95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1373

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

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

    Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits an insurer from excluding a child from coverage or limiting coverage for a child that is 30 years of age or younger, is a resident of Illinois, is unmarried, and has no children. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning 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. No individual or group policy of accident and
8 health insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or
9 children, as well as covering the insured, shall exclude a
10 child from coverage or limit coverage for a child solely
11 because the child is an adopted child, or solely because the
12 child does not reside with the insured.
13     No individual or group policy of accident and health
14 insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or
15 children, as well as covering the insured, shall exclude a
16 child from coverage or limit coverage for a child that is 30
17 years of age or younger, is a resident of Illinois, is
18 unmarried, and has no children.
19     For purposes of this Section, a child who is in the custody
20 of the insured, pursuant to an interim court order of adoption
21 or, in the case of group insurance, placement of adoption,
22 whichever comes first, vesting temporary care of the child in
23 the insured, is an adopted child, regardless of whether a final

 

 

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1 order granting adoption is ultimately issued.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.