98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1242

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 122/5-3

    Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law is
5amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 122/5-3)
7    Sec. 5-3. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds
8the the health benefits exchanges authorized by the federal
9Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represent one of a
10number of ways in which the State can address coverage gaps and
11provide individual consumers and small employers access to
12greater coverage options. The General Assembly also finds that
13the State is best positioned to implement an exchange that is
14sensitive to the coverage gaps and market landscape unique to
15this State.
16    The purpose of this Law is to ensure that the State is
17making sufficient progress towards establishing an exchange
18within the guidelines outlined by the federal law and to
19protect Illinoisans from undue federal regulation. Although
20the federal law imposes a number of core requirements on
21state-level exchanges, the State has significant flexibility
22in the design and operation of a State exchange that make it
23prudent for the State to carefully analyze, plan, and prepare

 

 

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1for the exchange. The General Assembly finds that in order for
2the State to craft a tenable exchange that meets the
3fundamental goals outlined by the Patient Protection and
4Affordable Care Act of expanding access to affordable coverage
5and improving the quality of care, the implementation process
6should (1) provide for broad stakeholder representation; (2)
7foster a robust and competitive marketplace, both inside and
8outside of the exchange; and (3) provide for a broad-based
9approach to the fiscal solvency of the exchange.
10(Source: P.A. 97-142, eff. 7-14-11.)