93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5817

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/351A-4   from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance.


LRB093 17078 SAS 42744 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5817 LRB093 17078 SAS 42744 b

1     AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5 changing Section 351A-4 as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 5/351A-4)  (from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4)
7     Sec. 351A-4. Limitation. A No long-term care insurance
8 policy may not:
9         (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed or otherwise terminated
10     on grounds of the age or the deterioration of the mental or
11     physical health of the insured individual or certificate
12     holder.
13         (2) Contain a provision establishing a new waiting
14     period in the event existing coverage is converted to or
15     replaced by a new or other form, except with respect to an
16     increase in benefits voluntarily selected by the insured
17     individual or group policyholder.
18         (3) Provide coverage for skilled nursing care only or
19     provide significantly more coverage for skilled care in a
20     facility than coverage for lower levels of care.
21 (Source: P.A. 92-148, eff. 7-24-01.)