Full Text of SB1699 96th General Assembly
SB1699 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1699
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Dave Syverson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5 ILCS 375/6.11 |
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55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3 |
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65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3 |
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105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f |
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30 ILCS 805/8.33 new |
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Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code to provide that beginning on the effective date of the Act and continuing until January 1, 2011, neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof shall impose a new health care mandate with respect to the provisions concerning required health benefits. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to exempt from State reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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SB1699 |
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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 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | | 5 |
| is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-958) | | 8 |
| Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance | | 9 |
| Code
requirements. The program of health
benefits shall provide | | 10 |
| the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered
by a | | 11 |
| policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t of | | 12 |
| the Illinois
Insurance Code. The program of health benefits | | 13 |
| shall provide the coverage
required under Sections 356g.5,
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| 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.10, | | 15 |
| 356z.13
356z.11, and 356z.14
of the
Illinois Insurance Code.
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| The program of health benefits must comply with Section 155.37 | | 17 |
| of the
Illinois Insurance Code. Notwithstanding any other | | 18 |
| provision of law to the contrary, beginning on the effective | | 19 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and | | 20 |
| continuing until January 1, 2011, neither the State nor any | | 21 |
| political subdivision thereof shall impose a new health care | | 22 |
| mandate with respect to the health benefits required under this | | 23 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 2 |
| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-978, eff. | | 3 |
| 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised 12-15-08.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-958)
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| Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance | | 6 |
| Code
requirements. The program of health
benefits shall provide | | 7 |
| the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered
by a | | 8 |
| policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t of | | 9 |
| the Illinois
Insurance Code. The program of health benefits | | 10 |
| shall provide the coverage
required under Sections 356g.5,
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| 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.10, | | 12 |
| 356z.11, and 356z.12, 356z.13
356z.11, and 356z.14 of the
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| Illinois Insurance Code.
The program of health benefits must | | 14 |
| comply with Section 155.37 of the
Illinois Insurance Code. | | 15 |
| Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, | | 16 |
| beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | | 17 |
| 96th General Assembly and continuing until January 1, 2011, | | 18 |
| neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof shall | | 19 |
| impose a new health care mandate with respect to the health | | 20 |
| benefits required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 22 |
| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-958, eff. | | 23 |
| 6-1-09; 95-978, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised | | 24 |
| 12-15-08.)
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| Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | | 2 |
| Section 5-1069.3 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-958)
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| Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county, | | 6 |
| including a home
rule
county, is a self-insurer for purposes of | | 7 |
| providing health insurance coverage
for its employees, the | | 8 |
| coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy
care | | 9 |
| benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and | | 10 |
| health
insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required | | 11 |
| under Sections 356g.5, 356u,
356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.9, | | 12 |
| 356z.10, 356z.13
356z.11, and 356z.14 of
the Illinois Insurance | | 13 |
| Code. The requirement that health benefits be covered
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| provided in this Section is an
exclusive power and function of | | 15 |
| the State and is a denial and limitation under
Article VII, | | 16 |
| Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home
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| rule county to which this Section applies must comply with | | 18 |
| every provision of
this Section.
Beginning on the effective | | 19 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and | | 20 |
| continuing until January 1, 2011, neither the State nor any | | 21 |
| political subdivision thereof shall impose a new health care | | 22 |
| mandate with respect to the health benefits required under this | | 23 |
| Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 25 |
| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-978, eff. |
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| 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised 12-15-08.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-958) | | 3 |
| Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county, | | 4 |
| including a home
rule
county, is a self-insurer for purposes of | | 5 |
| providing health insurance coverage
for its employees, the | | 6 |
| coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy
care | | 7 |
| benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and | | 8 |
| health
insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required | | 9 |
| under Sections 356g.5, 356u,
356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.9, | | 10 |
| 356z.10, 356z.11, and 356z.12, 356z.13
356z.11, and 356z.14 of
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| the Illinois Insurance Code. The requirement that health | | 12 |
| benefits be covered
as provided in this Section is an
exclusive | | 13 |
| power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation | | 14 |
| under
Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois | | 15 |
| Constitution. A home
rule county to which this Section applies | | 16 |
| must comply with every provision of
this Section.
