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INSURANCE (215 ILCS 5/) Illinois Insurance Code. 215 ILCS 5/512-10
(215 ILCS 5/512-10) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.59-10)
Sec. 512-10.
Failure to Register.
Any third party prescription program
or administrator which operates without a certificate of registration or
fails to register with the Director and pay the fee prescribed by this Article
shall be construed to be an unauthorized insurer as defined in Article VII
of this Code and shall be subject to all penalties contained therein.
The provisions of the Article shall apply to all new programs established
on or after January 1, 1983. Existing programs shall comply with the provisions
of this Article on the anniversary date of the programs that occurs on or
after January 1, 1983.
(Source: P.A. 82-1005.)
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215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXI.75
(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXI.75 heading)
ARTICLE XXXI 3/4
PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS
AND REGISTERED FIRMS
(Repealed) (Source: Repealed by P.A. 102-135, eff. 7-23-21.)
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215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIA
(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIA heading)
ARTICLE XXXIIA.
PREMIUM FINANCE REGULATION
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215 ILCS 5/513a1
(215 ILCS 5/513a1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a1)
Sec. 513a1.
Scope of Article.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Article applies to all
persons engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums, entering
into premium finance agreements, or otherwise acquiring premium finance
agreements, and insurance companies and insurance producers as defined in
this Code, except in connection with premiums on the kinds of business
described as Class 1(a) or Class 1(b) of Section 4.
(b) Except for the provisions of Section 513a11 that apply to all
premium financing agreements in which the right to cancel one or more
policies of insurance on behalf of the named has been assigned to the
lender, this Article does not apply to the following entities:
(1) Credit unions, as defined in the Illinois Credit | |
(2) Banks, as defined in the Illinois Banking Act.
(3) Savings and loan associations, as defined in the
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(4) Persons operating under the provisions of Section
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(5) Persons operating under the Consumer Installment
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(6) Persons that acquire premium finance agreements
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(Source: P.A. 87-811.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a2
(215 ILCS 5/513a2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a2)
Sec. 513a2.
Definitions.
(a) "Accepted agreement" means a premium finance
agreement deemed to be accepted by a premium finance company when a binder
number or policy number is provided for each policy premium listed on the
premium finance agreement and premium payment book or when the first
premium payment notice has been sent to the named insured.
(b) "Financing insurance premiums" means
to be engaged in the practice of:
(1) advancing monies directly or indirectly to an | | insurer pursuant to the terms of an acquired premium finance agreement; or
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(2) allowing 10% or more of a producer's or
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(c) "Premium finance agreement" means a
promissory note, loan contract, or agreement by which an insured or
prospective insured promises to pay to another person an amount advanced or
to be advanced thereunder to an insurer in payment of premiums on an
insurance contract together with a service charge and which contains an
assignment of or is otherwise secured by the unearned premium payable by
the insurer upon cancellation of the insurance contract; provided, however,
that a premium finance agreement shall not include an installment sale
contract, lease agreement, security agreement, or mortgage covering
personal or real property that includes a charge for insurance or pursuant
to which the vendor, lessor, lienholder, or mortgagee is authorized to pay
or advance the premium for insurance with respect to that property.
(d) "Premium finance company" means any person
engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums, of entering into
premium finance agreements with insureds, or of acquiring premium finance
agreements.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a3
(215 ILCS 5/513a3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a3)
Sec. 513a3.
License required.
(a) No person may act as a premium finance company or hold himself out
to be engaged in the business of financing insurance premiums, either
directly or indirectly, without first having obtained a license as a
premium finance company from the Director.
(b) An insurance producer shall be deemed to be engaged in the
business of financing insurance premiums if 10% or more of the producer's total
premium accounts receivable are more than 90 days past due.
(c) In addition to any other penalty set forth in this Article, any
person violating subsection (a) of this Section may, after hearing as set
forth in Article XXIV of this Code, be required to pay a civil penalty of
not more than $2,000 for each offense.
(d) In addition to any other penalty set forth in this Article, any
person violating subsection (a) of this Section is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor. Any individual violating subsection (a) of this Section, and
misappropriating or converting any monies collected in conjunction with the
violation, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a4
(215 ILCS 5/513a4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a4)
Sec. 513a4.
Application and license.
(a) Each application for a premium finance license shall be made on a
form specified by the Director and shall be signed by the applicant
declaring under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of the
license that the statements made in the application are true, correct, and
complete to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief. The Director
shall cause to be issued a license to each applicant that has demonstrated
to the Director that the applicant:
(1) is competent and trustworthy and of a good | |
(2) has a minimum net worth of $50,000; and
(3) has paid the fees required by this Article.
(b) Each applicant at the time of request for a license or renewal of
a license shall:
(1) certify that no charge for financing premiums
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(2) certify that the premium finance agreement or
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(3) certify that he or she has a minimum net worth of
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(4) attach with the application a non-refundable
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(c) An applicant who has met the requirements of subsection (a) and
subsection (b) shall be issued a premium finance license.
(d) Each premium finance license shall remain in effect as long as the
holder of the license annually continues to meet the requirements of
subsections (a) and (b) by the due date unless the license is revoked or
suspended by the Director.
(e) The individual holder of a premium finance license shall inform the
Director in writing of a change in residence address within 30 days of the
change, and a corporation, partnership, or association holder of a premium
finance license shall inform the Director in writing of a change in
business address within 30 days of the change.
(f) Every partnership or corporation holding a license as a premium
finance company shall appoint one or more partners or officers to be
responsible for the firm's compliance with the Illinois Insurance Code and
applicable rules and regulations. Any change in the appointed person or
persons shall be reported to the Director in writing within 30 days of the
change.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a5
(215 ILCS 5/513a5) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a5)
Sec. 513a5. Insurance Producer Administration Fund. All fees and
penalties paid to and collected by the Director under this Article shall be
paid promptly after receipt, together with a detailed statement of the
fees, into the Insurance Producer Administration Fund.
(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a6
(215 ILCS 5/513a6) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a6)
Sec. 513a6.
Felony convictions.
Any person or authorized member of a
partnership or corporation who, while licensed as a premium finance
company, is convicted of a felony shall report the conviction to the
Director within 30 days of the entry date of the judgement. Within that 30
day period, the person shall also provide the Director with a copy of the
judgement, the probation or commitment order, and any other relevant document.
(Source: P.A. 87-811.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a7
(215 ILCS 5/513a7) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a7)
Sec. 513a7.
License suspension; revocation or denial.
(a) Any license issued under this Article may be suspended, revoked, or
denied if the Director finds that the licensee or applicant:
(1) has wilfully violated any provisions of this Code | | or the rules and regulations thereunder;
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(2) has intentionally made a material misstatement in
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(3) has obtained or attempted to obtain a license
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(4) has misappropriated or converted to his own use
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(5) has used fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest
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(6) has been, within the past 3 years, convicted of a
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(7) has failed to appear without reasonable cause or
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(8) has had a license suspended, revoked, or denied
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(9) has failed to report a felony conviction as
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(b) Suspension, revocation, or denial of a license under this Section
shall be by written order sent to the licensee or applicant by certified or
registered mail at the address specified in the records of the Department.
The licensee or applicant may in writing request a hearing within 30 days
from the date of mailing. If no written request is made the order shall be
final upon the expiration of that 30 day period.
