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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2186
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Frank J. Mautino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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215 ILCS 5/155.21 |
from Ch. 73, par. 767.21 |
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning medical liability insurance and arbitration.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2186 |
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LRB094 02945 WGH 32946 b |
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| AN ACT concerning medical malpractice.
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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 |
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| changing Section 155.21 as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 5/155.21) (from Ch. 73, par. 767.21)
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| Sec. 155.21. A company writing medical liability insurance |
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| shall not refuse
to offer insurance to a physician, hospital or |
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| other health care provider
on the grounds that the physician, |
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| hospital or health care provider has
entered or intends to |
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| enter an arbitration agreement under
pursuant to the |
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| "Malpractice
Arbitration Act".
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| As used in this Section, medical liability insurance means |
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| insurance on
risks based upon negligence by a physician, |
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| hospital or other health care provider.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1435.)
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