HB1577sam005 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Bill Brady

Filed: 5/26/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1577

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1577, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. "An Act concerning insurance", approved February 14, 2011, Public Act 96-1523, is amended by adding Section 99 as follows:

(P.A. 96-1523, Sec. 99 new)

Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.

Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 356z.3b as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356z.3b new)

Sec. 356z.3b. Reimbursement rate for out-of-network facility-based providers. From June 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011, the out-of-network physician reimbursement rate for out-of-network facility-based providers for the same services in the same geographical area at an in-network facility for claims for medical services submitted for the services addressed in Section 356z.3a of the Illinois Insurance Code as added by Public Act 96-1523 shall be the in-network physician reimbursement rate of that insurer or health plan.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".