Full Text of SB3225 103rd General Assembly
SB3225 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB3225 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 5 ILCS 375/6.11 | | 55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3 | | 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3 | | 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f | | 215 ILCS 5/356z.26a new | | 215 ILCS 125/5-3 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 | 215 ILCS 165/10 | from Ch. 32, par. 604 |
| Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 that provides prescription drug coverage through a medical or pharmacy health benefit or its contracted pharmacy benefit manager shall not engage in or require an enrollee to engage in specified prohibited acts. Provides that a clinician-administered drug shall meet the supply chain security controls and chain of distribution set by the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance may adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require policies under those Acts to comply with the provisions. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/6.11) | 7 | | Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance | 8 | | Code requirements. The program of health benefits shall | 9 | | provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be | 10 | | covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under | 11 | | Section 356t of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of | 12 | | health benefits shall provide the coverage required under | 13 | | Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, | 14 | | 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, | 15 | | 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.22, | 16 | | 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.26a, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, | 17 | | 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, | 18 | | 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, | 19 | | 356z.60, and 356z.61, and 356z.62 , 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, | 20 | | and 356z.70 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of | 21 | | health benefits must comply with Sections 155.22a, 155.37, | 22 | | 355b, 356z.19, 370c, and 370c.1 and Article XXXIIB of the | 23 | | Illinois Insurance Code. The program of health benefits shall |
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| 1 | | provide the coverage required under Section 356m of the | 2 | | Illinois Insurance Code and, for the employees of the State | 3 | | Employee Group Insurance Program only, the coverage as also | 4 | | provided in Section 6.11B of this Act. The Department of | 5 | | Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section with | 6 | | respect to Sections 370c and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance | 7 | | Code; all other requirements of this Section shall be enforced | 8 | | by the Department of Central Management Services. | 9 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 10 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 11 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 12 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 13 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 14 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; | 16 | | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. | 17 | | 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-768, | 18 | | eff. 1-1-24; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | 19 | | 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. | 20 | | 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24; 103-84, | 21 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; | 22 | | 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. | 23 | | 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.) | 24 | | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 25 | | Section 5-1069.3 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3) | 2 | | Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county, | 3 | | including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for purposes | 4 | | of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the | 5 | | coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care | 6 | | benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and | 7 | | health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required | 8 | | under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, | 9 | | 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, | 10 | | 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, | 11 | | 356z.26a, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, | 12 | | 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, | 13 | | 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and | 14 | | 356z.61, and 356z.62 , 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and 356z.70 | 15 | | of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with | 16 | | Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois | 17 | | Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the | 18 | | requirements of this Section. The requirement that health | 19 | | benefits be covered as provided in this Section is an | 20 | | exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and | 21 | | limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the | 22 | | Illinois Constitution. A home rule county to which this | 23 | | Section applies must comply with every provision of this | 24 | | Section. | 25 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if |
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| 1 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 2 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 3 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 4 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 5 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; | 7 | | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. | 8 | | 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, | 9 | | eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | 10 | | 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. | 11 | | 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, | 12 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; | 13 | | 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised | 14 | | 8-29-23.) | 15 | | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 16 | | changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows: | 17 | | (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3) | 18 | | Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a | 19 | | municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a | 20 | | self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | 21 | | coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include | 22 | | coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be | 23 | | covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under | 24 | | Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g, |
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| 1 | | 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, | 2 | | 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, | 3 | | 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.26a, | 4 | | 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, | 5 | | 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53, | 6 | | 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.61, and | 7 | | 356z.62 , 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and 356z.70 of the | 8 | | Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with | 9 | | Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois | 10 | | Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the | 11 | | requirements of this Section. The requirement that health | 12 | | benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power | 13 | | and function of the State and is a denial and limitation under | 14 | | Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois | 15 | | Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section | 16 | | applies must comply with every provision of this Section. | 17 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 18 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 19 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 20 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 21 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 22 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; | 24 | | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. | 25 | | 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, | 26 | | eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; |
