SB0683 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 06747 RPM 16831 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0683

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 125/4-10

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1409.3

Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning medical necessity determinations.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is amended by changing Section 4-10 as follows:

(215 ILCS 125/4-10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1409.3)

Sec. 4-10. (a) Medical Necessity - Dispute Resolution-Independent Second Opinion. Each Health Maintenance Organization shall provide a mechanism for the the timely review by a physician holding the same class of license as the primary care physician, who is unaffiliated with the Health Maintenance Organization, jointly selected by the patient (or the patient's next of kin or legal representative if the patient is unable to act for himself), primary care physician and the Health Maintenance Organization in the event of a dispute between the primary care physician and the Health Maintenance Organization regarding the medical necessity of a covered service proposed by a primary care physician. In the event that the reviewing physician determines the covered service to be medically necessary, the Health Maintenance Organization shall provide the covered service. Future contractual or employment action by the Health Maintenance Organization regarding the primary care physician shall not be based solely on the physician's participation in this procedure.

(Source: P.A. 85-20; 85-850.)