102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4338

 

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new

    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 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches.


LRB102 22275 BMS 31408 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4338LRB102 22275 BMS 31408 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5adding Section 356z.53 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new)
7    Sec. 356z.53. Prenatal vitamins coverage. A group or
8individual policy of accident and health insurance that is
9amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1,
102023 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall
11provide coverage for prenatal vitamins when prescribed by a
12physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
13branches.