94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0762


 
Introduced 2/1/2005, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













110 ILCS 205/9.30 new










    Amends the Board of Higher Education Act.  Requires the Board to determine the type of extended health insurance coverage that State universities must offer to recent graduates.   Provides that the coverage must be similar to what the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) provides for workers and must extend for a period of 24 months following a person's graduation.  Requires each State university to offer this standard extended health insurance coverage to its recent graduates.
















LRB094 06785 LJB 36887 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB0762

LRB094 06785 LJB 36887 b






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    AN ACT concerning higher education.

 
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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 Board of Higher Education Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 9.30 as follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 205/9.30  new)
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    Sec. 9.30. Standard extended student health insurance 
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coverage. The Board shall determine, by rule, the type of 
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extended health insurance coverage that State universities 
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must offer to recent graduates.   The coverage must be similar to 
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what the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation 
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Act (COBRA) provides for workers and must extend for a period 
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of 24 months following a person's graduation.  Each State 
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university must offer this standard extended health insurance 
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coverage to its recent graduates.