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91_HB3462

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Insurance Code  by  changing
 2    Section 238.1.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 238.1 as follows:

 7        (215 ILCS 5/238.1)
 8        Sec. 238.1. Data exchanges; administrative liens.
 9        (a)  An Any insurance company doing business in the State
10    and  governed  by this Code shall enter into an agreement for
11    data exchanges with the Illinois Department of Public Aid for
12    the purpose of locating accounts as defined in Section  10-24
13    of  the  Illinois Public Aid Code of responsible relatives to
14    satisfy past-due child support owed by responsible  relatives
15    under   an   order   for   support  entered  by  a  court  or
16    administrative body of this or any other State on  behalf  of
17    resident or non-resident persons.
18        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provisions in this Code to the
19    contrary, an insurance company shall not  be  liable  to  any
20    person:
21             (1)  for   any  disclosure  of  information  to  the
22        Illinois Department of Public Aid under subsection (a);
23             (2)  for encumbering or surrendering any accounts as
24        defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid  Code
25        held by such insurance company in response to a notice of
26        lien  or levy issued by the Illinois Department of Public
27        Aid, or by any other state's  child  support  enforcement
28        agency, as provided for in Section 238 of this Code; or
29             (3)  for  any  other  action  taken in good faith to
30        comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
31    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

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