HB5059 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5059

Introduced 02/05/04, by Carolyn H. Krause

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 105/8.10 new

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging, in cooperation with the Department of Insurance, to promote the provision of employer-sponsored, long-term care insurance and sets forth the duties of the Department in doing so.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning the Department on Aging.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by adding Section 8.10 as follows:

(20 ILCS 105/8.10 new)

Sec. 8.10. Promotion of long-term care insurance. Subject to appropriation, the Department, in cooperation with the Department of Insurance, must promote, either directly or through contract, the provision of employer-sponsored, long-term care insurance. The Department must: encourage private and public sector employers to make long-term care insurance available to employees; provide interested employers with information on the long-term care insurance product offered to State employees; and provide technical assistance to employers in designing long-term care insurance products and contacting companies offering long-term care insurance products.