1 services plan) that is authorized to transact health insurance
2 business in this State. Such term does not include a group
3 health plan.
4     "Health Maintenance Organization" means an organization as
5 defined in the Health Maintenance Organization Act.
6     "Hospice" means a program as defined in and licensed under
7 the Hospice Program Licensing Act.
8     "Hospital" means a duly licensed institution as defined in
9 the Hospital Licensing Act, an institution that meets all
10 comparable conditions and requirements in effect in the state
11 in which it is located, or the University of Illinois Hospital
12 as defined in the University of Illinois Hospital Act.
13     "Individual health insurance coverage" means health
14 insurance coverage offered to individuals in the individual
15 market, but does not include short-term, limited-duration
16 insurance.
17     "Insured" means any individual resident of this State who
18 is eligible to receive benefits from any insurer (including
19 health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group
20 health plan) or health insurance issuer as defined in this
21 Section.
22     "Insurer" means any insurance company authorized to
23 transact health insurance business in this State and any
24 corporation that provides medical services and is organized
25 under the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act or the Health
26 Maintenance Organization Act.

 

 

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1     "Medical assistance" means the State medical assistance or
2 medical assistance no grant (MANG) programs provided under
3 Title XIX of the Social Security Act and Articles V (Medical
4 Assistance) and VI (General Assistance) of the Illinois Public
5 Aid Code (or any successor program) or under any similar
6 program of health care benefits in a state other than Illinois.
7     "Medically necessary" means that a service, drug, or supply
8 is necessary and appropriate for the diagnosis or treatment of
9 an illness or injury in accord with generally accepted
10 standards of medical practice at the time the service, drug, or
11 supply is provided. When specifically applied to a confinement
12 it further means that the diagnosis or treatment of the covered
13 person's medical symptoms or condition cannot be safely
14 provided to that person as an outpatient. A service, drug, or
15 supply shall not be medically necessary if it: (i) is
16 investigational, experimental, or for research purposes; or
17 (ii) is provided solely for the convenience of the patient, the
18 patient's family, physician, hospital, or any other provider;
19 or (iii) exceeds in scope, duration, or intensity that level of
20 care that is needed to provide safe, adequate, and appropriate
21 diagnosis or treatment; or (iv) could have been omitted without
22 adversely affecting the covered person's condition or the
23 quality of medical care; or (v) involves the use of a medical
24 device, drug, or substance not formally approved by the United
25 States Food and Drug Administration.
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1 services rendered by a physician or other specified provider
2 during a professional visit for treatment of an illness or
3 injury.
4     "Medicare" means coverage under both Part A and Part B of
5 Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395, et
6 seq.
7     "Minimum premium plan" means an arrangement whereby a
8 specified amount of health care claims is self-funded, but the
9 insurance company assumes the risk that claims will exceed that
10 amount.
11     "Participating transplant center" means a hospital
12 designated by the Board as a preferred or exclusive provider of
13 services for one or more specified human organ or tissue
14 transplants for which the hospital has signed an agreement with
15 the Board to accept a transplant payment allowance for all
16 expenses related to the transplant during a transplant benefit
17 period.
18     "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine
19 pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
20     "Plan" means the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
21 established by this Act.
22     "Plan of operation" means the plan of operation of the
23 Plan, including articles, bylaws and operating rules, adopted
24 by the board pursuant to this Act.
25     "Provider" means any hospital, skilled nursing facility,
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1 acting within the scope of that registration, or any other
2 person or entity licensed in Illinois to furnish medical care.
3     "Qualified high risk pool" has the same meaning given that
4 term in the federal Health Insurance Portability and
5 Accountability Act of 1996.
6     "Resident" means a person who is and continues to be
7 legally domiciled and physically residing on a permanent and
8 full-time basis in a place of permanent habitation in this
9 State that remains that person's principal residence and from
10 which that person is absent only for temporary or transitory
11 purpose.
12     "Skilled nursing facility" means a facility or that portion
13 of a facility that is licensed by the Illinois Department of
14 Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act or a comparable
15 licensing authority in another state to provide skilled nursing
16 care.
17     "Stop-loss coverage" means an arrangement whereby an
18 insurer insures against the risk that any one claim will exceed
19 a specific dollar amount or that the entire loss of a
20 self-insurance plan will exceed a specific amount.
21     "Third party administrator" means an administrator as
22 defined in Section 511.101 of the Illinois Insurance Code who
23 is licensed under Article XXXI 1/4 of that Code.
24 (Source: P.A. 95-965, eff. 9-23-08.)
 
