Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 3/16/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 592

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 592 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Dental Service Plan Act is amended by
5changing Sections 16, 17, 22, 25, and 43 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 110/16)  (from Ch. 32, par. 690.16)
7    Sec. 16. A Nine or more natural persons of legal age, all
8of whom are residents of Illinois and citizens of the United
9States, and at least a majority of whom are dentists licensed
10in Illinois to practice dentistry, may form, under the
11provisions of this Act, a dental service plan corporation for
12the purpose of establishing and operating a dental service
13plan or plans. Such corporation shall be subject to regulation
14and supervision by the Director as hereinafter provided, but
15shall not be subject to the laws of this State with respect to
16insurance corporations, except as provided in this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2179.)
 
2    (215 ILCS 110/17)  (from Ch. 32, par. 690.17)
3    Sec. 17. The business and affairs of a dental service plan
4corporation shall be managed by a board of trustees, which
5shall have the power to adopt and to amend, from time to time,
6by-laws governing the conduct of the corporation's business,
7unless the by-laws assign such power to the members of the
8dental service plan corporation, if any. Trustees shall be
9competent and trustworthy, possess good reputations, and have
10appropriate training, experience, or education. The number of
11trustees shall be not less than 9 nor more than 21. Subject to
12such limitation, the number of trustees shall be fixed by the
13by-laws, except as to the number of the first board of trustees
14which number shall be fixed by the charter, and the number of
15trustees may be increased or decreased from time to time by
16amendment to the by-laws. In the absence of a by-law fixing the
17number of trustees, the number shall be the same as that stated
18in the charter. The trustees constituting the first board of
19trustees shall be named in the charter and shall hold office
20for such period or periods as may be specified in the charter
21or the by-laws. Trustees may be divided into classes and the
22terms of office of the several classes need not be uniform, but
23no such term shall exceed 3 years. Each trustee shall hold
24office for the term for which he is elected and until his
25successor has been elected and qualified. Any vacancy

 

 

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1occurring in the board of trustees and any trusteeship to be
2filled by reason of an increase in the number of trustees may
3be filled by the board of trustees. A trustee appointed to fill
4a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of his
5predecessor in office. Each trustee shall be of legal age and a
6citizen of the United States. At least one-third of the
7trustees shall be participating dentists of the corporation
8licensed in Illinois to practice dentistry who are also
9residents of Illinois, and they shall be designated as "dental
10trustees". The remaining trustees shall be designated as
11"public trustees". As the terms of dental trustees expire,
12they shall be replaced, from time to time, by participating
13dentists of the corporation licensed in Illinois to practice
14dentistry who are also residents of Illinois, and elected by
15the corporation's participating dentists, in the manner
16prescribed by the by-laws. As the terms of public trustees
17expire, they shall be replaced, from time to time, by election
18by the corporation's subscribers, in the manner prescribed by
19the by-laws. Voting by proxy shall be permitted.
20(Source: P.A. 97-989, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
21    (215 ILCS 110/22)  (from Ch. 32, par. 690.22)
22    Sec. 22. Amendments to a charter shall be made by
23application to the Director and shall be subject to his
24approval.
25    Amendments to a charter having the effect of adding one or

 

 

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1more additional counties in which the dental service plan
2corporation shall operate may, if a majority of the dentists
3residing and in active practice therein have agreed to become
4participating dentists, be adopted by the affirmative vote of
5a majority of the trustees then in office, unless the by-laws
6assign such power to the members of the dental service plan
7corporation, if any.
8(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2179.)
 
9    (215 ILCS 110/25)  (from Ch. 32, par. 690.25)
10    Sec. 25. Application of Insurance Code provisions. Dental
11service plan corporations and all persons interested therein
12or dealing therewith shall be subject to the provisions of
13Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, XI, and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133,
14136, 139, 140, 143, 143c, 149, 355.2, 355.3, 367.2, 401,
15401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412, and subsection
16(15) of Section 367 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
17(Source: P.A. 99-151, eff. 7-28-15.)
 
18    (215 ILCS 110/43)  (from Ch. 32, par. 690.43)
19    Sec. 43. Every dental service plan corporation organized
20hereunder shall be operated and conducted not-for-profit and
21shall be deemed a charitable and benevolent corporation, and
22all of its funds and property shall be exempt from every State,
23county, district, municipal and school tax or assessment, and
24all other taxes and license fees, from the payment of which

 

 

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1charitable and benevolent corporations or institutions are now
2or may hereafter be exempt. This exemption shall not prevail
3against fees and charges imposed by Sections 408, 408.2, 409,
4444, and 444.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The laws of this
5State state applicable to not-for-profit corporations,
6including, without limitation, the laws relating to the
7merger, dissolution, and liquidation of domestic
8not-for-profit corporations and in respect to the rights,
9classification, and meetings of members, and the selection,
10change, duties, and powers of corporate officers, and the
11filing of annual reports by domestic not-for-profit
12corporations shall be applicable to corporations organized
13under this Act act to the extent the same are not inconsistent
14with the provisions of this Act act. Wherever in any such laws
15reference is made to "Directors" of such not-for-profit
16corporations, such statutory provisions shall be deemed to
17apply to the trustees of corporations organized under this Act
18act, and wherever the office of the Secretary of State is
19mentioned in such an Act act, such provisions shall be deemed
20to refer to and designate the Director of Insurance when
21applied to corporations organized hereunder.
22(Source: P.A. 90-583, eff. 5-29-98.)".