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1 | AN ACT concerning insurance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 30 and 45 and by adding Section 63 | ||||||
6 | as follows: | ||||||
7 | (215 ILCS 170/30) | ||||||
8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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9 | Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may | ||||||
10 | provide grants to application agents and other community-based | ||||||
11 | organizations to educate the public about the availability of | ||||||
12 | the Program. The Department shall adopt rules regarding | ||||||
13 | performance standards and outcomes measures expected of | ||||||
14 | organizations that are awarded grants under this Section, | ||||||
15 | including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.
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16 | The Department shall annually publish electronically on a | ||||||
17 | State website and in no less than 2 newspapers in the State the | ||||||
18 | premiums or other cost sharing requirements of the Program.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06 .) | ||||||
20 | (215 ILCS 170/45) | ||||||
21 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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22 | Sec. 45. Study ; contracts . |
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1 | (a) The Department shall conduct a study that includes, but | ||||||
2 | is not limited to, the following: | ||||||
3 | (1) Establishing estimates, broken down by regions of | ||||||
4 | the State, of the number of children with and without | ||||||
5 | health insurance coverage; the number of children who are | ||||||
6 | eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance | ||||||
7 | Program, and, of that number, the number who are enrolled | ||||||
8 | in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; and | ||||||
9 | the number of children with access to dependent coverage | ||||||
10 | through an employer, and, of that number, the number who | ||||||
11 | are enrolled in dependent coverage through an employer. | ||||||
12 | (2) Surveying those families whose children have | ||||||
13 | access to employer-sponsored dependent coverage but who | ||||||
14 | decline such coverage as to the reasons for declining | ||||||
15 | coverage. | ||||||
16 | (3) Ascertaining, for the population of children | ||||||
17 | accessing employer-sponsored dependent coverage or who | ||||||
18 | have access to such coverage, the comprehensiveness of | ||||||
19 | dependent coverage available, the amount of cost-sharing | ||||||
20 | currently paid by the employees, and the cost-sharing | ||||||
21 | associated with such coverage. | ||||||
22 | (4) Measuring the health outcomes or other benefits for | ||||||
23 | children utilizing the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance | ||||||
24 | Program and analyzing the effects on utilization of | ||||||
25 | healthcare services for children after enrollment in the | ||||||
26 | Program compared to the preceding period of uninsured |
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1 | status. | ||||||
2 | (b) The studies described in subsection (a) shall be | ||||||
3 | conducted in a manner that compares a time period preceding or | ||||||
4 | at the initiation of the program with a later period. | ||||||
5 | (c) The Department shall submit the preliminary results of | ||||||
6 | the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later | ||||||
7 | than July 1, 2008 and shall submit the final results to the | ||||||
8 | Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2010.
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9 | (d) The Department shall submit copies of all contracts | ||||||
10 | awarded for the administration of the Program to the Speaker of | ||||||
11 | the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House | ||||||
12 | of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the | ||||||
13 | Minority Leader of the Senate.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06 .) | ||||||
15 | (215 ILCS 170/63 new) | ||||||
16 | Sec. 63. Audits by the Auditor General. The Auditor General | ||||||
17 | shall annually cause an audit to be made of the Program, | ||||||
18 | beginning June 30, 2008 and each June 30th thereafter. The | ||||||
19 | audit shall include payments for health services covered by the | ||||||
20 | Program and contracts entered into by the Department in | ||||||
21 | relation to the Program.
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