HB4620ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Health Care Availability and Access Committee

Filed: 3/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4620

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4620, on page 4, by replacing lines 2 through 9 with the following:

"(215 ILCS 5/356z.11 new)

Sec. 356z.11. Cardiovascular disease testing for women. A group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly must provide coverage for diagnostic testing for cardiovascular disease for women if the diagnostic testing is ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches based on guidelines for preventative cardiovascular services issued by a nationally recognized medical society or federal government agency."; and

on page 10, immediately below line 9, by inserting the following:

"Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor.".