August 29,
2008
To the
Honorable Members of the
Illinois House
95th
General Assembly
Pursuant to Article IV, Section
9(e) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I hereby return House Bill 1432,
entitled “AN ACT concerning insurance.”, with the following specific
recommendations for change:
on page 1,
line 22, after “limit.”, by inserting “Coverage
required pursuant to this subsection (a)(1) shall include treatment and
services for victims of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault,
predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated
criminal sexual abuse, or any offense under Article 11 of the Criminal Code of
1961, and grief treatment and services for the parent, child, spouse, sibling,
domestic or same-sex partner of a person who dies by homicide or suicide. For
such events, the insured may not be required to pay more than 40% of expenses
incurred as a result of the treatment or services.”; and
on page 4, line 8, by deleting “and.”; and
on page 4, line 9, by replacing “bulimia nervosa.”
with “bulimia nervosa; and”; and
on page 4, immediately below line 9, by inserting “(L)_adjustment
disorders resulting from criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual
assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse,
aggravated criminal sexual abuse, an offense under Article 11 of the Criminal
Code of 1961, or the death by homicide or suicide of a parent, child, spouse,
sibling, or domestic or same-sex partner.”.
With these changes, House Bill 1432 will have my approval.
I respectfully request your concurrence.
Sincerely,
ROD R.
BLAGOJEVICH
Governor