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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4000 Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Margo McDermed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits a life insurance company from denying coverage to an individual, limiting the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available to the individual, or charging an individual or group to which the individual belongs a different rate solely because the individual has been prescribed or has obtained through a standing order an opioid antagonist.
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| | HB4000 | | LRB101 14541 SMS 63440 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 155.47 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/155.47 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 155.47. Prohibited practices relating to prescription |
| 8 | | for or obtainment of opioid antagonist. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "opioid
antagonist" means any |
| 10 | | drug that binds to opioid receptors and
blocks or otherwise |
| 11 | | inhibits the effects of opioids acting on those
receptors to |
| 12 | | reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. |
| 13 | | (b) This Section applies to a life insurance policy: |
| 14 | | (1) issued or delivered in this State; or |
| 15 | | (2) issued by a life insurance company organized in
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| 16 | | this State. |
| 17 | | (c) A life insurance company may
not, based solely on |
| 18 | | whether an individual has been prescribed or
has obtained |
| 19 | | through a standing order an opioid antagonist: |
| 20 | | (1) deny coverage to the individual; |
| 21 | | (2) limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage
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| 22 | | available to the individual; or |
| 23 | | (3) charge the individual or a group to which the
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