91st General Assembly
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SCHOENBERG-CAPPARELLI-KRAUSE-KLINGLER-FEIGENHOLTZ, CROSS, 
   MOORE,ANDREA, ERWIN, ACEVEDO, BEAUBIEN, BIGGINS, BOST, 
   BUGIELSKI, BURKE, COULSON, COWLISHAW, CROTTY, CURRY,JULIE, 
   FRITCHEY, GARRETT, GASH, GIGLIO, GRANBERG, HAMOS, HANNIG, 
   HOEFT, HOLBROOK, HOWARD, JONES,LOU, JONES,SHIRLEY, KENNER, 
   LYONS,JOSEPH, MCAULIFFE, MEYER, MOFFITT, MULLIGAN, MURPHY, 
   O'BRIEN, PANKAU, PERSICO, RYDER, SAVIANO, SCOTT, 
   SMITH,MICHAEL, SOMMER, WINTERS, WOJCIK, ZICKUS, LANG, 
   DAVIS,MONIQUE, JOHNSON,TIM, FOWLER, REITZ, 
   BOLAND AND BROSNAHAN.

   New Act                                                                     
   5 ILCS 375/6.12 new                                                         
   30 ILCS 805/8.23 new                                                        
   55 ILCS 5/5-1069.8 new                                                      
   65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.8 new                                                      
   215 ILCS 5/155.36 new                                                       
   215 ILCS 5/370g           from Ch. 73, par. 982g                            
   215 ILCS 5/370s new                                                         
   215 ILCS 5/511.118 new                                                      
   215 ILCS 105/8.6 new                                                        
   215 ILCS 123/15                                                             
   215 ILCS 123/20                                                             
   215 ILCS 125/2-2          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1404                       
   215 ILCS 125/5-3.6 new                                                      
   215 ILCS 125/6-7          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1418.7                     
   215 ILCS 130/4002.6 new                                                     
   215 ILCS 165/15.30 new                                                      
   305 ILCS 5/5-16.12 new                                                      

        Creates the Managed Care Patient Rights Act.  Enumerates  certain      
   information  and  quality  of  care  standards  to  which a patient is      
   entitled.  Requires health care plans to  disclose  to  enrollees  and      
   prospective  enrollees  specific  information  concerning benefits and      
   coverages, emergency services,  out-of-area  coverages,  service  area      
   covered,  access to specialists, and grievance procedures.  Sets forth      
   requirements  for  continuity  of  care.   Prohibits   restraints   on      
   communications  between health care providers and enrollees and others      
   regarding care alternatives, quality, and utilization  review  issues.      
   Establishes  requirements for access to specialists and the mechanisms      
   for second opinions.  Requires health care plans to  have  a  consumer      
   advisory  committee  made  up  of enrollees and to establish a quality      
   assessment program.  Provides  for  the  registration  of  utilization      
   review  programs.   Amends  the  Health  Care  Purchasing Group Act to      
   provide that a purchasing group may be formed by 2 or  more  employers      
   having  no  more than 500 covered employees each rather than having an      
   aggregate limit of 2,500 covered individuals. Authorizes the sponsor-       
   ship of health care purchasing groups with up to 100,000 (rather            
   than  10,000) covered  individuals.   Amends the State Employees Group      
   Insurance Plan of 1971, the  Counties  Code,  the  Illinois  Municipal      
   Code,   the  Comprehensive  Health  Insurance  Plan  Act,  the  Health      
   Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service  Organization      
   Act,  the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public      
   Aid Code to require that health care coverage under those Acts  comply      
   with  Managed  Care Patient Rights Act.  Amends the Illinois Insurance      
   Code to require compliance with provisions of the Managed Care Patient      
   Rights Act concerning utilization  review  and  complaint  procedures.      
   Amends the State Mandates Act to provide reimbursement by the State is      
   not required.  Effective January 1, 2000.                                   
          FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Insurance)                                     
          There may be a fiscal impact to the Department that exceeds          
          $200,000. These costs would result from the hiring of addi-          
          tional staff to implement the (UR) program registration pro-         
          vision. Additionally, there would be some cost for the re-           
          structuring of the Dept's database to accommodate for UR firms.      
   99-02-03  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 CAPPARELLI            
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KRAUSE                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KLINGLER              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FEIGENHOLTZ           
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CROSS                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LOPEZ                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MOORE,ANDREA          
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ERWIN                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ACEVEDO               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BEAUBIEN              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BIGGINS               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOST                  
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BRADLEY               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BUGIELSKI             
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BURKE                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    COULSON               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    COWLISHAW             
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CROTTY                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CURRY,JULIE           
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DURKIN                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FRITCHEY              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GARRETT               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GASH                  
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GIGLIO                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GRANBERG              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HAMOS                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HANNIG                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HASSERT               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOEFT                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOLBROOK              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOWARD                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,LOU             
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,SHIRLEY         
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KENNER                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LINDNER               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LYONS,JOSEPH          
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCAULIFFE             
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MEYER                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MOFFITT               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MULLIGAN              
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MURPHY                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    NOVAK                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    O'BRIEN               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    PANKAU                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    PERSICO               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    RYDER                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SAVIANO               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCOTT                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SLONE                 
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SMITH,MICHAEL         
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SOMMER                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WINTERS               
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WOJCIK                
   99-02-03  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ZICKUS                
   99-02-03  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   99-02-10  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               HEALTH CARE           
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LANG                  
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCGUIRE               
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DAVIS,MONIQUE         
   99-02-11  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JOHNSON,TIM           
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FOWLER                
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    REITZ                 
   99-02-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FLOWERS               
   99-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOLAND                
   99-03-04  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   99-03-04  H                   COMMITTEE               HEALTH CARE           
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BROSNAHAN             
   99-03-05  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   01-01-09  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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