093_HB3823

                                     LRB093 12228 AMC 17410 b

 1        AN ACT concerning insurance coverage.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Insurance Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 356z.4 as added  by  Public  Act  93-102  as
 6    follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 5/356z.4)
 8        Sec. 356z.4.  Coverage for contraceptives.
 9        (a)  An individual or group policy of accident and health
10    insurance  amended,  delivered,  issued,  or  renewed in this
11    State after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the
12    93rd  General  Assembly that provides coverage for outpatient
13    services and outpatient prescription drugs  or  devices  must
14    provide  coverage  for  the  insured and any dependent of the
15    insured  covered   by   the   policy   for   all   outpatient
16    contraceptive services and all outpatient contraceptive drugs
17    and  devices  approved  by  the Food and Drug Administration.
18    Coverage required under  this  Section  may  not  impose  any
19    deductible,    coinsurance,    waiting   period,   or   other
20    cost-sharing or limitation that is greater than that required
21    for any outpatient service or outpatient prescription drug or
22    device otherwise covered by the policy.
23        (b)  As used in this Section,  "outpatient  contraceptive
24    service"  means  consultations, examinations, procedures, and
25    medical services, provided on an outpatient basis and related
26    to the use of contraceptive methods (including natural family
27    planning) to prevent an unintended pregnancy.
28        (c)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
29    require an insurance company to cover services related to  an
30    abortion  as  the  term "abortion" is defined in the Illinois
31    Abortion Law of 1975.
 
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 1        (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
 2    require an insurance company to  cover  services  related  to
 3    permanent sterilization that requires a surgical procedure.
 4        (e)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
 5    require  any  person  or  entity to contract for, enter into,
 6    issue, or otherwise provide an insurance policy that  in  the
 7    opinion of the person or entity would abridge or violate that
 8    person's  or  entity's  conscience as defined in Section 3 of
 9    the Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
10        Nothing in this Section shall be construed to abridge any
11    rights guaranteed by the constitutions of the  United  States
12    or  the  State  of  Illinois  or  the  laws  of  the State of
13    Illinois, including but not limited to the Religious  Freedom
14    Restoration Act, the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, the
15    Abortion  Performance  Refusal Act, and the Illinois Abortion
16    Law of 1975.
17    (Source: P.A. 93-102, eff. 1-1-04.)

18        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
19    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
20    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
21    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
22    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
23    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
24    any other Public Act.

25        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
26    January 1, 2004.