25     (215 ILCS 105/4)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1304)

 

 

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1     Sec. 4. Powers and authority of the board. The board shall
2 have the general powers and authority granted under the laws of
3 this State to insurance companies licensed to transact health
4 and accident insurance and in addition thereto, the specific
5 authority to:
6     a. Enter into contracts as are necessary or proper to carry
7 out the provisions and purposes of this Act, including the
8 authority, with the approval of the Director, to enter into
9 contracts with similar plans of other states for the joint
10 performance of common administrative functions, or with
11 persons or other organizations for the performance of
12 administrative functions including, without limitation,
13 utilization review and quality assurance programs, or with
14 health maintenance organizations or preferred provider
15 organizations for the provision of health care services.
16     b. Sue or be sued, including taking any legal actions
17 necessary or proper.
18     c. Take such legal action as necessary to:
19         (1) avoid the payment of improper claims against the
20     plan or the coverage provided by or through the plan;
21         (2) to recover any amounts erroneously or improperly
22     paid by the plan;
23         (3) to recover any amounts paid by the plan as a result
24     of a mistake of fact or law; or
25         (4) to recover or collect any other amounts, including
26     assessments, that are due or owed the Plan or have been

 

 

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1     billed on its or the Plan's behalf.
2     d. Establish appropriate rates, rate schedules, rate
3 adjustments, expense allowances, agents' referral fees, claim
4 reserves, and formulas and any other actuarial function
5 appropriate to the operation of the plan. Rates and rate
6 schedules may be adjusted for appropriate risk factors such as
7 age and area variation in claim costs and shall take into
8 consideration appropriate risk factors in accordance with
9 established actuarial and underwriting practices.
10     e. Issue policies of insurance in accordance with the
11 requirements of this Act.
12     f. Appoint appropriate legal, actuarial and other
13 committees as necessary to provide technical assistance in the
14 operation of the plan, policy and other contract design, and
15 any other function within the authority of the plan.
16     g. Borrow money to effect the purposes of the Illinois
17 Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan. Any notes or other
18 evidence of indebtedness of the plan not in default shall be
19 legal investments for insurers and may be carried as admitted
20 assets.
21     h. Establish rules, conditions and procedures for
22 reinsuring risks under this Act.
23     i. Employ and fix the compensation of employees. Such
24 employees may be paid on a warrant issued by the State
25 Treasurer pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by the Board
26 and drawn by the Comptroller against appropriations or trust

 

 

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1 funds held by the State Treasurer.
2     j. Enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements
3 with other agencies or entities of State government for the
4 purpose of sharing the cost of providing health care services
5 that are otherwise authorized by this Act for children who are
6 both plan participants and eligible for financial assistance
7 from the Division of Specialized Care for Children of the
8 University of Illinois.
9     k. Establish conditions and procedures under which the plan
10 may, if funds permit, discount or subsidize premium rates that
11 are paid directly by senior citizens, as defined by the Board,
12 and other plan participants, who are retired or unemployed and
13 meet other qualifications.
14     l. Establish and maintain the Plan Fund authorized in
15 Section 3 of this Act, which shall be divided into separate
16 accounts, as follows:
17         (1) accounts to fund the administrative, claim, and
18     other expenses of the Plan associated with eligible persons
19     who qualify for Plan coverage under Section 7 of this Act,
20     which shall consist of:
21             (A) premiums paid on behalf of covered persons;
22             (B) assessments appropriated funds and other
23         revenues collected or received by the Board;
24             (C) reserves for future losses maintained by the
25         Board; and
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1         in the Plan Fund or any of its accounts other than the
2         funds in the account established under item 2 of this
3         subsection;
4         (2) an account, to be denominated the federally
5     eligible individuals account, to fund the administrative,
6     claim, and other expenses of the Plan associated with
7     federally eligible individuals who qualify for Plan
8     coverage under Section 14.05 15 of this Act, which shall
9     consist of:
10             (A) premiums paid on behalf of covered persons;
11             (B) assessments and other revenues collected or
12         received by the Board;
13             (C) reserves for future losses maintained by the
14         Board; and
15             (D) interest earnings from investment of the
16         federally eligible individuals account funds; and
17             (E) grants provided pursuant to the federal Trade
18         Act of 2002; and
19         (3) such other accounts as may be appropriate.
20     m. Charge and collect assessments paid by insurers pursuant
21 to Section 12 of this Act and recover any assessments for, on
22 behalf of, or against those insurers.
23 (Source: P.A. 93-33, eff. 6-23-03; 93-34, eff. 6-23-03.)
 
