93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5191


 
Introduced 02/05/04, by Rosemary Kurtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













215 ILCS 5/356o new










    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no policy of accident or health insurance or any renewal of such a policy may be cancelled by the insurer, nor may any such policy contain any exception or exclusion of benefits, solely because the insured is taking an experimental drug or an investigational drug. Effective immediately.
















LRB093 21008 SAS 47018 b

















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











HB5191

LRB093 21008 SAS 47018 b






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    AN ACT concerning insurance.

 
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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 356o as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 5/356o  new)
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    Sec. 356o. Cancellation of policy; experimental and 
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investigational drugs. No policy of accident or health 
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insurance or any renewal of such a policy may be cancelled by 
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the insurer, nor may any such policy contain any exception or 
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exclusion of benefits, solely because the insured is taking an 
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experimental drug or an investigational drug.
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    For the purposes of this Section, "experimental drug or 
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investigational drug" means any drug that the United States 
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Food and Drug Administration is reviewing, investigating, or 
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has not yet approved.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.