Rep. William Davis

Filed: 3/23/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 603

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 603 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
522-15 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/22-15)  (from Ch. 122, par. 22-15)
7    Sec. 22-15. Insurance on athletes.
8    (a) In this Section, "IHSA" means the Illinois High School
9Association.
10    (b) A public school district maintaining grades 9 through
1112 shall provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage,
12with aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years,
13whichever occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9
14through 12 who sustain an accidental injury while participating
15in school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic
16athletic events sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and

 

 

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1uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic event as well as
2during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic event
3held away from the student's school) that results in medical
4expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are subject
5to subsection (d) of this Section.
6    Non-public schools maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall
7provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with
8aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, whichever
9occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 through 12 who
10sustain an accidental injury while participating in
11school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic athletic
12tournaments sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and
13uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic tournament as
14well as during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic
15tournament held away from the student's school) that results in
16medical expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are
17subject to subsection (d) of this Section.
18    (c) The IHSA has the exclusive authority to promulgate a
19plan of coverage necessary to ensure compliance with this
20Section. The IHSA shall provide a group policy providing the
21coverage necessary to comply with this Section. Public school
22districts and non-public schools may purchase the coverage
23necessary to comply with this Section by participating in the
24group policy.
25    Alternatively, public school districts or non-public
26schools that do not participate in the group policy may obtain

 

 

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1the coverage necessary to comply with this Section from other
2coverage providers, but must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before
3the coverage inception, a certificate of insurance from the
4coverage provider stating that the insurance provided by the
5coverage provider is in compliance with the plan of coverage
6approved by the IHSA. A public school district that manages
7schools located within a city of over 500,000 inhabitants may
8provide the catastrophic accident insurance coverage required
9by this Section through a program of self-insurance, and the
10public school district must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before
11coverage inception, proof that the program is in compliance
12with the plan of coverage.
13    (d) The charges for procedures, treatments, services, or
14prescription pharmaceuticals covered under this Section must
15not exceed the charges permissible under the workers'
16compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of Workers'
17Compensation Act. With regard to charges for procedures,
18treatments, services, or prescription pharmaceuticals covered
19under this Section for which no fee is set by the workers'
20compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of Workers'
21Compensation Act, the coverage provider may negotiate charges
22for the procedures, treatments, services, or prescription
23pharmaceuticals at a discount.
24    (e) A public school district maintaining grades
25kindergarten through 8 may The school board of any school
26district may, in its discretion, provide medical or hospital

 

 

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1service, or both, through accident and health insurance on a
2group or individual basis, or through non-profit hospital
3service corporations or medical service plan corporations or
4both, for pupils of the district in grades kindergarten through
58 injured while participating in any athletic activity under
6the jurisdiction of or sponsored or controlled by the district
7or the authorities of any school thereof. The cost of such
8insurance or of subscriptions to such non-profit corporations,
9when paid from the funds of the district, shall, to the extent
10such moneys are sufficient, be paid from moneys derived from
11athletic activities. To the extent that moneys derived from
12athletic activities are insufficient, such cost may be paid
13from the educational fund of the district. Such insurance may
14be purchased from or such subscriptions may be taken in only
15such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business
16in Illinois.
17(Source: P.A. 77-1554.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
192013.".