093_HB3951
LRB093 11981 LRD 16526 b
1 AN ACT in relation to insurance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
5 changing Section 370o as follows:
6 (215 ILCS 5/370o) (from Ch. 73, par. 982o)
7 Sec. 370o. Emergency care. Any preferred provider
8 contract, subject to this Article shall provide the
9 beneficiary or insured emergency care coverage such that
10 payment for this coverage is not dependent upon whether such
11 services are performed by a preferred or nonpreferred
12 provider and such coverage shall be at athe same benefit
13 level no less than the benefit level would have beenas if
14 the service or treatment had been rendered by a plan
15 provider. In any event, the out-of pocket cost to a
16 beneficiary or insured who receives emergency care from a
17 nonpreferred provider shall be no greater than if he or she
18 had received the emergency care from a preferred provider.
19 (Source: P.A. 85-476.)