Insurance Committee

Filed: 3/9/2010

 

 


 

 


 
09600HB6066ham002 LRB096 16312 RPM 38267 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6066

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6066, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
6 changing Section 356h as follows:
 
7     (215 ILCS 5/356h)  (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)
8     Sec. 356h. No individual or group policy of accident and
9 and health insurance which covers the insured's immediate
10 family or children, as well as covering the insured, shall
11 exclude a child from coverage or limit coverage for a child
12 solely because the child is an adopted child, or solely because
13 the child does not reside with the insured. For purposes of
14 this Section, a child who is in the custody of the insured,
15 pursuant to an interim court order of adoption or, in the case
16 of group insurance, placement of adoption, whichever comes

 

 

09600HB6066ham002 - 2 - LRB096 16312 RPM 38267 a

1 first, vesting temporary care of the child in the insured, is
2 an adopted child, regardless of whether a final order granting
3 adoption is ultimately issued.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)".