24     (215 ILCS 105/7)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1307)
25     Sec. 7. Eligibility.

 

 

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1     a. Except as provided in subsection (e) of this Section or
2 in Section 14.05 15 of this Act, any person who is either a
3 citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for
4 permanent residence and who has been for a period of at least
5 180 days and continues to be a resident of this State shall be
6 eligible for Plan coverage under this Section if evidence is
7 provided of:
8         (1) A notice of rejection or refusal to issue
9     substantially similar individual health insurance coverage
10     for health reasons by a health insurance issuer; or
11         (2) A refusal by a health insurance issuer to issue
12     individual health insurance coverage except at a rate
13     exceeding the applicable Plan rate for which the person is
14     responsible.
15     A rejection or refusal by a group health plan or health
16 insurance issuer offering only stop-loss or excess of loss
17 insurance or contracts, agreements, or other arrangements for
18 reinsurance coverage with respect to the applicant shall not be
19 sufficient evidence under this subsection.
20     b. The board shall promulgate a list of medical or health
21 conditions for which a person who is either a citizen of the
22 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
23 residence and a resident of this State would be eligible for
24 Plan coverage without applying for health insurance coverage
25 pursuant to subsection a. of this Section. Persons who can
26 demonstrate the existence or history of any medical or health

 

 

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1 conditions on the list promulgated by the board shall not be
2 required to provide the evidence specified in subsection a. of
3 this Section. The list shall be effective on the first day of
4 the operation of the Plan and may be amended from time to time
5 as appropriate.
6     c. Family members of the same household who each are
7 covered persons are eligible for optional family coverage under
8 the Plan.
9     d. For persons qualifying for coverage in accordance with
10 Section 7 of this Act, the board shall, if it determines that
11 such assessments appropriations as are made pursuant to Section
12 12 of this Act are insufficient to allow the board to accept
13 all of the eligible persons which it projects will apply for
14 enrollment under the Plan, limit or close enrollment to ensure
15 that the Plan is not over-subscribed and that it has sufficient
16 resources to meet its obligations to existing enrollees. The
17 board shall not limit or close enrollment for federally
18 eligible individuals.
19     e. A person shall not be eligible for coverage under the
20 Plan if:
21         (1) He or she has or obtains other coverage under a
22     group health plan or health insurance coverage
23     substantially similar to or better than a Plan policy as an
24     insured or covered dependent or would be eligible to have
25     that coverage if he or she elected to obtain it. Persons
26     otherwise eligible for Plan coverage may, however, solely

 

 