(c) If the licensee or applicant requests a hearing under this Section,
the Director shall issue a written notice of hearing sent to the licensee
or applicant by certified or registered mail at his address, as specified
in the records of the Department, and stating:
(1) the grounds, charges, or conduct that justifies
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(2) the specific time for the hearing, which may not
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(3) a specific place for the hearing, which may be
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(d) Upon the suspension or revocation of a license, the licensee or
other person having possession or custody of the license shall promptly
deliver it to the Director in person or by mail. The Director shall
publish all suspensions and revocations after they become final in a manner
designed to notify interested insurance companies and other persons.
(e) Any person whose license is revoked or denied under this Section
shall be ineligible to apply for any license for 2 years. A suspension
under this Section may be for a period of up to 2 years.
(f) In addition to or instead of a denial, suspension, or revocation of
a license under this Section, the licensee may be subjected to a civil
penalty of up to $2,000 for each cause for denial, suspension,
or
revocation. The penalty is enforceable under subsection (5) of Section
403A of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a8
(215 ILCS 5/513a8) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a8)
Sec. 513a8.
Examinations.
(a) The Director may examine any applicant for or holder of a premium
finance license.
(b) All persons being examined, as well as their officers and directors,
shall provide to the Director convenient and free access, at all reasonable
hours at their offices, to all books, records, documents, and other papers
relating to the person's insurance and premium financing business affairs.
The licensee or its officers, directors, and employees shall facilitate and
aid the Director in the examinations as much as it is in their power to do so.
(c) The Director may designate an examiner or examiners to conduct any
examination under this Section. The Director or his designee may administer
oaths and examine under oath any individual relative to the business of the
person being examined.
(d) The examiners designated by the Director under this Section may make
reports to the Director. Any report alleging substantive violations of this
Code or the rules and regulations thereunder shall be in writing and be
based upon facts obtained by the examiners. The report of examination shall
be verified by the examiners.
(e) If a report is made, the Director shall either deliver a duplicate
thereof to the licensee being examined or send the duplicate by certified
or registered mail to the licensee's address of record. The Director shall
afford the licensee an opportunity to request a hearing with reference to
the facts and other evidence contained in the report. The licensee may
request a hearing within 14 calendar days after he receives the duplicate
of the examination report by giving the Director written notice of that
request, together with written statement of the licensee's objection to the
report. The Director shall, if requested to do so, conduct a hearing in
accordance with Sections 402 and 403. The Director shall issue a written
order based upon the examination report within 90 days after the report is
filed or within 90 days after the hearing, if a hearing is held. If the
report is refused or otherwise undeliverable or a hearing is not requested
in a timely fashion, the right to a hearing is waived. After the hearing or
the expiration of the time period in which a licensee may request a
hearing, if the examination reveals that the licensee is operating in
violation of any law, this Code or rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, or prior order, the Director in the written order may require
the licensee to take any action the Director considers necessary or
appropriate in accordance with the report or examination hearing. The
order is subject to review under the Administrative Review Law.
(f) Any licensee who violates or aids and abets any violation of a
written order issued under this Section shall be guilty of a business
offense, and his license may be revoked or suspended under Section 513a7,
and he may be fined not less than $501 nor more than $5,000.
(Source: P.A. 87-811.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a9
(215 ILCS 5/513a9) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a9)
Sec. 513a9.
Premium finance agreement.
(a) A premium finance
agreement must be dated and signed by or on behalf of the named
insured, and the printed
portion shall be in at least 8-point type. The following items must be set
forth on the first page of the accepted finance agreement:
(1) the total amount of the premiums;
(2) the amount of the down payment;
(3) the principal balance (the difference between | |
(4) the amount of the finance charges expressed in
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(5) the balance payable by the insured (sum of items
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(6) the number of installments, the due dates
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(7) the policy numbers or binder numbers.
(b) The premium finance company is required to
furnish full and complete
disclosure of the terms and conditions of the premium finance
agreement including, but not limited to, the specific insurance coverages
financed to the named insured no later than the date that the first
premium payment notice is sent to the insured.
(c) As to policies written primarily for personal, family, or household
use, the premium finance company must:
(1) deliver or mail the premium check or checks in
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(2) issue the premium check or checks payable to the
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(3) properly identify the premium check or checks by
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(d) As to all other policies the premium finance company may:
(1) deliver or mail the premium check or checks in
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(2) issue the premium check or checks payable to the
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(e) A premium finance company that pays the financed premium to the
producer pursuant to subsection (d) establishes the producer as the agent of
the premium finance company for payment of the premium and for receipt of any
return premium.
(Source: P.A. 89-265, eff. 1-1-96; 90-381, eff. 8-14-97.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a10
(215 ILCS 5/513a10) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a10)
Sec. 513a10.
Maximum service charge.
(a) No service charge shall be made for financing premiums other than as
permitted by this Article.
(b) The service charge is to be computed on the principal balance from
the effective date of the insurance coverage for which the premiums are
being advanced to and including the date when the final installment of the
premium finance agreement is payable.
(c) The service charge shall be a maximum of $10 per $100 per year plus
an allowable charge as follows:
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Allowable Charge |
Amount of Principal |
Per Finance Agreement |
Balance |
$20 |
$0 to $499 |
$30 |
$500 to $999 |
$40 |
$1000 or more |
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(d) The service charge or any other charge made by the licensee does not
have to be refunded upon cancellation or prepayment. The allowable charge
is considered to be part of the service charge.
(e) A premium finance agreement may provide for a delinquency charge of
not less than $1 nor more than 5% of any installment in default for more
than 5 days.
(f) Any other charges shall be disclosed in the premium finance agreement.
(Source: P.A. 87-811.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a11
(215 ILCS 5/513a11) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a11)
Sec. 513a11. Cancellation requirements upon default.
(a) When a premium finance agreement contains a power of attorney
enabling the premium finance company to cancel any insurance contract or
contracts listed in the premium finance agreement, the insurance contract
or contracts shall not be cancelled by the premium finance company unless
the request for cancellation is effectuated under this Section.
(b) Not less than 10 days written notice shall be mailed to the named
insured of the intent of the premium finance company to cancel the
insurance contract unless the default is cured within the 10 day period.
(c) After expiration of the 10 day period, the premium finance company
may request, in the name of the named insured, cancellation of the insurance
contract or contracts by mailing or hand delivering to the insurer a
request for cancellation, and the insurance contract shall be cancelled as
if the request for cancellation had been submitted by the named insured,
but without requiring the return of the insurance contract or contracts.
The premium finance company shall also mail a copy of the request for
cancellation to the named insured at his last known address.
(d) All statutory, regulatory, and contractual restrictions providing
that the insurance contract may not be cancelled unless notice is given to
a governmental agency, mortgagee, or other third party shall apply where
cancellation is effected under provisions of this Section. The insurer
shall give the notice to any governmental agency, mortgagee, or other
third party on or before the fifth business day after it receives the
notice of cancellation from the premium finance company. For purposes of this Section, any governmental agency, mortgagee, or other third party may opt to receive notices electronically.
(e) In the event that the collection of return premiums for the account of
the named insured results in a surplus over the amount due from the named
insured, the premium finance company shall refund the excess to the named
insured; however, no refund is required if it amounts to less than $5.
(f) All cancellation provisions required of the premium finance company
and insurer are applicable to any policy to which Section 143.11 applies.