Beginning on | | 17 |
| the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | | 18 |
| Assembly and continuing until January 1, 2011, neither the | | 19 |
| State nor any political subdivision thereof shall impose a new | | 20 |
| health care mandate with respect to the health benefits | | 21 |
| required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 23 |
| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-958, eff. | | 24 |
| 6-1-09; 95-978, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised | | 25 |
| 12-15-08.)
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| Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | | 2 |
| changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-958)
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| Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a | | 6 |
| municipality, including a
home rule municipality, is a | | 7 |
| self-insurer for purposes of providing health
insurance | | 8 |
| coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include coverage | | 9 |
| for
the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by | | 10 |
| a policy of
accident and health insurance under Section 356t | | 11 |
| and the coverage required
under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, | | 12 |
| 356x, 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.13
356z.11, and 356z.14 of | | 13 |
| the Illinois
Insurance
Code. The requirement that health
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| benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power | | 15 |
| and function of
the State and is a denial and limitation under | | 16 |
| Article VII, Section 6,
subsection (h) of the Illinois | | 17 |
| Constitution. A home rule municipality to which
this Section | | 18 |
| applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | | 20 |
| 96th General Assembly and continuing until January 1, 2011, | | 21 |
| neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof shall | | 22 |
| impose a new health care mandate with respect to the health | | 23 |
| benefits required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; |
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| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-978, eff. | | 2 |
| 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised 12-15-08.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-958) | | 4 |
| Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a | | 5 |
| municipality, including a
home rule municipality, is a | | 6 |
| self-insurer for purposes of providing health
insurance | | 7 |
| coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include coverage | | 8 |
| for
the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by | | 9 |
| a policy of
accident and health insurance under Section 356t | | 10 |
| and the coverage required
under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, | | 11 |
| 356x, 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, and 356z.12, 356z.13
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| 356z.11, and 356z.14 of the Illinois
Insurance
Code. The | | 13 |
| requirement that health
benefits be covered as provided in this | | 14 |
| is an exclusive power and function of
the State and is a denial | | 15 |
| and limitation under Article VII, Section 6,
subsection (h) of | | 16 |
| the Illinois Constitution. A home rule municipality to which
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| this Section applies must comply with every provision of this | | 18 |
| Section.
Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | | 19 |
| of the 96th General Assembly and continuing until January 1, | | 20 |
| 2011, neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof | | 21 |
| shall impose a new health care mandate with respect to the | | 22 |
| health benefits required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 24 |
| 95-520, eff. 8-28-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-958, eff. | | 25 |
| 6-1-09; 95-978, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. 12-12-08; revised |
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| 12-15-08.)
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| Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section | | 3 |
| 10-22.3f as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-958)
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| Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance | | 7 |
| protection and
benefits
for employees shall provide the | | 8 |
| post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
covered by a | | 9 |
| policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and | | 10 |
| the
coverage required under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, 356x,
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| 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.13
and 356z.11, and 356z.14 of
the
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| Illinois Insurance Code.
Beginning on the effective date of | | 13 |
| this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and continuing | | 14 |
| until January 1, 2011, neither the State nor any political | | 15 |
| subdivision thereof shall impose a new health care mandate with | | 16 |
| respect to the health benefits required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 18 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-978, eff. 1-1-09; 95-1005, eff. | | 19 |
| 12-12-08; revised 12-15-08.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-958) | | 21 |
| Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance | | 22 |
| protection and
benefits
for employees shall provide the | | 23 |
| post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
covered by a |
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| policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and | | 2 |
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coverage required under Sections 356g.5, 356u, 356w, 356x,
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| 356z.6, 356z.9, 356z.11, and 356z.12, 356z.13
and 356z.11, and | | 4 |
| 356z.14 of
the
Illinois Insurance Code.
Beginning on the | | 5 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | | 6 |
| Assembly and continuing until January 1, 2011, neither the | | 7 |
| State nor any political subdivision thereof shall impose a new | | 8 |
| health care mandate with respect to the health benefits | | 9 |
| required under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-189, eff. 8-16-07; 95-422, eff. 8-24-07; | | 11 |
| 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-958, eff. 6-1-09; 95-978, eff. 1-1-09; | | 12 |
| 95-1005, 12-12-08; revised 12-15-08.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | | 14 |
| Section 8.33 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | | 16 |
| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | | 17 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | | 18 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | | 19 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | | 21 |
| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | | 22 |
| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | | 23 |
| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
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| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | | 2 |
| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | | 3 |
| Public Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 5 |
| becoming law.
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