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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Includes breast tomosynthesis in the definition of "low-dose mammography".
Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the introduced bill with the following changes: States that "low-dose mammography" may include breast tomosynthesis (previously does include). Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that screenings for breast cancer under the Code may include breast tomosynthesis. Defines "breast tomosynthesis". Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 In the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code, provides that the term "low-dose mammography" includes (instead of may include) breast tomosynthesis. Removes the immediate effective date and provides that the amendatory Act takes effect on July 1, 2016, if and only if on or before July 1, 2016, (1) the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or its successor agency, promulgates rules or regulations published in the Federal Register or publishes a comment in the Federal Register (A) repealing, amending, or reinterpreting 45 CFR 155.170 to eliminate the State's responsibility to defray the cost of a state-mandated benefit enacted on or after January 1, 2012; (B) requiring qualified health plans, as defined in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and any subsequent amendatory Acts, rules, or regulations issued pursuant thereto, to cover breast tomosynthesis as an essential health benefit; or (C) including breast tomosynthesis as a standard as part of the essential health benefits required of benchmark plans under 45 CFR 156.110; or (2) the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed by an Act of Congress or is invalidated by a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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