HB1044eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1044 Engrossed LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Act.

Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "public health program" means either of the following:

(1) The medical assistance program under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

(2) The children's health insurance program under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act.

Section 10. Disclosure of employer required. An applicant for health care benefits under a public health program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, must identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits. If the proposed public health program beneficiary is not employed, the applicant must identify the employer or employers of any adult who is responsible for providing all or some of the proposed beneficiary's support.

Section 15. Reporting of employer-provided health insurance information.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall annually prepare a public health access program beneficiary employer report to be submitted to the General Assembly. For the purposes of this Section, a "public health access program beneficiary" means a person who receives medical assistance under Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.

Subject to federal approval, the report shall provide the following information for each employer who has more than 100 employees and 50 or more public health access beneficiaries:

(1) The name and address of the qualified employer.

(2) The number of public health access program beneficiaries.

(3) The number of public health access program beneficiaries who are spouses or dependents of employees of the employer.

(4) Information on whether the employer offers health insurance benefits to employees and their dependents.

(5) Information on whether the employer receives health insurance benefits through the company.

(6) Whether an employer offers health insurance benefits, and, if so, information on the level of premium subsidies for such health insurance.

(7) The cost to the State of Illinois of providing public health access program benefits for the employer's employees and enrolled dependents.

(b) The report shall not include the names of any individual public health access program beneficiary and shall be subject to privacy standard both in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and in Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(c) The first report shall be submitted on or before October 1, 2006, and subsequent reports shall be submitted on or before that date each year thereafter.