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92_HB5908

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning insurance coverage.

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

 4        Section 5.  The State Employees Group  Insurance  Act  of
 5    1971 is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
 7        Sec.  6.11.  Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance
 8    Code requirements.  The  program  of  health  benefits  shall
 9    provide  the  post-mastectomy  care  benefits  required to be
10    covered by a policy of accident and  health  insurance  under
11    Section  356t of the Illinois Insurance Code.  The program of
12    health benefits shall provide  the  coverage  required  under
13    Sections  356u,  356w,  and  356x, and 356z.2 of the Illinois
14    Insurance Code. The program of health  benefits  must  comply
15    with Section 155.37 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
16    (Source: P.A. 92-440, eff. 8-17-01.)

17        Section  10.  The  Illinois  Insurance Code is amended by
18    adding Section 356z.2 as follows:

19        (215 ILCS 5/356z.2 new)
20        Sec. 356z.2.  Prescription drug  coverage.   A  group  or
21    individual  policy  of  accident  and  health  insurance or a
22    managed care plan  amended,  delivered,  issued,  or  renewed
23    after  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
24    General Assembly that provides coverage for prescribed  drugs
25    may  not  deny  authorization of the dispensing or filling of
26    multiple  covered  prescriptions  on  a  single  visit  to  a
27    pharmacy.

28        Section 15.  The Health Maintenance Organization  Act  is
 
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 1    amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:

 2        (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
 3        Sec. 5-3.  Insurance Code provisions.
 4        (a)  Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
 5    the  provisions of Sections 133, 134, 137, 140, 141.1, 141.2,
 6    141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,  154,  154.5,
 7    154.6,  154.7,  154.8, 155.04, 355.2, 356m, 356v, 356w, 356x,
 8    356y, 356z.2, 367i, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402,  403,  403A,  408,
 9    408.2,  409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) of subsection
10    (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2,
11    XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.
12        (b)  For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code,  except
13    for  Sections  444  and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
14    Health Maintenance Organizations in the following  categories
15    are deemed to be "domestic companies":
16             (1)  a   corporation  authorized  under  the  Dental
17        Service Plan Act or the Voluntary Health  Services  Plans
18        Act;
19             (2)  a  corporation organized under the laws of this
20        State; or
21             (3)  a  corporation  organized  under  the  laws  of
22        another state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which  are
23        residents  of this State, except a corporation subject to
24        substantially the  same  requirements  in  its  state  of
25        organization  as  is  a  "domestic company" under Article
26        VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
27        (c)  In considering the merger, consolidation,  or  other
28    acquisition  of  control of a Health Maintenance Organization
29    pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
30             (1)  the Director shall give  primary  consideration
31        to  the  continuation  of  benefits  to enrollees and the
32        financial conditions of the acquired  Health  Maintenance
33        Organization  after  the  merger, consolidation, or other
 
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 1        acquisition of control takes effect;
 2             (2)(i)  the criteria specified in subsection  (1)(b)
 3        of Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
 4        apply  and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
 5        with respect  to  the  merger,  consolidation,  or  other
 6        acquisition  of  control,  need not take into account the
 7        effect on competition of the  merger,  consolidation,  or
 8        other acquisition of control;
 9             (3)  the  Director  shall  have the power to require
10        the following information:
11                  (A)  certification by an independent actuary of
12             the  adequacy  of  the  reserves   of   the   Health
13             Maintenance Organization sought to be acquired;
14                  (B)  pro  forma financial statements reflecting
15             the combined balance sheets of the acquiring company
16             and the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
17             acquired as of the end of the preceding year and  as
18             of  a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well
19             as  pro  forma   financial   statements   reflecting
20             projected  combined  operation  for  a  period  of 2
21             years;
22                  (C)  a pro forma  business  plan  detailing  an
23             acquiring   party's   plans   with  respect  to  the
24             operation of  the  Health  Maintenance  Organization
25             sought  to be acquired for a period of not less than
26             3 years; and
27                  (D)  such other  information  as  the  Director
28             shall require.
29        (d)  The  provisions  of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois
30    Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to  the  sale
31    by any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of
32    its  enrollee  population  (including  without limitation the
33    health maintenance organization's right, title, and  interest
34    in and to its health care certificates).
 
