93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5780

 

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 5/356h   from Ch. 73, par. 968h

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section relating to coverage of adopted children.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5 changing Section 356h as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 5/356h)  (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)
7     Sec. 356h. Adopted children. No individual or group policy
8 of accident and health insurance which covers the insured's
9 immediate family or children, as well as covering the insured,
10 shall exclude a child from coverage or limit coverage for a
11 child solely because the child is an adopted child, or solely
12 because the child does not reside with the insured. For
13 purposes of this Section, a child who is in the custody of the
14 insured, pursuant to an interim court order of adoption or, in
15 the case of group insurance, placement of adoption, whichever
16 comes first, vesting temporary care of the child in the
17 insured, is an adopted child, regardless of whether a final
18 order granting adoption is ultimately issued.
19 (Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)