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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4259 Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 shall provide that a person who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.
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| | HB4259 | | LRB102 21746 BMS 30865 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 |
| 5 | | adding Section 356z.53 as follows:
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| 6 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 356z.53. Hospitalization for COVID-19. A group or |
| 8 | | individual policy of accident and health insurance that is |
| 9 | | amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, |
| 10 | | 2023 shall provide that a person who is eligible to receive a |
| 11 | | COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay |
| 12 | | for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes |
| 13 | | hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.
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