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LRB094 08108 LJB 38293 b |
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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 Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 356u as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 5/356u)
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| Sec. 356u. Pap tests and prostate-specific antigen tests.
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| (a) A group policy of accident and health insurance that |
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| provides coverage
for hospital or medical treatment or services |
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| for illness on an
expense-incurred basis and is amended, |
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| delivered, issued, or renewed after the
effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of 1997 shall provide coverage for all of
the
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| following:
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| (1) An annual cervical smear or Pap smear test for |
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| female insureds.
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| (2) An annual digital rectal examination and a |
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| prostate-specific
antigen test, for male insureds upon the |
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| recommendation of a physician licensed
to practice |
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| medicine in all its branches for:
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| (A) asymptomatic men age 50 and over;
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| (B) African-American men age 40 and over; and
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| (C) men age 40 and over with a family history of |
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| prostate cancer.
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| (3) Surveillance tests for ovarian cancer for female |
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| insureds who are at risk for ovarian cancer. |
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| (b) This Section shall not apply to agreements, contracts, |
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| or policies that
provide coverage for a specified disease or |
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| other limited benefit coverage.
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| (c) For the purposes of this Section: |
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| "At risk for ovarian cancer" means: |
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| (1) having a family history (i) with one or more |
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| first-degree relatives with ovarian cancer, (ii) of |