SB0072ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Greg Harris

Filed: 5/10/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 72

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 72 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 Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 1405-40 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1405/1405-40 new)

Sec. 1405-40. Study of out-of-network facility-based physician and provider claims.

(a) The Department shall study the issue of insurance claims for medical services submitted by nonparticipating facility-based physicians and providers addressed in Section 356z.3a of the Illinois Insurance Code as added by Public Act 96-1523. The Department shall have the authority to request insurers, health plans, and applicable nonparticipating facility-based physician and provider trade associations to assemble and submit information needed for the purposes of this study.

(b) The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2011.

Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".