103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3912

 

Introduced 3/7/2024, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 122/5-22

    Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall have the authority to apply for and implement programs that increase the affordability of or access to health insurance coverage, including for populations currently not eligible to enroll in the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange, through federal 1332 waivers, 1331 authority, or other available federal waivers and authorities.


LRB103 37069 RPS 67187 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3912LRB103 37069 RPS 67187 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law is
5amended by changing Section 5-22 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 122/5-22)
7    Sec. 5-22. State medical assistance program coordination.
8    (a) The Department of Insurance and the Department of
9Healthcare and Family Services shall coordinate the operations
10of the exchange with the operations of State medical
11assistance programs. The Department of Healthcare and Family
12Services shall oversee and operate the exchange eligibility
13rules engine to ensure accurate assessments and determinations
14of exchange and State medical assistance program eligibility.
15    (b) The exchange may determine eligibility for State
16medical assistance programs that use the modified adjusted
17gross income methodology.
18    (c) The exchange may be used for enrollment into State
19medical assistance program health plans.
20    (d) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
21request federal financial participation funds from the Centers
22for Medicare and Medicaid Services for any integrated
23eligibility and enrollment functions of the exchange.

 

 

SB3912- 2 -LRB103 37069 RPS 67187 b

1    (e) The Director of Insurance shall have the authority to
2apply for and implement programs that increase the
3affordability of or access to health insurance coverage,
4including for populations currently not eligible to enroll in
5the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange, through federal 1332
6waivers, 1331 authority, or other available federal waivers
7and authorities.
8(Source: P.A. 103-103, eff. 6-27-23.)