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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1470 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Makes
a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability and scope of the
Act.
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| | HB1470 | | LRB102 03486 BMS 13499 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, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Health Insurance Portability and |
| 5 | | Accountability Act is amended by changing Section 15 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (215 ILCS 97/15)
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| 8 | | Sec. 15. Applicability and scope. This Act applies to all |
| 9 | | health insurance policies and
and all health service
contracts |
| 10 | | issued, renewed, or delivered for issuance or renewal in this |
| 11 | | State
by a health insurance issuer after the effective date of |
| 12 | | this Act. Unless
otherwise
specifically provided by this Act, |
| 13 | | the standards and requirements imposed by
this Act shall |
| 14 | | supersede and replace any and all conflicting, inconsistent or
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| 15 | | less restrictive standards or requirements contained in the |
| 16 | | Illinois Insurance
Code, the Health Maintenance Organization |
| 17 | | Act, the Limited Health Service
Organization Act, and the |
| 18 | | Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. |
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 90-30, eff. 7-1-97.)
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