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1     for the purpose of having coverage for a pre-existing
2     condition, maintain other coverage only while satisfying
3     any pre-existing condition waiting period under a Plan
4     policy or a subsequent replacement policy of a Plan policy.
5         (1.1) His or her prior coverage under a group health
6     plan or health insurance coverage, provided or arranged by
7     an employer of more than 10 employees was discontinued for
8     any reason without the entire group or plan being
9     discontinued and not replaced, provided he or she remains
10     an employee, or dependent thereof, of the same employer.
11         (2) He or she is a recipient of or is approved to
12     receive medical assistance, except that a person may
13     continue to receive medical assistance through the medical
14     assistance no grant program, but only while satisfying the
15     requirements for a preexisting condition under Section 8,
16     subsection f. of this Act. Payment of premiums pursuant to
17     this Act shall be allocable to the person's spenddown for
18     purposes of the medical assistance no grant program, but
19     that person shall not be eligible for any Plan benefits
20     while that person remains eligible for medical assistance.
21     If the person continues to receive or be approved to
22     receive medical assistance through the medical assistance
23     no grant program at or after the time that requirements for
24     a preexisting condition are satisfied, the person shall not
25     be eligible for coverage under the Plan. In that
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1     the expiration of the preexisting condition limitation
2     period. Under all other circumstances, coverage under the
3     Plan shall automatically terminate as of the effective date
4     of any medical assistance.
5         (3) Except as provided in Section 14.05 15, the person
6     has previously participated in the Plan and voluntarily
7     terminated Plan coverage, unless 12 months have elapsed
8     since the person's latest voluntary termination of
9     coverage.
10         (4) The person fails to pay the required premium under
11     the covered person's terms of enrollment and
12     participation, in which event the liability of the Plan
13     shall be limited to benefits incurred under the Plan for
14     the time period for which premiums had been paid and the
15     covered person remained eligible for Plan coverage.
16         (5) The Plan (i) until 3 years after the effective date
17     of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly has
18     paid a total of $2,000,000 in benefits on behalf of the
19     covered person or (ii) 3 years or more after the effective
20     date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
21     has paid a total of $1,500,000 in benefits on behalf of the
22     covered person.
23         (6) The person is a resident of a public institution.
24         (7) The person's premium is paid for or reimbursed
25     under any government sponsored program or by any government
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1     qualifying full-time employee, or dependent of such
2     employee, of a government agency or health care provider
3     or, except when a person's premium is paid by the U.S.
4     Treasury Department pursuant to the federal Trade Act of
5     2002.
6         (8) The person has or later receives other benefits or
7     funds from any settlement, judgement, or award resulting
8     from any accident or injury, regardless of the date of the
9     accident or injury, or any other circumstances creating a
10     legal liability for damages due that person by a third
11     party, whether the settlement, judgment, or award is in the
12     form of a contract, agreement, or trust on behalf of a
13     minor or otherwise and whether the settlement, judgment, or
14     award is payable to the person, his or her dependent,
15     estate, personal representative, or guardian in a lump sum
16     or over time, so long as there continues to be benefits or
17     assets remaining from those sources in an amount in excess
18     of $300,000.
19         (9) Within the 5 years prior to the date a person's
20     Plan application is received by the Board, the person's
21     coverage under any health care benefit program as defined
22     in 18 U.S.C. 24, including any public or private plan or
23     contract under which any medical benefit, item, or service
24     is provided, was terminated as a result of any act or
25     practice that constitutes fraud under State or federal law
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1     material fact; or if that person knowingly and willfully
2     obtained or attempted to obtain, or fraudulently aided or
3     attempted to aid any other person in obtaining, any
4     coverage or benefits under the Plan to which that person
5     was not entitled.
6     f. The board or the administrator shall require
7 verification of residency and may require any additional
8 information or documentation, or statements under oath, when
9 necessary to determine residency upon initial application and
10 for the entire term of the policy.
11     g. Coverage shall cease (i) on the date a person is no
12 longer a resident of Illinois, (ii) on the date a person
13 requests coverage to end, (iii) upon the death of the covered
14 person, (iv) on the date State law requires cancellation of the
15 policy, or (v) at the Plan's option, 30 days after the Plan
16 makes any inquiry concerning a person's eligibility or place of
17 residence to which the person does not reply.
18     h. Except under the conditions set forth in subsection g of
19 this Section, the coverage of any person who ceases to meet the
20 eligibility requirements of this Section shall be terminated at
21 the end of the current policy period for which the necessary
22 premiums have been paid.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-17, eff. 1-1-06; 94-737, eff. 5-3-06; 95-547,
24 eff. 8-29-07.)
 
