HB5780 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5780

Introduced 2/6/2004, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 5/356h

from Ch. 73, par. 968h

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Adds a caption to a Section relating to coverage of adopted children.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health insurance.

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 changing Section 356h as follows:

(215 ILCS 5/356h) (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)

Sec. 356h. Adopted children. No individual or group policy of accident and health insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or children, as well as covering the insured, shall exclude a child from coverage or limit coverage for a child solely because the child is an adopted child, or solely because the child does not reside with the insured. For purposes of this Section, a child who is in the custody of the insured, pursuant to an interim court order of adoption or, in the case of group insurance, placement of adoption, whichever comes first, vesting temporary care of the child in the insured, is an adopted child, regardless of whether a final order granting adoption is ultimately issued.

(Source: P.A. 91-549, eff. 8-14-99.)