Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
Filed: 3/13/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5285
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5285, on page 4, by | ||||||
3 | replacing lines 2 through 10 with the following: | ||||||
4 | "(215 ILCS 5/356z.11 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 356z.11. Dependent students; medical leave of | ||||||
6 | absence. A group or individual policy of accident and health | ||||||
7 | insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or | ||||||
8 | renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
9 | 95th General Assembly must continue to provide coverage for a | ||||||
10 | dependent college student who takes a medical leave of absence | ||||||
11 | or reduces his or her course load to part-time status because | ||||||
12 | of a catastrophic illness or injury. | ||||||
13 | Continuation of coverage under this Section is subject to | ||||||
14 | all of the policy's terms and
conditions applicable to those | ||||||
15 | forms of insurance. Continuation of insurance under the policy | ||||||
16 | shall terminate 12 months after notice of the illness or injury | ||||||
17 | or until the coverage would have otherwise lapsed pursuant to |
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1 | the terms and conditions of the policy, whichever comes first, | ||||||
2 | provided the need for part-time status or medical leave of | ||||||
3 | absence is supported by a clinical certification of need from a | ||||||
4 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. | ||||||
5 | The provisions of this Section do not apply to short-term | ||||||
6 | travel, accident-only, limited, or specified disease policies | ||||||
7 | or to policies or contracts designed for issuance to persons | ||||||
8 | eligible for coverage under Title XVIII of the Social Security | ||||||
9 | Act, known as Medicare, or any other similar coverage under | ||||||
10 | State or federal governmental plans. ".
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