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| 1 | | 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. | 2 | | 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, | 3 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; | 4 | | 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised | 5 | | 8-29-23.) | 6 | | Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 10-22.3f as follows: | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f) | 9 | | Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance | 10 | | protection and benefits for employees shall provide the | 11 | | post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a | 12 | | policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and | 13 | | the coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, | 14 | | 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, | 15 | | 356z.9, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, | 16 | | 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.26a 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, | 17 | | 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, | 18 | | 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, | 19 | | and 356z.61, and 356z.62 , 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and | 20 | | 356z.70 of the Illinois Insurance Code. Insurance policies | 21 | | shall comply with Section 356z.19 of the Illinois Insurance | 22 | | Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, | 23 | | and 370c of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of | 24 | | Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section. |
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| 1 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 2 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 3 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 4 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 5 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 6 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; | 8 | | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. | 9 | | 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, | 10 | | eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; | 11 | | 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. | 12 | | 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, | 13 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; | 14 | | 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.) | 15 | | Section 25. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 16 | | adding Section 356z.26a as follows: | 17 | | (215 ILCS 5/356z.26a new) | 18 | | Sec. 356z.26a. Clinician-administered drugs. | 19 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 20 | | "Clinician-administered drug" means an outpatient | 21 | | prescription drug other than a vaccine that: | 22 | | (1) cannot reasonably be self-administered by the | 23 | | patient to whom the drug is prescribed or by an individual | 24 | | assisting the patient with the self-administration; and |
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| 1 | | (2) is typically administered: | 2 | | (A) by a health care provider authorized under the | 3 | | laws of this State to administer the drug, including a | 4 | | health care provider acting under a physician's | 5 | | delegation and supervision; and | 6 | | (B) in a physician's office, hospital outpatient | 7 | | infusion center, or other clinical setting. | 8 | | "Health benefit plan" means an individual or group policy | 9 | | of accident or health insurance, health care plan, or other | 10 | | hospital or medical policy, certificate, or contract. | 11 | | "Health care plan" has the meaning given to that term in | 12 | | Section 1-2 of the Health Maintenance Organization Act. | 13 | | "Health care plan" does not include a managed care | 14 | | organization that provides, arranges, or reimburses for the | 15 | | delivery of health care services to individuals who are | 16 | | enrolled in the program of medical assistance under the | 17 | | Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health | 18 | | Insurance Program Act. | 19 | | "Pharmacy" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3 | 20 | | of the Pharmacy Practice Act. | 21 | | "Provider" has the meaning given to that term in Section | 22 | | 370g. | 23 | | "Site of service" means the physical location where a | 24 | | clinician-administered drug is administered, including, but | 25 | | not limited to, an outpatient hospital, physician's office, | 26 | | ambulatory infusion site, home-based site, or other clinical |
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| 1 | | setting. | 2 | | (b) To ensure access to safe and effective drug therapies, | 3 | | a health benefit plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed | 4 | | on or after January 1, 2025 that provides prescription drug | 5 | | coverage through a medical or pharmacy health benefit or its | 6 | | contracted pharmacy benefit manager shall not: | 7 | | (1) require an enrollee to obtain a covered | 8 | | clinician-administered drug from a pharmacy selected by | 9 | | the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager with | 10 | | the intent to transport the drug to another site of | 11 | | service for administration; | 12 | | (2) require an enrollee to obtain a covered | 13 | | clinician-administered drug from a pharmacy selected by | 14 | | the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager; | 15 | | (3) notwithstanding any other provision of law, steer | 16 | | or offer financial or other incentives to induce an | 17 | | enrollee to obtain a clinician-administered drug from a | 18 | | pharmacy identified by the health benefit plan or pharmacy | 19 | | benefit manager; | 20 | | (4) condition, deny, restrict, refuse to authorize, or | 21 | | otherwise limit benefits and coverage to an enrollee for | 22 | | medically necessary clinician-administered drugs and | 23 | | related services obtained from the provider that | 24 | | administers the drug or from a pharmacy that is not | 25 | | selected by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit | 26 | | manager; |
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| 1 | | (5) condition, deny, restrict, refuse to authorize, or | 2 | | otherwise limit reimbursement to a provider for covered | 3 | | medically necessary clinician-administered drugs and | 4 | | related services obtained from the provider that | 5 | | administers the drug or from a pharmacy that is not | 6 | | selected by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit | 7 | | manager; | 8 | | (6) assess higher deductibles, copayments, | 9 | | coinsurance, or other cost-sharing amounts for | 10 | | clinician-administered drugs obtained from the provider | 11 | | that administers the drug or from a pharmacy that is not | 12 | | selected by the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit | 13 | | manager; | 14 | | (7) require an enrollee to use a home infusion | 15 | | pharmacy to receive clinician-administered drugs in the | 16 | | enrollee's home or to use a site of service identified by | 17 | | the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager; | 18 | | (8) include the site of service in prior approval or | 19 | | medical necessity criteria for clinician-administered | 20 | | drugs; | 21 | | (9) require an enrollee to use the pharmacy benefit | 22 | | for specific clinician-administered drugs; or | 23 | | (10) prohibit a provider from billing the health | 24 | | benefit plan for reimbursement of clinician-administered | 25 | | drugs. | 26 | | (c) A clinician-administered drug shall meet the supply |
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| 1 | | chain security controls and chain of distribution set by the | 2 | | federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act. | 3 | | (d) The Department may adopt rules as necessary to | 4 | | implement the provisions of this Section. | 5 | | Section 30. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows: | 7 | | (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2) | 8 | | Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions. | 9 | | (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to | 10 | | the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, | 11 | | 141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, | 12 | | 154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 155.49, | 13 | | 355.2, 355.3, 355b, 355c, 356f, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356v, | 14 | | 356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, | 15 | | 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, | 16 | | 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22, | 17 | | 356z.23, 356z.24, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.26a, 356z.28, | 18 | | 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.30a, 356z.31, 356z.32, 356z.33, | 19 | | 356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39, 356z.40, | 20 | | 356z.41, 356z.44, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.49, | 21 | | 356z.50, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, | 22 | | 356z.58, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.65, | 23 | | 356z.67, 356z.68, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, 367i, | 24 | | 368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401, 401.1, 402, |
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| 1 | | 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) | 2 | | of subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, | 3 | | XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and XXXIIB of the | 4 | | Illinois Insurance Code. | 5 | | (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except | 6 | | for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, | 7 | | Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories | 8 | | are deemed to be "domestic companies": | 9 | | (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service | 10 | | Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act; | 11 | | (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this | 12 | | State; or | 13 | | (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another | 14 | | state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents | 15 | | of this State, except a corporation subject to | 16 | | substantially the same requirements in its state of | 17 | | organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII | 18 | | 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 19 | | (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other | 20 | | acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization | 21 | | pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, | 22 | | (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to | 23 | | the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the | 24 | | financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance | 25 | | Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other | 26 | | acquisition of control takes effect; |