(Source: P.A. 93-713, eff. 1-1-05.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a12
(215 ILCS 5/513a12) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.60a12)
Sec. 513a12.
Books and records.
(a) Until payment in full and 3 years thereafter every licensee shall
maintain each premium finance agreement or duplicate originals thereof and
all original documents relating thereto (except those papers returned to
the insured) so as to be readily available for examination by the Director.
(b) Every licensee shall maintain a register, ledger, or combination of
records for each premium finance agreement that can readily show:
(1) the date of acquisition;
(2) the name of the insured;
(3) the identifying number;
(4) the principal balance;
(5) the amount of all charges assessed;
(6) the balance; and
(7) a distribution of proceeds showing the dates, | | amounts, and names of the persons to whom any part of the proceeds were distributed.
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(Source: P.A. 87-811.)
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215 ILCS 5/513a13 (215 ILCS 5/513a13) Sec. 513a13. Electronic delivery of notices and documents. (a) As used in this Section: "Delivered by electronic means" includes: (1) delivery to an electronic mail address at which a | | party has consented to receive notices or documents; or
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| | accessible via the Internet, mobile application, computer, mobile device, tablet, or any other electronic device, together with separate notice of the posting, which shall be provided by electronic mail to the address at which the party has consented to receive notice or by any other delivery method that has been consented to by the party.
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(b) Subject to the requirements of this Section, any notice to a party or any other document required under applicable law in a premium finance agreement or that is to serve as evidence of a premium finance agreement may be delivered, stored, and presented by electronic means so long as it meets the requirements of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(c) Delivery of a notice or document in accordance with this Section shall be considered equivalent to delivery by first class mail or first class mail, postage prepaid.
(d) A notice or document may be delivered by electronic means by a premium finance company to a party under this Section if:
(1) the party has affirmatively consented to that
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(A) before giving consent, is provided with a
| | statement of the hardware and software requirements for access to, and retention of, a notice or document delivered by electronic means; and
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| | electronically, in a manner that reasonably demonstrates that the party can access information in the electronic form that will be used for notices or documents delivered by electronic means as to which the party has given consent; and
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| | finance company, in the event a change in the hardware or software requirements needed to access or retain a notice or document delivered by electronic means creates a material risk that the party will not be able to access or retain a subsequent notice or document to which the consent applies:
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| (A) provides the party with a statement that
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| | requirements for access to and retention of a notice or document delivered by electronic means; and
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(f) The legal effectiveness, validity, or enforceability of any premium finance agreement executed by a party may not be denied solely because of the failure to obtain electronic consent or confirmation of consent of the party in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of this Section.
(g) A withdrawal of consent by a party does not affect the legal effectiveness, validity, or enforceability of a notice or document delivered by electronic means to the party before the withdrawal of consent is effective.
A withdrawal of consent by a party is effective within a reasonable period of time after receipt of the withdrawal by the premium finance company.
Failure by a premium finance company to comply with paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of this Section and subsection (j) of this Section may be treated, at the election of the party, as a withdrawal of consent for purposes of this Section.
(h) This Section does not apply to a notice or document delivered by a premium finance company in an electronic form before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly to a party who, before that date, has consented to receive notice or document in an electronic form otherwise allowed by law.
(i) If the consent of a party to receive certain notices or documents in an electronic form is on file with a premium finance company before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly and, pursuant to this Section, a premium finance company intends to deliver additional notices or documents to the party in an electronic form, then prior to delivering such additional notices or documents electronically, the premium finance company shall:
(1) provide the party with a statement that
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| | (j) A premium finance company shall deliver a notice or document by any other delivery method permitted by law other than electronic means if:
(1) the premium finance company attempts to deliver
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(l) This Section shall not be construed to modify, limit, or supersede the provisions of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 102-38, eff. 6-25-21.)
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215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIB
(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIB heading)
ARTICLE XXXIIB. PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS
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215 ILCS 5/513b1 (215 ILCS 5/513b1) Sec. 513b1. Pharmacy benefit manager contracts. (a) As used in this Section: "340B drug discount program" means the program established
under Section 340B of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 256b. "340B entity" means a covered entity as defined in 42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4) authorized to participate in the 340B drug discount program. "340B pharmacy" means any pharmacy used to dispense 340B drugs for a covered entity, whether entity-owned or external. "Biological product" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 19.5 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. "Maximum allowable cost" means the maximum amount that a pharmacy benefit manager will reimburse a pharmacy for the cost of a drug. "Maximum allowable cost list" means a list of drugs for which a maximum allowable cost has been established by a pharmacy benefit manager. "Pharmacy benefit manager" means a person, business, or entity, including a wholly or partially owned or controlled subsidiary of a pharmacy benefit manager, that provides claims processing services or other prescription drug or device services, or both, for health benefit plans. "Retail price" means the price an individual without prescription drug coverage would pay at a retail pharmacy, not including a pharmacist dispensing fee. "Third-party payer" means any entity that pays for prescription drugs on behalf of a patient other than a health care provider or sponsor of a plan subject to regulation under Medicare Part D, 42 U.S.C. 1395w-101 et seq. (b) A contract between a health insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager must require that the pharmacy benefit manager: (1) Update maximum allowable cost pricing information | | at least every 7 calendar days.
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| (3) Provide access to its maximum allowable cost list
| | to each pharmacy or pharmacy services administrative organization subject to the maximum allowable cost list. Access may include a real-time pharmacy website portal to be able to view the maximum allowable cost list. As used in this Section, "pharmacy services administrative organization" means an entity operating within the State that contracts with independent pharmacies to conduct business on their behalf with third-party payers. A pharmacy services administrative organization may provide administrative services to pharmacies and negotiate and enter into contracts with third-party payers or pharmacy benefit managers on behalf of pharmacies.
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| (4) Provide a process by which a contracted pharmacy
| | can appeal the provider's reimbursement for a drug subject to maximum allowable cost pricing. The appeals process must, at a minimum, include the following:
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| (A) A requirement that a contracted pharmacy has
| | 14 calendar days after the applicable fill date to appeal a maximum allowable cost if the reimbursement for the drug is less than the net amount that the network provider paid to the supplier of the drug.
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| (B) A requirement that a pharmacy benefit manager
| | must respond to a challenge within 14 calendar days of the contracted pharmacy making the claim for which the appeal has been submitted.
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| (C) A telephone number and e-mail address or
| | website to network providers, at which the provider can contact the pharmacy benefit manager to process and submit an appeal.
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| (D) A requirement that, if an appeal is denied,
| | the pharmacy benefit manager must provide the reason for the denial and the name and the national drug code number from national or regional wholesalers.
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| (E) A requirement that, if an appeal is
| | sustained, the pharmacy benefit manager must make an adjustment in the drug price effective the date the challenge is resolved and make the adjustment applicable to all similarly situated network pharmacy providers, as determined by the managed care organization or pharmacy benefit manager.
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| (5) Allow a plan sponsor contracting with a pharmacy
| | benefit manager an annual right to audit compliance with the terms of the contract by the pharmacy benefit manager, including, but not limited to, full disclosure of any and all rebate amounts secured, whether product specific or generalized rebates, that were provided to the pharmacy benefit manager by a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
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| (6) Allow a plan sponsor contracting with a pharmacy
| | benefit manager to request that the pharmacy benefit manager disclose the actual amounts paid by the pharmacy benefit manager to the pharmacy.
