Full Text of HB2406 102nd General Assembly
HB2406 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2406 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Sue Scherer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 215 ILCS 5/356z.43 new | | 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 | |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan in effect on and after March 9, 2020 must provide coverage for the cost of administering a COVID-19 vaccination. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 356z.43 as follows: | 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.43 new) | 7 | | Sec. 356z.43. COVID-19 vaccine administrative cost. An | 8 | | individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or | 9 | | managed care plan in effect on and after March 9, 2020 must | 10 | | provide coverage for the cost of administering a COVID-19 | 11 | | vaccination. | 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 5-16.8 as follows:
| 14 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-16.8)
| 15 | | Sec. 5-16.8. Required health benefits. The medical | 16 | | assistance program
shall
(i) provide the post-mastectomy care | 17 | | benefits required to be covered by a policy of
accident and | 18 | | health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
| 19 | | under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.26, | 20 | | 356z.29, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.34, and 356z.35 , and 356z.43 | 21 | | of the Illinois
Insurance Code and (ii) be subject to the |
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| 1 | | provisions of Sections 356z.19, 364.01, 370c, and 370c.1 of | 2 | | the Illinois
Insurance Code.
| 3 | | The Department, by rule, shall adopt a model similar to | 4 | | the requirements of Section 356z.39 of the Illinois Insurance | 5 | | Code. | 6 | | On and after July 1, 2012, the Department shall reduce any | 7 | | rate of reimbursement for services or other payments or alter | 8 | | any methodologies authorized by this Code to reduce any rate | 9 | | of reimbursement for services or other payments in accordance | 10 | | with Section 5-5e. | 11 | | To ensure full access to the benefits set forth in this | 12 | | Section, on and after January 1, 2016, the Department shall | 13 | | ensure that provider and hospital reimbursement for | 14 | | post-mastectomy care benefits required under this Section are | 15 | | no lower than the Medicare reimbursement rate. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-138, eff. 8-18-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; | 17 | | 100-1057, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1102, eff. 1-1-19; 101-81, eff. | 18 | | 7-12-19; 101-218, eff. 1-1-20; 101-281, eff. 1-1-20; 101-371, | 19 | | eff. 1-1-20; 101-574, eff. 1-1-20; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20.)
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