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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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| (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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011) |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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011) |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.) |