93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6258

 

Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
215 ILCS 97/15

    Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability and scope of the Act.


LRB093 14624 SAS 40134 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB6258 LRB093 14624 SAS 40134 b

1     AN ACT in relation to insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Health Insurance Portability and
5 Accountability Act is amended by changing Section 15 as
6 follows:
 
7     (215 ILCS 97/15)
8     Sec. 15. Applicability and scope. This Act applies to all
9 health insurance policies and all health service contracts
10 issued, renewed, or delivered for issuance or renewal in this
11 State by a health insurance issuer after July 1, 1997 the
12 effective date of this Act. Unless otherwise specifically
13 provided by this Act, the standards and requirements imposed by
14 this Act shall supersede and replace any and all conflicting,
15 inconsistent or less restrictive standards or requirements
16 contained in the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health
17 Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service
18 Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act.
19 (Source: P.A. 90-30, eff. 7-1-97.)