91st General Assembly
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FLOWERS-SAVIANO-SCHOENBERG-O'BRIEN-JOHNSON,TIM, MADIGAN,MJ, 
   MCKEON, FEIGENHOLTZ, MCGUIRE, HAMOS, CURRY,JULIE, 
   JONES,LOU, HOFFMAN, FOWLER, DAVIS,STEVE, RONEN, BOLAND, 
   BRUNSVOLD, BUGIELSKI, BURKE, CAPPARELLI, CROTTY, DELGADO, 
   FRANKS, FRITCHEY, GARRETT, GASH, GIGLIO, GRANBERG, HANNIG, 
   HOLBROOK, HOWARD, JONES,SHIRLEY, KENNER, LOPEZ, 
   MCCARTHY, MORROW, MURPHY, NOVAK, PUGH, REITZ, 
   SILVA, SLONE, SMITH,MICHAEL, STROGER, TURNER,ART, WOOLARD, 
   CURRIE, ACEVEDO, BRADLEY, DART, SHARP, HARTKE AND LANG.

(BERMAN)

   New Act                                                                     
   5 ILCS 375/6.12 new                                                         
   20 ILCS 1405/56.3 new                                                       
   20 ILCS 1405/56.4 new                                                       
   20 ILCS 1405/56.5 new                                                       
   20 ILCS 1405/56.6 new                                                       
   20 ILCS 1405/56.7 new                                                       
   30 ILCS 105/5.490 new                                                       
   30 ILCS 805/8.23 new                                                        
   55 ILCS 5/5-1069.8 new                                                      
   65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.8 new                                                      
   105 ILCS 5/10-22.3g new                                                     
   215 ILCS 125/2-2          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1404                       
   215 ILCS 125/6-7          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1418.7                     

