Rep. William Davis

Filed: 11/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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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 and are to be in excess of
6any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in whatever
7form or designation.
8    Non-public schools maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall
9provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with
10aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, whichever
11occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 through 12 who
12sustain an accidental injury while participating in
13school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic athletic
14tournaments sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and
15uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic tournament as
16well as during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic
17tournament held away from the student's school) that results in
18medical expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are
19subject to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in
20excess of any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in
21whatever form or designation.
22    (c) The IHSA has the exclusive authority to promulgate a
23plan of coverage necessary to ensure compliance with this
24Section. The IHSA shall provide a group policy providing the
25coverage necessary to comply with this Section. Public school
26districts and non-public schools may purchase the coverage

 

 

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

 

 

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1pharmaceuticals at a discount.
2    (e) A public school district maintaining grades
3kindergarten through 8 may The school board of any school
4district may, in its discretion, provide medical or hospital
5service, or both, through accident and health insurance on a
6group or individual basis, or through non-profit hospital
7service corporations or medical service plan corporations or
8both, for pupils of the district in grades kindergarten through
98 injured while participating in any athletic activity under
10the jurisdiction of or sponsored or controlled by the district
11or the authorities of any school thereof. The cost of such
12insurance or of subscriptions to such non-profit corporations,
13when paid from the funds of the district, shall, to the extent
14such moneys are sufficient, be paid from moneys derived from
15athletic activities. To the extent that moneys derived from
16athletic activities are insufficient, such cost may be paid
17from the educational fund of the district. Such insurance may
18be purchased from or such subscriptions may be taken in only
19such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business
20in Illinois.
21(Source: P.A. 77-1554.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
232013.".