104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1577

 

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Hoan Huynh

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356z.73

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Excludes student health insurance coverage from a provision requiring group or individual policies of accident and health insurance that provide dependent coverage to make that dependent coverage available to the parent or stepparent of the insured if certain conditions are met. Effective immediately.


LRB104 02988 RPS 13006 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1577LRB104 02988 RPS 13006 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 Insurance Code is amended by
5changing Section 356z.73 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 5/356z.73)
7    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
8delayed effective date)
9    Sec. 356z.73 356z.71. Insurance coverage for dependent
10parents.
11    (a) A group or individual policy of accident and health
12insurance issued, amended, delivered, or renewed after January
131, 2026 that provides dependent coverage shall make that
14dependent coverage available to the parent or stepparent of
15the insured if the parent or stepparent meets the definition
16of a qualifying relative under 26 U.S.C. 152(d) and lives or
17resides within the accident and health insurance policy's
18service area.
19    (b) This Section does not apply to specialized health care
20service plans, including student health insurance coverage;
21Medicare supplement insurance; , hospital-only policies; ,
22accident-only policies; , or specified disease insurance
23policies that reimburse for hospital, medical, or surgical

 

 

HB1577- 2 -LRB104 02988 RPS 13006 b

1expenses.
2(Source: P.A. 103-700, eff. 1-1-25; revised 9-25-24.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.