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 1        (e)  In  considering  any  management contract or service
 2    agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois  Insurance
 3    Code,  the  Director  (i)  shall, in addition to the criteria
 4    specified in Section 141.2 of the  Illinois  Insurance  Code,
 5    take  into  account  the effect of the management contract or
 6    service  agreement  on  the  continuation  of   benefits   to
 7    enrollees   and   the   financial  condition  of  the  health
 8    maintenance organization to be managed or serviced, and  (ii)
 9    need  not  take  into  account  the  effect of the management
10    contract or service agreement on competition.
11        (f)  Except for small employer groups as defined  in  the
12    Small  Employer  Rating,  Renewability and Portability Health
13    Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies  as
14    defined  in  Section  363  of  the Illinois Insurance Code, a
15    Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with  a
16    group  or  other  enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
17    additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
18             (i)  the amount of, and other terms  and  conditions
19        with respect to, the refund or additional premium are set
20        forth  in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in
21        advance of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
22        additional premium is to be charged (which  period  shall
23        not be less than one year); and
24             (ii)  the amount of the refund or additional premium
25        shall   not   exceed   20%   of  the  Health  Maintenance
26        Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
27        respect to the group or other  enrollment  unit  for  the
28        period  (and,  for  purposes  of  a  refund or additional
29        premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience  shall
30        be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
31        Health   Maintenance  Organization's  administrative  and
32        marketing expenses, but shall not include any  refund  to
33        be made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
34        subsection (f)).  The Health Maintenance Organization and
 
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 1        the   group   or  enrollment  unit  may  agree  that  the
 2        profitable or unprofitable experience may  be  calculated
 3        taking into account the refund period and the immediately
 4        preceding 2 plan years.
 5        The  Health  Maintenance  Organization  shall  include  a
 6    statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
 7    describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
 8    and  upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
 9    the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
10    to  calculate  (1)  the  Health  Maintenance   Organization's
11    profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
12    unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
13    or  (2)  the  Health  Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
14    experience with respect to the group or enrollment  unit  and
15    the  resulting  additional premium to be paid by the group or
16    enrollment unit.
17        In  no  event  shall  the  Illinois  Health   Maintenance
18    Organization  Guaranty  Association  be  liable  to  pay  any
19    contractual  obligation  of  an insolvent organization to pay
20    any refund authorized under this Section.
21    (Source: P.A.  90-25,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-177,  eff.  7-23-97;
22    90-372, eff.  7-1-98;  90-583,  eff.  5-29-98;  90-655,  eff.
23    7-30-98;  90-741,  eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-406,
24    eff. 1-1-00; 91-549, eff.  8-14-99;  91-605,  eff.  12-14-99;
25    91-788, eff. 6-9-00.)

26        Section  20.  The  Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
27    amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

28        (215 ILCS 165/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 604)
29        Sec.  10.  Application  of  Insurance  Code   provisions.
30    Health  services plan corporations and all persons interested
31    therein  or  dealing  therewith  shall  be  subject  to   the
32    provisions of Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133,
 
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 1    140,  143,  143c,  149, 155.37, 354, 355.2, 356r, 356t, 356u,
 2    356v, 356w, 356x, 356y, 356z.1,  356z.2,  367.2,  368a,  401,
 3    401.1,  402,  403,  403A, 408, 408.2, and 412, and paragraphs
 4    (7) and (15) of Section 367 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-406,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-549,  eff.  8-14-99;
 6    91-605,  eff.  12-14-99;  91-788,  eff.  6-9-00; 92-130, eff.
 7    7-20-01; 92-440, eff. 8-17-01; revised 9-12-01.)

 8        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 9    becoming law.

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