93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4264


 
Introduced 1/29/2004, by Terry R. Parke
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













215 ILCS 5/356z.4










    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions pertaining to coverage for contraceptives, provides that nothing in those provisions shall be construed to require a church or religious denomination providing insurance policies that include coverage for outpatient services and outpatient prescription drugs or devices to provide coverage for the insured and any dependent of the insured covered by the policy for outpatient contraceptive services and outpatient contraceptive drugs and devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration if doing so would be contrary to the tenets of the church or religious denomination.


















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HB4264

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    AN ACT concerning insurance coverage. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding 
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Section 356z.4
as
follows:


 



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    (215 ILCS 5/356z.4)


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    Sec. 356z.4. Coverage for contraceptives. 

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    (a) An individual or group policy of accident and health 
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insurance amended,
delivered, issued, or renewed in this State 
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after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 93rd 
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General Assembly that provides coverage for
outpatient 
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services and outpatient prescription drugs or devices must 
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provide
coverage for the insured and any
dependent of the

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insured covered by the policy for all outpatient contraceptive 
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services and
all outpatient contraceptive drugs and devices 
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approved by the Food and
Drug Administration.  Coverage required 
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under this Section may not impose any
deductible, coinsurance, 
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waiting period, or other cost-sharing or limitation
that is 
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greater than that required for any outpatient service or 
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outpatient
prescription drug or device otherwise covered by the 
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policy.

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    (b) As used in this Section, "outpatient contraceptive 
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service" means
consultations, examinations, procedures, and 
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medical services, provided on an
outpatient basis and related 
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to the use of contraceptive methods (including
natural family 
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planning) to prevent an unintended pregnancy.

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    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require 
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an insurance
company to cover services related to an abortion 
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as the term "abortion" is
defined in the Illinois Abortion Law 
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of 1975.

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    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require 
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an insurance
company to cover services related to permanent 
 


 









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sterilization that requires a
surgical procedure.
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    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a 
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church or religious denomination providing insurance policies 
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that include coverage for outpatient services and outpatient 
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prescription drugs or devices to provide coverage for the 
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insured and any dependent of the insured covered by the policy 
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for outpatient contraceptive services and outpatient 
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contraceptive drugs and devices approved by the Food and Drug 
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Administration if doing so would be contrary to the tenets of 
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the church or religious denomination.


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(Source: P.A. 93-102, eff. 1-1-04.)