HB4516 EnrolledLRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1    AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding
5Section 356z.29 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356z.29 new)
7    Sec. 356z.29. Coverage for hearing aids for individuals
8under the age of 18.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Hearing care professional" means a person who is a
11licensed hearing instrument dispenser, licensed audiologist,
12or licensed physician.
13    "Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid" means any wearable
14non-disposable, non-experimental instrument or device designed
15to aid or compensate for impaired human hearing and any parts,
16attachments, or accessories for the instrument or device,
17including an ear mold but excluding batteries and cords.
18    (b) An individual or group policy of accident and health
19insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered,
20issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory
21Act of the 100th General Assembly must provide coverage for
22medically necessary hearing instruments and related services
23for all individuals under the age of 18 when a hearing care

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 2 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1professional prescribes a hearing instrument to augment
2communication.
3    (c) An insurer shall provide coverage, subject to all
4applicable co-payments, co-insurance, deductibles, and
5out-of-pocket limits, subject to the following restrictions:
6        (1) one hearing instrument shall be covered for each
7    ear every 36 months;
8        (2) related services, such as audiological exams and
9    selection, fitting, and adjustment of ear molds to maintain
10    optimal fit shall be covered when deemed medically
11    necessary by a hearing care professional; and
12        (3) hearing instrument repairs may be covered when
13    deemed medically necessary.
14    (d) If, at any time before or after the effective date of
15this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the
16Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
17Services, or its successor agency, promulgates rules or
18regulations to be published in the Federal Register, publishes
19a comment in the Federal Register, or issues an opinion,
20guidance, or other action that would require the State,
21pursuant to any provision of the Patient Protection and
22Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111–148), including, but not
23limited to, 42 U.S.C. 18031(d)(3)(B) or any successor
24provision, to defray the cost of coverage for medically
25necessary hearing instruments and related services for
26individuals under the age of 18, then this Section is

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 3 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1inoperative with respect to all such coverage other than that
2authorized under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act, 42
3U.S.C. 1396a, and the State shall not assume any obligation for
4the cost of coverage for medically necessary hearing
5instruments and related services for individuals under the age
6of 18.
 
7    Section 10. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
8amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
 
9    (215 ILCS 125/5-3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
10    Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
11    (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
12the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141.1,
13141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154,
14154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 355.2, 355.3,
15355b, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356y, 356z.2, 356z.4,
16356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12,
17356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.21,
18356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 364, 364.01, 367.2,
19367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401,
20401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1,
21paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles
22IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and XXVI of
23the Illinois Insurance Code.
24    (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except for

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 4 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, Health
2Maintenance Organizations in the following categories are
3deemed to be "domestic companies":
4        (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
5    Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
6        (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
7    State; or
8        (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
9    state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
10    of this State, except a corporation subject to
11    substantially the same requirements in its state of
12    organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
13    1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
14    (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
15acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
16pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
17        (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
18    the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the financial
19    conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance Organization
20    after the merger, consolidation, or other acquisition of
21    control takes effect;
22        (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
23    Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
24    apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
25    with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
26    acquisition of control, need not take into account the

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 5 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1    effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
2    other acquisition of control;
3        (3) the Director shall have the power to require the
4    following information:
5            (A) certification by an independent actuary of the
6        adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance
7        Organization sought to be acquired;
8            (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the
9        combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and
10        the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
11        acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of
12        a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro
13        forma financial statements reflecting projected
14        combined operation for a period of 2 years;
15            (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
16        acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation
17        of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
18        acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
19            (D) such other information as the Director shall
20        require.
21    (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois
22Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by
23any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its
24enrollee population (including without limitation the health
25maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and to
26its health care certificates).

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 6 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1    (e) In considering any management contract or service
2agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
3Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
4specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, take
5into account the effect of the management contract or service
6agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
7financial condition of the health maintenance organization to
8be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take into account the
9effect of the management contract or service agreement on
10competition.
11    (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
12Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
13Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
14defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a Health
15Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a group or
16other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge additional
17premiums under the following terms and conditions:
18        (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
19    respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
20    in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
21    of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
22    additional premium is to be charged (which period shall not
23    be less than one year); and
24        (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
25    shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
26    Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 7 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1    respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
2    period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
3    premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
4    be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
5    Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
6    marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
7    made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
8    subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
9    the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
10    or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into
11    account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
12    plan years.
13    The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
14statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
15describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
16and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
17the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
18to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
19profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
20unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
21or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
22experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and the
23resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
24enrollment unit.
25    In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
26Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 8 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
2refund authorized under this Section.
3    (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
4if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
5with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
6Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
7Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
8whatever reason, is unauthorized.
9(Source: P.A. 99-761, eff. 1-1-18; 100-24, eff. 7-18-17;
10100-138, eff. 8-18-17; revised 10-5-17.)
 
11    Section 15. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
12amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
13    (215 ILCS 165/10)  (from Ch. 32, par. 604)
14    Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions. Health
15services plan corporations and all persons interested therein
16or dealing therewith shall be subject to the provisions of
17Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133, 136, 139, 140,
18143, 143c, 149, 155.22a, 155.37, 354, 355.2, 355.3, 355b, 356g,
19356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356r, 356t, 356u, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356y,
20356z.1, 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9,
21356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.18,
22356z.19, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 364.01,
23367.2, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412,
24and paragraphs (7) and (15) of Section 367 of the Illinois

 

 

HB4516 Enrolled- 9 -LRB100 17336 SMS 32500 b

1Insurance Code.
2    Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
3any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
4with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
5Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
6Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
7whatever reason, is unauthorized.
8(Source: P.A. 100-24, eff. 7-18-17; 100-138, eff. 8-18-17;
9revised 10-5-17.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.