Rep. Greg Harris

Filed: 5/10/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 72

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 72 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. "An Act concerning insurance", approved
5February 14, 2011, Public Act 96-1523, is amended by adding
6Section 99 as follows:
 
7    (P.A. 96-1523, Sec. 99 new)
8    Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1,
92012.
 
10    Section 10. The Department of Insurance Law of the Civil
11Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
121405-40 as follows:
 
13    (20 ILCS 1405/1405-40 new)
14    Sec. 1405-40. Study of out-of-network facility-based

 

 

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1physician and provider claims.
2    (a) The Department shall study the issue of insurance
3claims for medical services submitted by nonparticipating
4facility-based physicians and providers addressed in Section
5356z.3a of the Illinois Insurance Code as added by Public Act
696-1523. The Department shall have the authority to request
7insurers, health plans, and applicable nonparticipating
8facility-based physician and provider trade associations to
9assemble and submit information needed for the purposes of this
10study.
11    (b) The Department shall report its findings and
12recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October
131, 2011.
 
14    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.".