Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4383

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the court shall order the obligor to reimburse the obligee for 50% of the premium for placing the child on his or her health insurance policy if: (i) a health insurance plan is not available to the obligor through an employer or labor union or trade union and the court does not order the obligor to cover the child as a beneficiary of any health insurance plan that is available to the obligor on a group basis or as a beneficiary of an independent health insurance plan to be obtained by the obligor; or (ii) the obligor does not obtain medical insurance for the child within 90 days of the date of the court order requiring the obligor to obtain insurance for the child. Permits the court to order the obligor to reimburse the obligee for 100% of the premium for placing the child on his or her health insurance policy. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Instructs the court to use the guidelines in the listed Sections of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act for purposes of child health insurance coverage.

Further amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when the court is required to order the obligor to reimburse the obligee for 50% of the health insurance premium, the court may decline to enter the order if it would be inappropriate to do so.

Date	Chamber	Action
6/26/2006	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0923

Date	Chamber	Action
1/4/2006	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
1/4/2006	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
1/4/2006	House	First Reading
1/4/2006	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2006	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
1/11/2006	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
1/11/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
1/11/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
1/12/2006	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
1/18/2006	House	Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
1/20/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lee A. Daniels
1/20/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
1/24/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
1/24/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
1/24/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
1/25/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
2/1/2006	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
2/1/2006	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote
2/1/2006	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000
2/1/2006	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2/7/2006	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2/7/2006	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2/8/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
2/8/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
2/8/2006	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
2/9/2006	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2/9/2006	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 14, 2006
2/9/2006	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
2/14/2006	Senate	First Reading
2/14/2006	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/16/2006	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
3/1/2006	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary
3/8/2006	Senate	Held in Judiciary
3/15/2006	Senate	Held in Judiciary
3/24/2006	Senate	Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
3/24/2006	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2006
3/27/2006	Senate	Second Reading
3/27/2006	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2006
3/29/2006	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
3/29/2006	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
3/29/2006	House	Passed Both Houses
4/27/2006	House	Sent to the Governor
6/26/2006	House	Governor Approved
6/26/2006	House	Effective Date January 1, 2007
6/26/2006	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0923