101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3472

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deb Conroy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356z.33 new

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance shall provide coverage for the cost of opioid treatment drugs, including, but not limited to, opioid antagonists, regardless of whether or not they are generic drug formularies, and other buprenorphine-based medications meant to treat opioid addiction or prevent overdose by opioid use. Effective January 1, 2020.


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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 Insurance Code is amended by adding
5Section 356z.33 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356z.33 new)
7    Sec. 356z.33. Coverage for opioid addiction treatment
8drugs.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" means a
10drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or inhibits the
11effect of opioids acting on those receptors, including, but not
12limited to, naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly
13acting drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
14    (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health
15insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the
16effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
17Assembly shall provide coverage for the cost of opioid
18treatment drugs, including, but not limited to, opioid
19antagonists, regardless of whether or not they are generic drug
20formularies, and other buprenorphine-based medications meant
21to treat opioid addiction or prevent overdose by opioid use.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January

 

 

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11, 2020.