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| 1 | | (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of | 2 | | Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not | 3 | | apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination | 4 | | with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other | 5 | | acquisition of control, need not take into account the | 6 | | effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or | 7 | | other acquisition of control; | 8 | | (3) the Director shall have the power to require the | 9 | | following information: | 10 | | (A) certification by an independent actuary of the | 11 | | adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance | 12 | | Organization sought to be acquired; | 13 | | (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the | 14 | | combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and | 15 | | the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be | 16 | | acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of | 17 | | a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro | 18 | | forma financial statements reflecting projected | 19 | | combined operation for a period of 2 years; | 20 | | (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an | 21 | | acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation | 22 | | of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be | 23 | | acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and | 24 | | (D) such other information as the Director shall | 25 | | require. | 26 | | (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by | 2 | | any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its | 3 | | enrollee population (including , without limitation , the health | 4 | | maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and | 5 | | to its health care certificates). | 6 | | (e) In considering any management contract or service | 7 | | agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance | 8 | | Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria | 9 | | specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, | 10 | | take into account the effect of the management contract or | 11 | | service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees | 12 | | and the financial condition of the health maintenance | 13 | | organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take | 14 | | into account the effect of the management contract or service | 15 | | agreement on competition. | 16 | | (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the | 17 | | Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health | 18 | | Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as | 19 | | defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a | 20 | | Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a | 21 | | group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge | 22 | | additional premiums under the following terms and conditions: | 23 | | (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with | 24 | | respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth | 25 | | in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance | 26 | | of the period for which a refund is to be paid or |
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| 1 | | additional premium is to be charged (which period shall | 2 | | not be less than one year); and | 3 | | (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium | 4 | | shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance | 5 | | Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with | 6 | | respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the | 7 | | period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional | 8 | | premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall | 9 | | be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the | 10 | | Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and | 11 | | marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be | 12 | | made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this | 13 | | subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and | 14 | | the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable | 15 | | or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into | 16 | | account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2 | 17 | | plan years. | 18 | | The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a | 19 | | statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee | 20 | | describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium, | 21 | | and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to | 22 | | the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used | 23 | | to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's | 24 | | profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment | 25 | | unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit | 26 | | or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable |
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| 1 | | experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and | 2 | | the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or | 3 | | enrollment unit. | 4 | | In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance | 5 | | Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any | 6 | | contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any | 7 | | refund authorized under this Section. | 8 | | (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, | 9 | | if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in | 10 | | accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | 11 | | Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | 12 | | Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | 13 | | adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21; | 15 | | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. | 16 | | 1-1-22; 102-589, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, | 17 | | eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; | 18 | | 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. | 19 | | 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093, | 20 | | eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; | 21 | | 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-123, eff. 1-1-24; 103-154, eff. | 22 | | 6-30-23; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445, | 23 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.) | 24 | | Section 35. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is | 25 | | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (215 ILCS 165/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 604) | 2 | | Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions. Health | 3 | | services plan corporations and all persons interested therein | 4 | | or dealing therewith shall be subject to the provisions of | 5 | | Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133, 136, 139, 140, | 6 | | 143, 143c, 149, 155.22a, 155.37, 354, 355.2, 355.3, 355b, | 7 | | 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356r, 356t, 356u, 356v, 356w, | 8 | | 356x, 356y, 356z.1, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, | 9 | | 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, | 10 | | 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, | 11 | | 356z.26, 356z.26a, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.30a, 356z.32, | 12 | | 356z.33, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, | 13 | | 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, | 14 | | 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 368a, 401, | 15 | | 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412, and paragraphs (7) | 16 | | and (15) of Section 367 of the Illinois Insurance Code. | 17 | | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | 18 | | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | 19 | | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | 20 | | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | 21 | | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | 22 | | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; | 24 | | 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. | 25 | | 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 102-804, |
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| 1 | | eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; | 2 | | 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093, eff. | 3 | | 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, | 4 | | eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; | 5 | | 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.) |
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