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HB0033ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Joyce Mason
Filed: 4/16/2021

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 33
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 33 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5 adding Sections 155.47 and 155.48 as follows:

6     (215 ILCS 5/155.47 new)
7     Sec. 155.47. Prohibited practices relating to substance
8 use disorder treatment.
9     (a) As used in this Section, "recovery support",
10 "substance use disorder", and "treatment" have the meanings
11 set forth in the Substance Use Disorder Act.
12     (b) A company authorized to transact life insurance in
13 this State may not, based solely on whether an individual has
14 participated in a substance use treatment or recovery support
15 program no less than 5 years before application:
16         (1) deny coverage to the individual;

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1         (2) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage
2     available to the individual; or
3         (3) charge the individual or a group to which the
4     individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate
5     charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for
6     the same coverage, unless the charge is based on sound
7     underwriting or actuarial principles reasonably related to
8     actual or anticipated loss experience for a particular
9     risk.

10     (215 ILCS 5/155.48 new)
11     Sec. 155.48. Prohibited practices relating to prescription
12 for or obtainment of opioid antagonist.
13     (a) As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" means any
14 drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or otherwise
15 inhibits the effects of opioids acting on those receptors to
16 reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
17     (b) A company authorized to transact life insurance in
18 this State may not, based solely on whether an individual has
19 been prescribed or has obtained through a standing order an
20 opioid antagonist:
21         (1) deny coverage to the individual;
22         (2) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage
23     available to the individual; or
24         (3) charge the individual or a group to which the
25     individual belongs a rate that is different from the rate

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1     charged to other individuals or groups, respectively, for
2     the same coverage, unless the charge is based on sound
3     underwriting or actuarial principles reasonably related to
4     actual or anticipated loss experience for a particular
5     risk.".

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