HB5350 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5350

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 5/356f

from Ch. 73, par. 968f

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the use of DES.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health insurance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by changing Section 356f as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356f) (from Ch. 73, par. 968f)

Sec. 356f. Use of DES. No policy of accident or health insurance or any renewal thereof shall be denied or cancelled by the insurer, nor shall any such policy contain any exception or exclusion of benefits, solely because the mother of the insured has taken diethylstilbestrol, commonly referred to as DES.

(Source: P.A. 81-656.)