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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3472 Introduced , by Rep. Deb Conroy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance shall provide coverage for the cost of opioid treatment drugs, including, but not limited to, opioid antagonists, regardless of whether or not they are generic drug formularies, and other buprenorphine-based medications meant to treat opioid addiction or prevent overdose by opioid use. Effective January 1, 2020.
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| | HB3472 | | LRB101 10553 SMS 55659 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 356z.33 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.33 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 356z.33. Coverage for opioid addiction treatment |
| 8 | | drugs. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" means a |
| 10 | | drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or inhibits the |
| 11 | | effect of opioids acting on those receptors, including, but not |
| 12 | | limited to, naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly |
| 13 | | acting drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. |
| 14 | | (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health |
| 15 | | insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the |
| 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General |
| 17 | | Assembly shall provide coverage for the cost of opioid |
| 18 | | treatment drugs, including, but not limited to, opioid |
| 19 | | antagonists, regardless of whether or not they are generic drug |
| 20 | | formularies, and other buprenorphine-based medications meant |
| 21 | | to treat opioid addiction or prevent overdose by opioid use.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |