94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5296


 
Introduced 1/25/2006, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













215 ILCS 170/30






215 ILCS 170/45






215 ILCS 170/63 new










    Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to annually publish in newspapers around the State the premiums or other cost sharing requirements of the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program. Requires the Department to provide a copy of all contracts awarded for the administration of the Program to certain members of the General Assembly. Requires the Auditor General to perform an annual audit of the program.
















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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 Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 30 and 45 and  by adding Section 63 
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as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/30)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
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delayed effective date)

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    Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may 
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provide grants to application agents and other community-based 
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organizations to educate the public about the availability of 
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the Program.  The Department shall adopt rules regarding 
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performance standards and outcomes measures expected of 
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organizations that are awarded grants under this Section, 
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including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.
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    The Department shall annually publish in newspapers around 
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the State the premiums or other cost sharing requirements of 
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the Program.


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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/45)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
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delayed effective date)

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    Sec. 45. Study; contracts. 
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    (a) The Department shall conduct a study that includes, but 
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is not limited to, the following:
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        (1) Establishing estimates, broken down by regions of 
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    the State, of the number of children with and without 
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    health insurance coverage; the number of children who are 
 


 






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    eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance 
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    Program, and, of that number, the number who are enrolled 
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    in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; and 
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    the number of children with access to dependent coverage 
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    through an employer, and, of that number, the number who 
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    are enrolled in dependent coverage through an employer.
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        (2) Surveying those families whose children have 
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    access to employer-sponsored dependent coverage but who 
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    decline such coverage as to the reasons for declining 
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    coverage.
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        (3) Ascertaining, for the population of children 
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    accessing employer-sponsored dependent coverage or who 
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    have access to such coverage, the comprehensiveness of 
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    dependent coverage available, the amount of cost-sharing 
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    currently paid by the employees, and the cost-sharing 
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    associated with such coverage.
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        (4) Measuring the health outcomes or other benefits for 
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    children utilizing the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance 
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    Program and analyzing the effects on utilization of 
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    healthcare services for children after enrollment in the 
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    Program compared to the preceding period of uninsured 
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    status.  
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    (b) The studies described in subsection (a) shall be 
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conducted in a manner that compares a time period preceding or 
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at the initiation of the program with a later period.
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    (c) The Department shall submit the preliminary results of 
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the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later 
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than July 1, 2008 and shall submit the final results to the 
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Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2010.
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    (d) The Department shall submit copies of all contracts 
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awarded for the administration of the Program to the Speaker of 
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the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House 
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of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the 
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Minority Leader of the Senate.


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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
 


 






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    (215 ILCS 170/63  new)
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    Sec. 63. Audits by the Auditor General. The Auditor General 
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shall annually cause an audit to be made of the Program, 
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beginning June 30, 2007 and each June 30th thereafter. The 
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audit shall include payments for health services covered by the 
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Program and contracts entered into by the Department in 
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relation to the Program.