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| (7) Provide notice to the party contracting with the
| | pharmacy benefit manager of any consideration that the pharmacy benefit manager receives from the manufacturer for dispense as written prescriptions once a generic or biologically similar product becomes available.
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| (c) In order to place a particular prescription drug on a maximum allowable cost list, the pharmacy benefit manager must, at a minimum, ensure that:
(1) if the drug is a generically equivalent drug, it
| | is listed as therapeutically equivalent and pharmaceutically equivalent "A" or "B" rated in the United States Food and Drug Administration's most recent version of the "Orange Book" or have an NR or NA rating by Medi-Span, Gold Standard, or a similar rating by a nationally recognized reference;
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| (2) the drug is available for purchase by each
| | pharmacy in the State from national or regional wholesalers operating in Illinois; and
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| (3) the drug is not obsolete.
(d) A pharmacy benefit manager is prohibited from limiting a pharmacist's ability to disclose whether the cost-sharing obligation exceeds the retail price for a covered prescription drug, and the availability of a more affordable alternative drug, if one is available in accordance with Section 42 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(e) A health insurer or pharmacy benefit manager shall not require an insured to make a payment for a prescription drug at the point of sale in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:
(1) the applicable cost-sharing amount; or
(2) the retail price of the drug in the absence of
| | prescription drug coverage.
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| (f) Unless required by law, a contract between a pharmacy benefit manager or third-party payer and a 340B entity or 340B pharmacy shall not contain any provision that:
(1) distinguishes between drugs purchased through the
| | 340B drug discount program and other drugs when determining reimbursement or reimbursement methodologies, or contains otherwise less favorable payment terms or reimbursement methodologies for 340B entities or 340B pharmacies when compared to similarly situated non-340B entities;
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| (2) imposes any fee, chargeback, or rate adjustment
| | that is not similarly imposed on similarly situated pharmacies that are not 340B entities or 340B pharmacies;
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| (3) imposes any fee, chargeback, or rate adjustment
| | that exceeds the fee, chargeback, or rate adjustment that is not similarly imposed on similarly situated pharmacies that are not 340B entities or 340B pharmacies;
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| (4) prevents or interferes with an individual's
| | choice to receive a covered prescription drug from a 340B entity or 340B pharmacy through any legally permissible means, except that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the establishment of differing copayments or other cost-sharing amounts within the benefit plan for covered persons who acquire covered prescription drugs from a nonpreferred or nonparticipating provider;
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| (5) excludes a 340B entity or 340B pharmacy from a
| | pharmacy network on any basis that includes consideration of whether the 340B entity or 340B pharmacy participates in the 340B drug discount program;
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| (6) prevents a 340B entity or 340B pharmacy from
| | using a drug purchased under the 340B drug discount program; or
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| (7) any other provision that discriminates against a
| | 340B entity or 340B pharmacy by treating the 340B entity or 340B pharmacy differently than non-340B entities or non-340B pharmacies for any reason relating to the entity's participation in the 340B drug discount program.
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| As used in this subsection, "pharmacy benefit manager" and "third-party payer" do not include pharmacy benefit managers and third-party payers acting on behalf of a Medicaid program.
(g) A violation of this Section by a pharmacy benefit manager constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance under Section 424.
(h) A provision that violates subsection (f) in a contract between a pharmacy benefit manager or a third-party payer and a 340B entity that is entered into, amended, or renewed after July 1, 2022 shall be void and unenforceable.
(i)(1) A pharmacy benefit manager may not retaliate against a pharmacist or pharmacy for disclosing information in a court, in an administrative hearing, before a legislative commission or committee, or in any other proceeding, if the pharmacist or pharmacy has reasonable cause to believe that the disclosed information is evidence of a violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation.
(2) A pharmacy benefit manager may not retaliate against a pharmacist or pharmacy for disclosing information to a government or law enforcement agency, if the pharmacist or pharmacy has reasonable cause to believe that the disclosed information is evidence of a violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation.
(3) A pharmacist or pharmacy shall make commercially reasonable efforts to limit the disclosure of confidential and proprietary information.
(4) Retaliatory actions against a pharmacy or pharmacist include cancellation of, restriction of, or refusal to renew or offer a contract to a pharmacy solely because the pharmacy or pharmacist has:
(A) made disclosures of information that the
| | pharmacist or pharmacy has reasonable cause to believe is evidence of a violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation;
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| (B) filed complaints with the plan or pharmacy
| | (C) filed complaints against the plan or pharmacy
| | benefit manager with the Department.
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| (j) This Section applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2022.
(k) This Section applies to any group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs and that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after July 1, 2020.
(Source: P.A. 102-778, eff. 7-1-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-453, eff. 8-4-23.)
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215 ILCS 5/513b2 (215 ILCS 5/513b2) Sec. 513b2. Licensure requirements. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2020, to conduct business in this State, a pharmacy benefit manager must register with the Director. To initially register or renew a registration, a pharmacy benefit manager shall submit: (1) A nonrefundable fee not to exceed $500. (2) A copy of the registrant's corporate charter, | | articles of incorporation, or other charter document.
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| (3) A completed registration form adopted by the
| | (A) The name and address of the registrant.
(B) The name, address, and official position of
| | each officer and director of the registrant.
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| (b) The registrant shall report any change in information required under this Section to the Director in writing within 60 days after the change occurs.
(c) Upon receipt of a completed registration form, the required documents, and the registration fee, the Director shall issue a registration certificate. The certificate may be in paper or electronic form, and shall clearly indicate the expiration date of the registration. Registration certificates are nontransferable.
(d) A registration certificate is valid for 2 years after its date of issue. The Director shall adopt by rule an initial registration fee not to exceed $500 and a registration renewal fee not to exceed $500, both of which shall be nonrefundable. Total fees may not exceed the cost of administering this Section.
