HB4413 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4413

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Barbara Hernandez

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 that provides dependent coverage shall make dependent coverage available to an insured's parent or stepparent who meets the definition of a qualifying relative under a provision of the Internal Revenue Code and who lives or resides within the insurance policy's service area.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding Section 356z.53 as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new)

Sec. 356z.53. Coverage for dependent parents. A group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 that provides dependent coverage shall make dependent coverage available to an insured's parent or stepparent who meets the definition of a qualifying relative under subsection (d) of Section 152 of Title 26 of the United States Code and who lives or resides within the insurance policy's service area.