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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1373
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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215 ILCS 5/356h |
from Ch. 73, par. 968h |
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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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SB1373 |
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LRB095 10923 KBJ 31211 b |
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| AN ACT concerning insurance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 356h as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 5/356h) (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)
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| Sec. 356h. No individual or group policy of accident and |
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| health
insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or |
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| children, as well
as covering the insured, shall exclude a |
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| child from coverage or limit
coverage for a child solely |
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| because the child is an adopted child, or
solely because the |
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| child does not reside with the insured. |
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| No individual or group policy of accident and health
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| insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or |
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| children, as well
as covering the insured, shall exclude a |
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| child from coverage or limit
coverage for a child that is 30 |
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| years of age or younger, is a resident of Illinois, is |
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| unmarried, and has no children.
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| For purposes of
this Section, a child who is in the custody |
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| of the insured, pursuant to an
interim court order of adoption |
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| or, in the case of group insurance, placement
of adoption, |
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| whichever comes first, vesting temporary care of the child in
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| the
insured, is an adopted child, regardless of whether a final |
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