HB2042 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2042

Introduced , by Rep. Grant Wehrli

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 190/10

Amends the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act. Provides that a short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy must have an expiration date that is less than 366 days (rather than 181 days) and may be renewed or extended (rather than prohibiting a policy to be renewable or extendable within a period of 365 days after the individual's coverage under the policy ends). Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(215 ILCS 190/10)

Sec. 10. Application; scope; duration of coverage.

(a) This Act applies to health insurance issuers that offer short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage to individuals in this State and to short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage that is delivered or issued for delivery in this State, including coverage issued outside of this State that covers individuals in this State.

(b) A short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy may not be issued or delivered to any person residing in this State unless the policy, when delivered or issued for delivery in this State, complies with the provisions of this Act.

(c) Any short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy that is delivered or issued for delivery in this State must have an expiration date in the policy that is less than 366 181 days after the effective date and may be renewed or extended shall not be renewable or extendable within a period of 365 days after the individual's coverage under the policy ends, either at the option of the issuer or the individual. Renewal of a short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy includes the issuance of a new short-term, limited-duration health insurance policy by an issuer to a policyholder within 60 days after the expiration of a policy previously issued by the issuer to the policyholder.

(d) Any short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy that is delivered or issued for delivery in this State may not be rescinded before the expiration date in the policy, except in cases of nonpayment of premiums, fraud, or as provided in subsection (e).

(e) Any short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage policy that is delivered or issued for delivery in this State shall contain an option for an individual to cancel coverage after any 30-day interval during the term of the plan.

(Source: P.A. 100-1118, eff. 11-27-18.)

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