(e) The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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215 ILCS 5/513b3 (215 ILCS 5/513b3) Sec. 513b3. Examination. (a) The Director, or his or her designee, may examine a registered pharmacy benefit manager. (b) Any pharmacy benefit manager being examined shall provide to the Director, or his or her designee, convenient and free access to all books, records, documents, and other papers relating to such pharmacy benefit manager's business affairs at all reasonable hours at its offices. (c) The Director, or his or her designee, may administer oaths and thereafter examine the pharmacy benefit manager's designee, representative, or any officer or senior manager as listed on the license or registration certificate about the business of the pharmacy benefit manager. (d) The examiners designated by the Director under this Section may make reports to the Director. Any report alleging substantive violations of this Article, any applicable provisions of this Code, or any applicable Part of Title 50 of the Illinois Administrative Code shall be in writing and be based upon facts obtained by the examiners. The report shall be verified by the examiners. (e) If a report is made, the Director shall either deliver a duplicate report to the pharmacy benefit manager being examined or send such duplicate by certified or registered mail to the pharmacy benefit manager's address specified in the records of the Department. The Director shall afford the pharmacy benefit manager an opportunity to request a hearing to object to the report. The pharmacy benefit manager may request a hearing within 30 days after receipt of the duplicate report by giving the Director written notice of such request together with written objections to the report. Any hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Sections 402 and 403 of this Code. The right to a hearing is waived if the delivery of the report is refused or the report is otherwise undeliverable or the pharmacy benefit manager does not timely request a hearing. After the hearing or upon expiration of the time period during which a pharmacy benefit manager may request a hearing, if the examination reveals that the pharmacy benefit manager is operating in violation of any applicable provision of this Code, any applicable Part of Title 50 of the Illinois Administrative Code, a provision of this Article, or prior order, the Director, in the written order, may require the pharmacy benefit manager to take any action the Director considers necessary or appropriate in accordance with the report or examination hearing. If the Director issues an order, it shall be issued within 90 days after the report is filed, or if there is a hearing, within 90 days after the conclusion of the hearing. The order is subject to review under the Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .) |
215 ILCS 5/513b4 (215 ILCS 5/513b4) Sec. 513b4. Denial, revocation, or suspension of registration; administrative fines. (a) Denial of an application or suspension or revocation of a registration in accordance with this Section shall be by written order sent to the applicant or registrant by certified or registered mail at the address specified in the records of the Department. The written order shall state the grounds, charges, or conduct on which denial, suspension, or revocation is based. The applicant or registrant may in writing request a hearing within 30 days from the date of mailing. Upon receipt of a written request, the Director shall issue an order setting: (i) a specific time for the hearing, which may not be less than 20 nor more than 30 days after receipt of the request; and (ii) a specific place for the hearing, which may be in either the city of Springfield or in the county in Illinois where the applicant's or registrant's principal place of business is located. If no written request is received by the Director, such order shall be final upon the expiration of said 30 days. (b) If the Director finds that one or more grounds exist for the revocation or suspension of a registration issued under this Article, the Director may, in lieu of or in addition to such suspension or revocation, impose a fine upon the pharmacy benefit manager as provided under subsection (c). (c) With respect to any knowing and willful violation of a lawful order of the Director, any applicable portion of this Code, Part of Title 50 of the Illinois Administrative Code, or provision of this Article, the Director may impose a fine upon the pharmacy benefit manager in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for each violation.
(Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .) |
215 ILCS 5/513b5 (215 ILCS 5/513b5) Sec. 513b5. Failure to register. Any pharmacy benefit manager that operates without a registration or fails to register with the Director and pay the fee prescribed by this Article is an unauthorized insurer as defined in Article VII of this Code and shall be subject to all penalties provided for therein.
(Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .) |
215 ILCS 5/513b6 (215 ILCS 5/513b6) Sec. 513b6. Insurance Producer Administration Fund. All fees and fines paid to and collected by the Director under this Article shall be paid promptly after receipt thereof, together with a detailed statement of such fees, into the Insurance Producer Administration Fund. The moneys deposited into the Insurance Producer Administration Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .) |
215 ILCS 5/513b7 (215 ILCS 5/513b7) Sec. 513b7. Pharmacy audits. (a) As used in this Section: "Audit" means any physical on-site, remote electronic, or concurrent review of a pharmacist or pharmacy service submitted to the pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy benefit manager affiliate by a pharmacist or pharmacy for payment. "Auditing entity" means a person or company that performs a pharmacy audit. "Extrapolation" means the practice of inferring a frequency of dollar amount of overpayments, underpayments, nonvalid claims, or other errors on any portion of claims submitted, based on the frequency of dollar amount of overpayments, underpayments, nonvalid claims, or other errors actually measured in a sample of claims. "Misfill" means a prescription that was not dispensed; a prescription that was dispensed but was an incorrect dose, amount, or type of medication; a prescription that was dispensed to the wrong person; a prescription in which the prescriber denied the authorization request; or a prescription in which an additional dispensing fee was charged. "Pharmacy audit" means an audit conducted of any records of a pharmacy for prescriptions dispensed or nonproprietary drugs or pharmacist services provided by a pharmacy or pharmacist to a covered person. "Pharmacy record" means any record stored electronically or as a hard copy by a pharmacy that relates to the provision of a prescription or pharmacy services or other component of pharmacist care that is included in the practice of pharmacy. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, when conducting a pharmacy audit, an auditing entity shall: (1) not conduct an on-site audit of a pharmacy at any | | time during the first 3 business days of a month or the first 2 weeks and final 2 weeks of the calendar year or during a declared State or federal public health emergency;
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| (2) notify the pharmacy or its contracting agent no
| | later than 14 business days before the date of initial on-site audit; the notification to the pharmacy or its contracting agent shall be in writing and delivered either:
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| (A) by mail or common carrier, return receipt
| | (B) electronically, not including facsimile, with
| | electronic receipt confirmation and delivered during normal business hours of operation, addressed to the supervising pharmacist and pharmacy corporate office, if applicable, at least 14 business days before the date of an initial on-site audit;
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| (3) limit the audit period to 24 months after the
| | date a claim is submitted to or adjudicated by the pharmacy benefit manager;
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| (4) provide in writing the list of specific
| | prescription numbers to be included in the audit 14 business days before the on-site audit that may or may not include the final 2 digits of the prescription numbers;
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| (5) use the written and verifiable records of a
| | hospital, physician, or other authorized practitioner that are transmitted by any means of communication to validate the pharmacy records in accordance with State and federal law;
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| (6) limit the number of prescriptions audited to no
| | more than 100 prescriptions per audit and an entity shall not audit more than 200 prescriptions in any 12-month period, except in cases of fraud or knowing and willful misrepresentation; a refill shall not constitute a separate prescription and a pharmacy shall not be audited more than once every 6 months;
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| (7) provide the pharmacy or its contracting agent
| | with a copy of the preliminary audit report within 45 days after the conclusion of the audit;
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| (8) be allowed to conduct a follow-up audit on site
| | if a remote or desk audit reveals the necessity for a review of additional claims;
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| (9) accept invoice audits as validation invoices from
| | any wholesaler registered with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from which the pharmacy has purchased prescription drugs or, in the case of durable medical equipment or sickroom supplies, invoices from an authorized distributor other than a wholesaler;
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| (10) provide the pharmacy or its contracting agent
| | with the ability to provide documentation to address a discrepancy or audit finding if the documentation is received by the pharmacy benefit manager no later than the 45th day after the preliminary audit report was provided to the pharmacy or its contracting agent; the pharmacy benefit manager shall consider a reasonable request from the pharmacy for an extension of time to submit documentation to address or correct any findings in the report;
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| (11) be required to provide the pharmacy or its
| | contracting agent with the final audit report no later than 90 days after the initial audit report was provided to the pharmacy or its contracting agent;
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| (12) conduct the audit in consultation with a
| | pharmacist in specific cases if the audit involves clinical or professional judgment;
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| (13) not chargeback, recoup, or collect penalties
| | from a pharmacy until the time period to file an appeal of the final pharmacy audit report has passed or the appeals process has been exhausted, whichever is later, unless the identified discrepancy is expected to exceed $25,000, in which case the auditing entity may withhold future payments in excess of that amount until the final resolution of the audit;
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| (14) not compensate the employee or contractor
| | conducting the audit based on a percentage of the amount claimed or recouped pursuant to the audit;
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| (15) not use extrapolation to calculate penalties or
| | amounts to be charged back or recouped unless otherwise required by federal law or regulation; any amount to be charged back or recouped due to overpayment may not exceed the amount the pharmacy was overpaid;
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| (16) not include dispensing fees in the calculation
| | of overpayments unless a prescription is considered a misfill, the medication is not delivered to the patient, the prescription is not valid, or the prescriber denies authorizing the prescription; and
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| (17) conduct a pharmacy audit under the same
| | standards and parameters as conducted for other similarly situated pharmacies audited by the auditing entity.
