August 29, 2008

To the Honorable Members of the

Illinois House

95th General Assembly

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 1432, entitled “AN ACT concerning insurance.”, with the following specific recommendations for change:

on page 1, line 22, after “limit.”, by inserting “Coverage required pursuant to this subsection (a)(1) shall include treatment and services for victims of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or any offense under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961, and grief treatment and services for the parent, child, spouse, sibling, domestic or same-sex partner of a person who dies by homicide or suicide. For such events, the insured may not be required to pay more than 40% of expenses incurred as a result of the treatment or services.”; and

on page 4, line 8, by deleting “and.”; and

on page 4, line 9, by replacing “bulimia nervosa.” with “bulimia nervosa; and”; and

on page 4, immediately below line 9, by inserting “(L)_adjustment disorders resulting from criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, an offense under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or the death by homicide or suicide of a parent, child, spouse, sibling, or domestic or same-sex partner.”.

With these changes, House Bill 1432 will have my approval. I respectfully request your concurrence. 

Sincerely,

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH

Governor