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1     Sec. 12. Deficit or surplus.
2     a. If premiums or other receipts by the Board exceed the
3 amount required for the operation of the Plan, including actual
4 losses and administrative expenses of the Plan, the Board shall
5 direct that the excess be held at interest, in a bank
6 designated by the Board, or used to offset future losses or to
7 reduce Plan premiums. In this subsection, the term "future
8 losses" includes reserves for incurred but not reported claims.
9     b. (Blank). Any deficit incurred or expected to be incurred
10 on behalf of eligible persons who qualify for plan coverage
11 under Section 7 of this Act shall be recouped by an
12 appropriation made by the General Assembly.
13     c. For the purposes of this Section, a deficit shall be
14 incurred when anticipated losses and incurred but not reported
15 claims expenses exceed anticipated income from earned premiums
16 net of administrative expenses.
17     d. Any deficit incurred or expected to be incurred on
18 behalf of covered persons federally eligible individuals who
19 qualify for Plan coverage under Section 7 or Section 14.05 15
20 of this Act shall be recouped by an assessment of all insurers
21 made in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The
22 Board shall within 90 days of the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of 1997 and within the first quarter of each
24 fiscal year thereafter assess all insurers for the anticipated
25 deficit in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The
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1 a year to fund unanticipated deficits, implementation
2 expenses, and cash flow needs.
3     e. An insurer's assessment shall be determined by
4 multiplying the total assessment, as determined in subsection
5 d. of this Section, by a fraction, the numerator of which
6 equals that insurer's direct Illinois premiums during the
7 preceding calendar year and the denominator of which equals the
8 total of all insurers' direct Illinois premiums. The Board may
9 exempt those insurers whose share as determined under this
10 subsection would be so minimal as to not exceed the estimated
11 cost of levying the assessment.
12     f. The Board shall charge and collect from each insurer the
13 amounts determined to be due under this Section. The assessment
14 shall be billed by Board invoice based upon the insurer's
15 direct Illinois premium income as shown in its annual statement
16 for the preceding calendar year as filed with the Director. The
17 invoice shall be due upon receipt and must be paid no later
18 than 30 days after receipt by the insurer.
19     g. When an insurer fails to pay the full amount of any
20 assessment of $100 or more due under this Section there shall
21 be added to the amount due as a penalty the greater of $50 or an
22 amount equal to 5% of the deficiency for each month or part of
23 a month that the deficiency remains unpaid.
24     h. Amounts collected under this Section shall be paid to
25 the Board for deposit into the Plan Fund authorized by Section
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1     i. An insurer may petition the Director for an abatement or
2 deferment of all or part of an assessment imposed by the Board.
3 The Director may abate or defer, in whole or in part, the
4 assessment if, in the opinion of the Director, payment of the
5 assessment would endanger the ability of the insurer to fulfill
6 its contractual obligations. In the event an assessment against
7 an insurer is abated or deferred in whole or in part, the
8 amount by which the assessment is abated or deferred shall be
9 assessed against the other insurers in a manner consistent with
10 the basis for assessments set forth in this subsection. The
11 insurer receiving a deferment shall remain liable to the plan
12 for the deficiency for 4 years.
13     j. The board shall establish procedures for appeal by any
14 insurer subject to assessment pursuant to this Section. Such
15 procedures shall require that:
16         (1) Any insurer that wishes to appeal all or any part
17     of an assessment made pursuant to this Section shall first
18     pay the amount of the assessment as set forth in the
19     invoice provided by the board within the time provided in
20     subsection f. of this Section. The board shall hold such
21     payments in a separate interest-bearing account. The
22     payments shall be accompanied by a statement in writing
23     that the payment is made under appeal. The statement shall
24     specify the grounds for the appeal. The insurer may be
25     represented in its appeal by counsel or other
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1         (2) Within 90 days following the payment of an
2     assessment under appeal by any insurer, the board shall
3     notify the insurer or representative designated by the
4     insurer in writing of its determination with respect to the
5     appeal and the basis or bases for that determination unless
6     the Board notifies the insurer that a reasonable amount of
7     additional time is required to resolve the issues raised by
8     the appeal.
9         (3) The board shall refer to the Director any question
10     concerning the amount of direct Illinois premium income as
11     shown in an insurer's annual statement for the preceding
12     calendar year on file with the Director on the invoice date
13     of the assessment. Unless additional time is required to
14     resolve the question, the Director shall within 60 days
15     report to the board in writing his determination respecting
16     the amount of direct Illinois premium income on file on the
17     invoice date of the assessment.
18         (4) In the event the board determines that the insurer
19     is entitled to a refund, the refund shall be paid within 30
20     days following the date upon which the board makes its
21     determination, together with the accrued interest.
22     Interest on any refund due an insurer shall be paid at the
23     rate actually earned by the Board on the separate account.
24         (5) The amount of any such refund shall then be
25     assessed against all insurers in a manner consistent with
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1     Section.
2         (6) The board's determination with respect to any
3     appeal received pursuant to this subsection shall be a
4     final administrative decision as defined in Section 3-101
5     of the Code of Civil Procedure. The provisions of the
6     Administrative Review Law shall apply to and govern all
7     proceedings for the judicial review of final
8     administrative decisions of the board.
9         (7) If an insurer fails to appeal an assessment in
10     accordance with the provisions of this subsection, the
11     insurer shall be deemed to have waived its right of appeal.
12     The provisions of this subsection apply to all assessments
13 made in any calendar year ending on or after December 31, 1997.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-30, eff. 7-1-97; 90-567, eff. 1-23-98.)
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.