Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5408

HB5408 Engrossed LRB104 20688 BAB 34187 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.1038 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)

Sec. 5.1038. The Abortion Access Fund.

Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-426 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-426 new)

Sec. 2310-426. Abortion Access Fund Grant Program.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Abortion" has the meaning given to that term in Section 1-10 of the Reproductive Health Act.

"Fund" means the Abortion Access Fund.

(b) The Department shall establish the Abortion Access Fund Grant Program. Subject to appropriation, the Program shall use moneys in the Fund to award grants to support access to abortions throughout the State. Grants awarded under the Program shall only be used to fund abortions for which the use of federal funds is prohibited for patients who are uninsured or underinsured with respect to those services.

(c) The Abortion Access Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall consist of moneys deposited into the Fund under Section 5-35 of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law.

Section 15. The Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law is amended by adding Section 5-35 as follows:

(215 ILCS 122/5-35 new)

Sec. 5-35. Separate allocation account reports and transfers.

(a) Beginning on or before March 1, 2027, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, a health insurance issuer described in subsection (b) or (c) that has offered one or more qualified health plans through the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange shall report to the Department of Insurance an accounting of receipts, disbursements, transfers of funds between accounts, total dollar claims paid, accrued interest, and the year-end balance each reporting year for the separate allocation accounts that the issuer has established under 42 U.S.C. 18023(b)(2)(B) and 42 U.S.C. 18023(b)(2)(C) for abortion services for which federal funding is prohibited. If funds have been transferred from a separate allocation account described in this subsection to any other account maintained by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the health insurance issuer, the annual report shall attribute the amount of or amounts within the transfer to premiums collected by plan year under 42 U.S.C. 1303(B)(2)(B)(i)(II), except that the attribution shall not result in premiums collected being less than claims paid for services rendered during the plan year. The annual reports shall include any related documentation and shall adhere to any format as the Director of Insurance may prescribe.

(b) For the report due on or before March 1, 2027, if a health insurance issuer has an active certificate of authority from the Director of Insurance on the reporting deadline, and if the issuer has offered a qualified health plan in this State through the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange at any time since plan year 2014, regardless of whether it was a Federally-facilitated Exchange, a State-based Exchange on the Federal platform, or a State-based Exchange, the issuer shall submit the report required under this Section for all qualified health plans offered through this Exchange. With respect to the separate allocation account described in subsection (a), the health insurance issuer shall report as prescribed by the Director of Insurance the balances and transactions during the periods:

(1) January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2023;

(2) January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024;

(3) January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025;

(4) January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026; and

(5) between December 31, 2026 and the date the report is submitted, but only with respect to transfers from the separate allocation account described in subsection (a) to other accounts maintained by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the health insurance issuer.

(c) For annual reports due on or before March 1, 2028 and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, if a health insurance issuer has an active certificate of authority from the Director of Insurance on the reporting deadline, and if the issuer offered a qualified health plan through the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange during the preceding calendar year, the issuer shall submit the report required under this Section for that calendar year for all qualified health plans offered through this Exchange. For the period between the end of the calendar year and the date the report is submitted, the report shall also include any transfers from the separate allocation account described in subsection (a) to other accounts maintained by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the health insurance issuer.

(d) While 42 U.S.C. 1303(B)(2)(B)(i)(II) remains in effect, any premium funds collected by a health insurance issuer under that provision shall be used only to pay for abortions for which federal funding is prohibited, including through the remittances under subsection (e).

(e) If after the 12-month period following the end of a plan year the amount of premiums collected during the plan year for abortions for which federal funding is prohibited exceeds total claims paid for such services rendered during the plan year, the Director of Insurance shall order the health insurance issuer to remit funds, and the issuer shall complete the remittance to the Department of Insurance as follows:

(1) on or before September 1, 2027, 90% of the amount of the excess for each of the plan years 2014 through 2025, plus interest accrued on the excess; and

(2) on or before September 1, 2028, and on or before September 1 of each year thereafter, 90% of the excess for the second preceding plan year, plus interest accrued on the excess.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, on or before September 1, 2027 and on or before September 1 of each year thereafter, the health insurance issuer shall remit to the Department of Insurance all funds the health insurance issuer previously transferred from the separate allocation account described in subsection (a) to other accounts maintained by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the health insurance issuer. Amounts transferred to other accounts maintained by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the health insurance issuer shall count toward the excess in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection for the plan year for which the report attributed the transfer under subsection (a).

(f) All moneys remitted to the Department of Insurance under this Section shall be deposited into the Abortion Access Fund.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.