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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4477 Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Kevin Schmidt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group health plan or an accident and health insurer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall not discriminate with respect to participation under the plan or coverage against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification under applicable State law. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed as preventing a group health plan, an accident and health insurer, or the Director of Insurance from establishing varying reimbursement rates based on quality or performance measures. |
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| | HB4477 | | LRB103 36538 RPS 66645 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 370b.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/370b.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 370b.2. Health care provider nondiscrimination. A |
| 8 | | group health plan or an accident and health insurer offering |
| 9 | | group or individual health insurance coverage shall not |
| 10 | | discriminate with respect to participation under the plan or |
| 11 | | coverage, including reimbursement, against any health care |
| 12 | | provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's |
| 13 | | license or certification under applicable State law. Nothing |
| 14 | | in this Section shall be construed as preventing a group |
| 15 | | health plan, an accident and health insurer, or the Director |
| 16 | | from establishing varying reimbursement rates based on quality |
| 17 | | or performance measures. |