        Creates the Managed Care Reform Act.  Specifies information  that      
   must  be  disclosed by a managed care plan.  Establishes a multi-level      
   grievance procedure and also  provides  for  an  independent  external      
   review.   Requires  a  managed  care  plan  to  maintain  a  grievance      
   register.  Requires managed care plans to be certified by the Director      
   of  Public  Health  with  respect  to  adequacy  of provider networks.      
   Authorizes the Department of Public Health to impose civil  penalties.      
   Establishes a process, including hearings, for termination of a health      
   care  provider.  Requires managed care plans to report to professional      
   disciplinary agencies.  Provides for the registration  of  utilization      
   service  agents.   Establishes  utilization  review program standards.      
   Provides that health insurance carriers, health care plans, and  other      
   managed  care entities for health care plans have the duty to exercise      
   ordinary care when making health  care  treatment  decisions  and  are      
   liable  for  damages  for  harm  to an insured or enrollee proximately      
   caused by the failure to exercise ordinary care.  Authorizes a private      
   right of action.  Defines terms. Applies only to causes of action that      
   accrue on or after the effective date of the  Act.  Amends  the  Civil      
   Administrative Code of Illinois to establish the Office of Health Care      
   Consumer Assistance, Advocacy, and Information within the Department        
   of Insurance. Establishes a Managed Care Ombudsman Program to be a          
   part of the Office of Health Care Consumer Assistance, Advocacy, and        
   Information. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Managed Care        
   Reform Fund. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation        
   without reimbursement. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act       
   of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the            
   School Code to impose the requirements of the Managed Care Reform Act       
   upon the provision of health care under those Acts. Amends the Health       
   Maintenance Organization Act to provide for 2 public members to be          
   appointed to the Health Maintenance Organization Guaranty Association       
   Board. Effective January 1, 2000.                                           
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Central Management Services)              
          HB 626 will increase HMO costs to the State by 5% to 15%, a          
          fiscal impact of between $13 million and $39 million.                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          20 ILCS 1405/56.5 new                                                
          20 ILCS 1405/56.6 new                                                
          20 ILCS 1405/56.7 new                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          215 ILCS 123/15                                                      
          215 ILCS 123/20                                                      
        Exempts employee or employer self-insured plans subject to ERISA.      
   Requires the Department of Insurance to  maintain  records  concerning      
   complaints.    Prohibits  retaliation  by  managed  care plans against      
   health care providers.  Imposes requirements for access to specialists      
   and for transition of services.  Sets forth requirements for emergency      
   services.  Provides for an Office of Consumer Health Insurance  within      
   the  Department  of  Insurance.    Removes  provisions relating to the      
   Managed Care Ombudsman Program.  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 individuals.  Authorizes the      
   sponsorship of health care purchasing groups of up to 100,000,  rather      
   than 10,000, individuals. Effective immediately.                            
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Public Health)                    
          Fiscal impact would be approximately $1.5 million GRF annually,      
          not including costs that would be incurred by other State            
          agencies.                                                            
          STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1                                          
          (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)                       
          Creates a personnel mandate for which reimbursement of the in-       
          creased costs to local gov't. would normally be required;            
          exempts the State from reimbursement liability. No estimate          
          of local gov't. costs is available.                                  
          HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 1                                               
          (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs)                       
          Preempts home rule and declares compliance is an exclusive           
          power of the State and a denial and limitation of home rule          
          powers.                                                              
   99-02-04  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   99-02-05  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-02-05  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   99-02-09  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 MCKEON                
   99-02-09  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCOTT                 
   99-02-09  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    O'BRIEN               
   99-02-10  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               HEALTH CARE           
   99-02-10  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 FEIGENHOLTZ           
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCGUIRE               
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HAMOS                 
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CURRY,JULIE           
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DAVIS,MONIQUE         
   99-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,LOU             
   99-02-11  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOFFMAN               
   99-02-11  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FOWLER                
   99-02-18  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 SAVIANO               
   99-02-18  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 JOHNSON,TIM           
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCKEON                
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FEIGENHOLTZ           
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DAVIS,STEVE           
   99-02-18  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    RONEN                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOLAND                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BROSNAHAN             
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BRUNSVOLD             
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BUGIELSKI             
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BURKE                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CAPPARELLI            
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CROTTY                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DELGADO               
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ERWIN                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FRANKS                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    FRITCHEY              
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GARRETT               
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GASH                  
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GIGLIO                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    GRANBERG              
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HANNIG                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HARRIS                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOLBROOK              
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HOWARD                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,SHIRLEY         
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KENNER                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LOPEZ                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LYONS,JOSEPH          
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCCARTHY              
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MORROW                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MURPHY                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    NOVAK                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCHOENBERG            
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCULLY                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SILVA                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SLONE                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SMITH,MICHAEL         
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    PUGH                  
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    REITZ                 
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    STROGER               
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    TURNER,ART            
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WOOLARD               
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    YOUNGE                
   99-02-19  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MADIGAN,MJ            
   99-02-22  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   99-02-22  H                   COMMITTEE               HEALTH CARE           
   99-02-24  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CURRIE                
   99-03-03  H                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-HTHCR-AVB-ACS H    
   99-03-03  H                                   ADOPTED 010-006-000           
   99-03-03  H  DO PASS AS AMENDED/STANDARD DEBATE       010-002-006   HCAA    
   99-03-03  H  PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE                         
   99-03-04  H  FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED         BLACK                 
   99-03-04  H  STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE RQSTD AS AMENDED  BLACK                 
   99-03-04  H  HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED      BLACK                 
   99-03-04  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ACEVEDO               
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BRADLEY               
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    DART                  
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SHARP                 
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    HARTKE                
   99-03-04  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LANG                  
   99-03-10  H  FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED             BY HOUSE AMEND #1     
   99-03-10  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   99-03-11  H  HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED          BY HOUSE AMEND #1     
   99-03-11  H  STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED  BY HOUSE AMEND #1     
   99-03-11  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   99-03-12  H  SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE                                 
   99-03-12  H  HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT                        
   99-03-17  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE                       
   99-03-22  H  JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO                 SCHOENBERG            
   99-03-22  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    SCOTT                 
   99-03-24  H                                  VERIFIED                       
   99-03-24  H  THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS       062-037-015           
   99-03-25  S  ARRIVE IN SENATE                                               
   99-03-25  S  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING   99-03-26              
   99-03-25  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            BERMAN                
   99-03-25  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   99-03-25  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   01-01-09  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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