SB0689 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0689

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 134/100

Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning waiver of rights.

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 Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act is amended by changing Section 100 as follows:

(215 ILCS 134/100)

Sec. 100. Prohibition of waiver of rights. No health care plan or contract shall contain any provision, policy, or procedure that that limits, restricts, or waives any of the rights set forth in this Act. Any such policy or procedure shall be void and unenforceable.

(Source: P.A. 91-617, eff. 1-1-00.)