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| (c) Except as otherwise provided by State or federal law, an auditing entity conducting a pharmacy audit may have access to a pharmacy's previous audit report only if the report was prepared by that auditing entity.
(d) Information collected during a pharmacy audit shall be confidential by law, except that the auditing entity conducting the pharmacy audit may share the information with the health benefit plan for which a pharmacy audit is being conducted and with any regulatory agencies and law enforcement agencies as required by law.
(e) A pharmacy may not be subject to a chargeback or recoupment for a clerical or recordkeeping error in a required document or record, including a typographical error or computer error, unless the pharmacy benefit manager can provide proof of intent to commit fraud or such error results in actual financial harm to the pharmacy benefit manager, a health plan managed by the pharmacy benefit manager, or a consumer.
(f) A pharmacy shall have the right to file a written appeal of a preliminary and final pharmacy audit report in accordance with the procedures established by the entity conducting the pharmacy audit.
(g) No interest shall accrue for any party during the audit period, beginning with the notice of the pharmacy audit and ending with the conclusion of the appeals process.
(h) An auditing entity must provide a copy to the plan sponsor of its claims that were included in the audit, and any recouped money shall be returned to the plan sponsor, unless otherwise contractually agreed upon by the plan sponsor and the pharmacy benefit manager.
(i) The parameters of an audit must comply with manufacturer listings or recommendations, unless otherwise prescribed by the treating provider, and must be covered under the individual's health plan, for the following:
(1) the day supply for eye drops must be calculated
| | so that the consumer pays only one 30-day copayment if the bottle of eye drops is intended by the manufacturer to be a 30-day supply;
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| (2) the day supply for insulin must be calculated so
| | that the highest dose prescribed is used to determine the day supply and consumer copayment; and
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| (3) the day supply for topical product must be
| | determined by the judgment of the pharmacist or treating provider upon the treated area.
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| (j) This Section shall not apply to:
(1) audits in which suspected fraud or knowing and
| | willful misrepresentation is evidenced by a physical review, review of claims data or statements, or other investigative methods;
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| (2) audits of claims paid for by federally funded
| | programs not applicable to health insurance coverage regulated by the Department; or
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| (3) concurrent reviews or desk audits that occur
| | within 3 business days after transmission of a claim and in which no chargeback or recoupment is demanded.
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| (Source: P.A. 103-102, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIII
(215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIII heading)
ARTICLE XXXIII.
URBAN
PROPERTY INSURANCE
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215 ILCS 5/522
(215 ILCS 5/522) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.69)
Sec. 522.
Purpose.
This article is to make basic property insurance increasingly available
to the citizens of this State, and to deter the insurance industry from
geographically redlining urban areas of this State by requiring the restructuring
of the Industry Placement Facility and administering the FAIR Plan (Fair
Access to Insurance Requirements) to deliver residential property insurance
to all citizens of this State on a reasonable access and marketing basis
by offering homeowners insurance, by requiring immediate binding of eligible
risks, by making use of premium installment payment plans, and by further
establishing reasonable service standards in its plan of operation subject
to the approval and review of the Director; and, to establish a central
operation facility for the equitable distribution of losses and expenses
in the writing of the basic property insurance and homeowners insurance in this State.
(Source: P.A. 80-1365.)
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215 ILCS 5/523
(215 ILCS 5/523) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.70)
Sec. 523.
Definitions.) (1) "Basic Property Insurance" means the
coverage against direct loss to real or tangible personal property at a
fixed location provided in the Standard Fire Policy and Extended
Coverage Endorsement and such vandalism and malicious mischief or such
other classes of insurance as may be added with respect to the property
by the Industry Placement Facility with the approval of the Director, except
insurance on automobile, farm and manufacturing
risks and it shall include homeowners insurance.
(2) "Homeowners Insurance" means the personal multi-peril property
coverages commonly known as Homeowners Insurance.
(3) "Inspection Bureau(s)" means the organization or organizations
designated by the Industry Placement Facility with the approval of the
Director to make inspections to determine the condition of the
properties for which basic property insurance is sought and to perform
such other duties as may be authorized by the Industry Placement
Facility;
(4) "Industry Placement Facility" or "Facility" means the
organization formed by insurers licensed to write and engaged in writing
basic property insurance (including multi-peril policies)
within the State of Illinois to assist applicants in urban areas in
securing basic property insurance and to formulate and administer a
program for the equitable apportionment among such insurers of such
basic property insurance.
(5) "Urban Area" means any community having a blighted, deteriorated
or deteriorating area which the Facility has designated with the
approval of the Director, or which the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development has approved for an urban renewal
project after a local public agency has been formed in the community to
avail itself of a U.S. Housing and Urban Renewal Program, or which the
Director of Insurance has designated.
(6) "Premiums Written" means the gross direct premiums charged with
respect to property in this State on all policies of basic property
insurance and the basic property insurance premium components of all
multi-peril policies less return premiums, dividends paid or credited to
policyholders, or the unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits.
(Source: P.A. 80-1365.)
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215 ILCS 5/524
(215 ILCS 5/524) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.71)
Sec. 524.
FAIR Plan Procedure.
(1) Any person having an insurable
interest in real or tangible personal property at a fixed location in an
urban area who, after diligent effort has been unable to obtain basic
property insurance, as evidenced by 3 attempts to procure such insurance,
is entitled upon application to the Facility to an
inspection and evaluation of the property by representatives of the
Inspection Bureau.
(2) Any person who is an owner-resident of a one to four family
dwelling unit at a fixed location in an urban area and whose residential
real property insurance coverage has been nonrenewed through the
voluntary insurance market shall be entitled to submit a binding
application of coverage to the Facility for such period of time as is
required by the Facility to conduct a reasonable inspection of the
residential real property.
(3) The manner and scope of the inspection and evaluation report
for nonresidential property shall be prescribed by the Facility with
the approval of the Director. The
inspection must include, but need not be limited to, pertinent
structural and occupancy features as well as the general condition of
the building and surrounding structures. A representative photograph of
the property may be taken as part of the inspection.
(4) Promptly after the request for inspection is received an
inspection must be made and an inspection report filed with the company
or companies designated by the Facility. A copy of the completed
inspection and evaluation report must be sent to the Facility and made
available to the
applicant and to insurers in the voluntary insurance market upon request.
(5) If the Inspection Bureau finds that the residential property meets
the reasonable underwriting standards established under Section 525, the
applicant shall be so informed in writing. If the residential property does
not meet the criteria, the applicant shall be informed, in writing, of the
reasons for the failure of the residential property to meet the criteria.
(6) If, at any time, the applicant makes improvements in the residential
property or its condition which he or she believes are sufficient to make
the residential property meet the criteria, a representative of the Inspection
Bureau shall reinspect the residential property upon request. In any case,
the applicant for residential property insurance shall be eligible for one
reinspection any time
beginning 60 days after his or
her initial Fair plan inspection. If upon reinspection the residential property
meets the reasonable underwriting standards established under Section 525,
the applicant shall be so informed in writing.
(Source: P.A. 81-1430.)
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215 ILCS 5/525
(215 ILCS 5/525) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72)
Sec. 525.
Industry Placement Program.)
(1) Within 30 days after the
effective date of this Article, all insurers engaged in writing in this
State, on a direct basis, basic property insurance or any property
insurance component in multi-peril policies, other than local district,
county and township mutual companies, must establish an Industry
Placement Facility to formulate and administer a Program for the
equitable apportionment among such insurers of basic property insurance
which may be afforded applicants in urban areas whose property is
insurable in accordance with reasonable underwriting standards, but
who, after diligent efforts, are unable to procure such insurance through
normal channels, as evidenced by 3 attempts to procure such insurance.
The Program may also provide, with the approval of the
Director, for the use of deductibles, percentage participation clauses
and other underwriting devices and for assessment of all members in
amounts sufficient to operate the Facility, and may establish maximum
limits of liability to be placed through the Program,
commissions to be paid to the license producer designated by the
applicant and for relieving any company from accepting referrals under
the FAIR Plan, in whole or in part, for reasonable cause. The Program
may also provide that the Facility issue policies in its own name. The
Program shall establish reasonable underwriting standards for determining
insurability of a risk, subject to the approval of the Director.
(2) The Industry Placement Program, through its plan of operation,
shall provide reasonable access and marketing procedures for (a)
immediate binding of eligible risks; (b) premium installment payment
plans; and, (c) establishing adequate marketing and service facilities
in all designated urban areas of this State.
(3) Homeowners insurance coverage shall become part of the Industry
Placement Program of basic property insurance. The Facility shall
develop, with the consultation of the Director, a homeowners insurance
contract(s) for urban areas. Such Program of homeowners insurance will
be implemented through a plan of operation specifically entitling owner
residents who have been nonrenewed through normal insurance channels of
immediate binding coverage pending a reasonable period of time for the
Facility to conduct an inspection of the premises to determine whether
the premises comply with underwriting requirements set out in the Program.
(4) Each insurer, as a condition of its authority to transact such
kinds of insurance in this State, must participate in the Industry
Placement Program in accordance with this Article and such a plan of
operation as may be established by a Governing Committee of 6 insurers
elected annually in a manner provided in a membership agreement to be
executed by each participating insurer, 4 members who are not
employees of or otherwise affiliated with the
insurance industry appointed by the Director to represent the
interest of insurance consumers, and one member who is an Illinois licensed
insurance producer appointed by the Director, who shall serve
for terms consistent with the terms served by
their counterparts from the insurance industry.
(Source: P.A. 88-667, eff. 9-16-94.)
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215 ILCS 5/525.1
(215 ILCS 5/525.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-1)
Sec. 525.1.
Centralized Operations Authorized.) (1) The Industry
Placement Facility is authorized, for FAIR Plan purposes only, to issue
policies of insurance and endorsements thereto in its own name or a
trade name duly adopted for that purpose, and to act on behalf of all
participating insurers in connection with said policies and otherwise in
any manner necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Article,
including but not limited to collection of premiums, issuance of
cancellations, and payment of commissions, losses, judgments and
expenses.
(2) The participating insurers shall be liable to the Facility as
provided in this Article, the Program and any related Articles of
Agreement for the expenses and liabilities so incurred by the Facility,
and the Governing Committee shall make assessments against the
participating insurers as required to meet such expenses and
liabilities. In connection with any policy issued by the Facility: (a)
the name and percentage participation of each participating insurer
shall be made available to the insured upon request to the Facility;
(b) service of any notice, proof of loss, legal process or other
communication with respect to the policy may and shall be made upon the
Facility; and (c) any action by the insured constituting a claim under
the policy shall be brought only against the Facility, and the Facility
shall be the proper party for all purposes in any action brought under
or in connection with any such policy. The foregoing requirements shall
be set forth in any policy issued by the Facility and the form and
content of any such policy shall be subject to the approval of the
Director of Insurance.
(3) The Facility is authorized to assume and cede reinsurance in
conformity with the Program.
(4) (a) Each insurer must participate in the writings, expenses,
profits and losses of the Facility in the proportion that its premiums written,
with respect to each fund, bear to the aggregate premiums written by all
insurers, with respect to each said fund, excluding that portion of the
premiums written attributable to the operation of the Facility except
as otherwise provided in this Section.
(b) The Director of Insurance shall by rule establish procedures for
determining the net level of participation required of each insurer, which
shall include the following elements:
(i) The designation of one or more contiguous ZIP CODE areas within
this State wherein the insurers writing new policies upon risks which they
do not insure prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act may receive
credit against
their obligation for FAIR Plan risks;
(ii) The minimum level of participation required of all insurers regardless of
the amount of credit allowed but which in no case shall be less than 50%
of that level of participation that would be required as defined in paragraph
(a) above;
(iii) A designation of the type of risks for which credit may be allowed,
provided that credit shall not apply to commercial risks where the annual
premium for the policy exceeds $2,000 for each fixed location;
(iv) The maximum level of participation required of all insurers regardless
of the amount of credit allowed.
(c) The procedures for determining levels of participation and all designations,
formulas, minima and maxima required by this Section shall be reasonably
designed to effect the intent of this Article without exempting any insurer
from the participation requirement.
(5) Voting on administrative questions of the Facility shall be
weighted in accordance with each insurers' premium written during the
second preceding calendar year as disclosed in the reports filed by the
insurer with the Director.
(6) The Facility may on its own initiative or at the request of the
Director, amend its rules or Program, subject to approval by the
Director.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
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215 ILCS 5/525.2
(215 ILCS 5/525.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-2)
Sec. 525.2.
Premium financing.
In the event the Industry Placement Facility accepts premium payments
from licensed premium financing companies and whenever a financed FAIR Plan
insurance contract is cancelled in accordance with Section 521 of the
Illinois Insurance Code, the insurer or Industry Placement Facility shall
return whatever gross unearned premium is due under the insurance contract
to the premium finance company effecting the cancellation for the account
of the insured or insureds less the proportionate amount of the commissions
paid by it to the producers of such FAIR Plan risk, prorated as to the
unearned portion of the premium, which amount such producers shall return
to the premium finance company. In the event of cancellation as set forth
above the Industry Placement Facility may deduct and retain from the return
premium a reasonable amount as a service charge.
(Source: P.A. 77-1561.)
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215 ILCS 5/525.3
(215 ILCS 5/525.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.72-3)
Sec. 525.3.
Approval of Rates.
In the event that the Industry Placement
Facility proposes to issue policies of insurance or endorsements thereto
pursuant to subsection (1) of Section 525.1, the Facility shall file for
approval with the Director the proposed rates and supplemental rate information
to be used in connection with the issuance of such policies or endorsements.
Within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rates, the Director shall enter
an order either approving or disapproving, in whole or in part, the rate
plan filed. The Director may, upon notice to the Industry Placement Facility,
extend the period for entering an order under this Section an additional
30 days. No such policies or endorsements shall be issued until such time
as the Director approves the rates to be applied to the policy or endorsement.
An order disapproving a rate shall state the grounds for the disapproval
and the findings in support thereof.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
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215 ILCS 5/525.4
(215 ILCS 5/525.4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1965.72-4)
Sec. 525.4.
Application for Coverage of Risks by the Facility.
(1) In the
event that the Industry Placement Facility proposes to issue policies of
insurance or endorsements thereto pursuant to subsection (1) of Section
525.1, the Facility shall require a written application for such
policies or endorsements. All applications shall be incorporated into the
policy or endorsement for which application was made.
(2) Applications for coverage of risks on property which is held in a
land trust, except applications for policies described in subsection (b)
of Section 143.13, shall disclose all beneficial interests in the property
in accordance with "An Act to require disclosure, under certification of
perjury, of all beneficial interests in real property held in a land trust,
in certain cases", approved September 21, 1973, as amended. Changes, which
result in an aggregate of 25%, in beneficial interest in the property subsequent
to the verification made in the application shall be reported by the
applicant or policy holder to the Facility no later than 10 days after the
change in beneficial interest occurs.
This shall not apply to transfer of beneficial interest to members of the
immediate family including spouse, children and grandchildren and their
spouses, parents, sisters and brothers. Changes in beneficial interest
which result in an aggregate of less than 25% shall be reported at the time
of renewal of the policy. Disclosure of the beneficial interests in such
property is deemed material
to the application for new coverage or the continuation of existing coverage
and failure to disclose all beneficial interests, including any changes
therein, renders the contract of insurance voidable at the option of the
Facility. Upon being notified of any change in beneficial interest, the
Facility shall reevaluate its risk of loss as if the risk were a new application
for coverage. When a policy subject to this Section is issued or applied
for, the Facility shall give written notice as to the requirements of this Section
to the named insured or applicant and all beneficiaries disclosed in the application.
(3) Applications for policies or endorsements covering real property,
except applications for policies described in subsection (b) of Section
143.13, shall include the following information:
(a) name and address of the applicant;
(b) name and address of all parties with any financial interest in the
property to be insured and the nature and extent of such interest, including mortgages;
(c) all purchases and sales of the property to be insured during the last
five years, including all parties involved in such transactions, with their
names and addresses;
(d) the value the insured claims for the insurable interest and the method
utilized to derive that value;
(e) all income from the property to be insured during the current year
and the last calendar and tax years, if known;
(f) occupancy and use during the preceding two years, including percentage
of occupancy if a nonowner occupied dwelling, if known;
(g) prior loss history of the applicant and the property to be insured;
(h) all tax liens and other legal encumbrances affecting the property
to be insured; and
(i) all violations of building construction and maintenance ordinances
concerning the property to be insured which have been cited in a legal notice
from an ordinance enforcement authority and which violations have not been
certified as remedied by the enforcement authority, and for which an enforcement
action is pending.
(4) Within 60 days of receipt of an application submitted pursuant to
subsection (3), the Facility shall conduct an on-site inspection of the
property to be insured so as to determine the nature of the risk presented
and the availability of coverage by the Facility. Any policy or endorsement
issued on an application submitted pursuant to subsection (3) may be cancelled
by the Facility within 60 days of the issuance thereof.
(Source: P.A. 81-1426.)
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215 ILCS 5/527
(215 ILCS 5/527) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.74)
Sec. 527.
Right
to appeal.
(1) Any applicant or affected insurer has the right of appeal to the
Governing Committee. A decision of the Committee may be appealed to the
Director within 30 days after such decision.
(2) All orders or decisions of the Director made pursuant to this
Article are subject to judicial review
in accordance with the
Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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215 ILCS 5/528
(215 ILCS 5/528) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.75)
Sec. 528.
Inspection reports.
There is no liability on the part of, and no cause of action against
insurers, the Inspection Bureau, the Facility, the Association, the
Governing Committee, their agents or employees, or the Director or his
authorized representatives, with respect to any inspections required to be
undertaken by this Article or for any acts or omissions in connection
therewith, or for any statements made in any report and communication
concerning the insurability of the property, or in the findings required by
the provisions of this Article, or at the hearings conducted in connection
with such inspections. The reports and communications of the Inspection
Bureau, the Facility, the Association, and the records of the Governing
Committee are not considered public documents.
(Source: Laws 1968, p. 15.)
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215 ILCS 5/529
(215 ILCS 5/529) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76)
Sec. 529.
Illinois Insurance Development Fund.
(a) A trust fund is created to be known as the "Illinois Insurance
Development Fund" to be administered by the State Treasurer as a special
trust fund. The purpose is to provide financial back-up for the Facility
and the Association in order to enable companies to qualify for riot and
civil disorder reinsurance under the National Insurance Development
Corporation Act of 1968 or any other act of the United States which will
similarly provide reinsurance or financial back-up to accomplish the
purpose of this Article.
(b) The Fund shall consist of all payments made to the Fund by companies
in accordance with the provisions of this Article, any securities acquired
by and through use of monies belonging to the Fund, any monies appropriated
to the Fund, and any interest and accretions earned on assets of the Fund.
The State Treasurer shall have the same power to enforce the collection of
the assessments provided hereunder as any other obligation due the State.
(Source: P.A. 76-714.)
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215 ILCS 5/529.1
(215 ILCS 5/529.1) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-1)
Sec. 529.1.
Reimbursement of the Secretary.
The Fund shall reimburse the Secretary of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as "the Secretary") under the
provisions of Section 1223(a) (1) of the Urban Property Protection and
Reinsurance Act of 1968 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") for losses
reinsured by the Secretary and occurring in this State on or after August
1, 1968, provided that the total amount of reimbursement in any one year
shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the aggregate property insurance
premiums earned in this State during the preceding calendar year on those
lines of insurance reinsured by the Secretary in this State during the
calendar year.
(Source: P.A. 76-714 .)
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215 ILCS 5/529.2
(215 ILCS 5/529.2) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-2)
Sec. 529.2.
Making of assessments.
Whenever the Secretary shall, in accordance with the Act, present to the
State a request for reimbursement under the Act, the Fund shall immediately
assess all companies which, during the calendar year with respect to which
reimbursement is requested by the Secretary, are engaged in writing
property insurance in this State. The amount of each such company's
assessment shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of the
reimbursement requested by the Secretary by a fraction the numerator of
which is the company's direct property insurance premiums earned in this
State and the denominator of which is the aggregate of such premiums for
all companies. Within 30 days following the end of each full calendar
quarter, each company shall pay to the Fund an amount equal to one-twelfth
of the company's assessment.
(Source: P.A. 76-714 .)
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215 ILCS 5/529.3
(215 ILCS 5/529.3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-3)
Sec. 529.3.
Insolvency.
In the event any company fails, by reason of insolvency, to pay any
assessment, the Fund shall cause the reimbursement ratios, computed
under Section 529.2, to be immediately recalculated, excluding therefrom the
amount of the insolvent company's assessment determined by the Director
of Insurance to be uncollectible, so that such uncollectible amount is,
in effect, assumed and redistributed among the remaining companies.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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215 ILCS 5/529.4
(215 ILCS 5/529.4) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.76-4)
Sec. 529.4.
Whenever the fund shall assess insurers in accordance with this Section,
each insurer may charge an additional premium on every property insurance
policy issued by it insuring property in this state, the effective date of
which policy is within the 3 year period commencing 90 days after the date
of assessment by the Fund. The amount of the additional premium shall be
calculated on the basis of a uniform percentage of the premium on such
policies equal to 1/3 of the ratio of the amount of an insurer's assessment
to the amount of its direct earned premiums for the calendar year
immediately preceding the year in which the assessment is made, such that
over the period of 3 years the aggregate of all such additional premium
charges by an insurer shall be equal to the amount of the assessment of
such insurer. The minimum additional premium charged on a policy may be
$1.00 and any other additional premium charged may be rounded to the
nearest dollar.
(Source: P.A. 76-714 .)
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