Full Text of HB2325 96th General Assembly
HB2325ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Frank J. Mautino
Filed: 3/30/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2325
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2325 as follows:
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| on page 4, immediately below line 13, by inserting the | 4 |
| following: | 5 |
| " Unless contrary to the provisions of, or any rules | 6 |
| promulgated pursuant to, Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of | 7 |
| Division B of the federal American Recovery and | 8 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, with respect to employees or | 9 |
| members involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 | 10 |
| and December 31, 2009, the notice requirements of this | 11 |
| Section are not satisfied unless notice is presented to the | 12 |
| employee or member by the insurer informing the employee or | 13 |
| member of the availability of premium reduction with | 14 |
| respect to such coverage under the federal American | 15 |
| Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Such written notice | 16 |
| shall conform to all applicable requirements set forth in | 17 |
| Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of Division B of the |
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| federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The | 2 |
| Department shall publish models for the notification that | 3 |
| shall be provided by insurers pursuant to this paragraph. "; | 4 |
| and | 5 |
| on page 6, immediately below line 16, by inserting the | 6 |
| following: | 7 |
| " 9. An employee or member without an election of | 8 |
| continuation of coverage pursuant to this Section in effect | 9 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 10 |
| General Assembly may elect continuation pursuant to this | 11 |
| paragraph 9 if the employee or member: (i) would be an | 12 |
| assistance eligible individual as defined in Section | 13 |
| 3001(a)(3) of Title III of Division B of the federal | 14 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 if such an | 15 |
| election were in effect and (ii) at the time of termination | 16 |
| was eligible for continuation pursuant to paragraphs 1 and | 17 |
| 2 of this Section. | 18 |
| Unless contrary to the provisions of, or any rules | 19 |
| promulgated pursuant to, Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of | 20 |
| Division B of the federal American Recovery and | 21 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, written notice of continuation | 22 |
| pursuant to this paragraph 9 shall be presented to the | 23 |
| employee or member by the insurer or mailed by the insurer | 24 |
| to the last known address of the employee or member within | 25 |
| 30 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
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| 96th General Assembly. Such written notice shall conform to | 2 |
| all applicable requirements set forth in Section | 3 |
| 3001(a)(7) of Title III of Division B of the federal | 4 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The | 5 |
| Department shall publish models for the notification that | 6 |
| shall be provided by insurers pursuant to this paragraph 9. | 7 |
| An employee or member electing continuation of | 8 |
| coverage under this paragraph 9 must request such | 9 |
| continuation in writing within 60 days after the date the | 10 |
| employee or member receives written notice of the right of | 11 |
| continuation by the insurer. | 12 |
| Continuation of coverage elected pursuant to this | 13 |
| paragraph 9 shall commence with the first period of | 14 |
| coverage beginning on or after February 17, 2009, the | 15 |
| effective date of the federal American Recovery and | 16 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, and shall not extend beyond the | 17 |
| period of continuation that would have been required if the | 18 |
| coverage had been elected pursuant to paragraph 4 of this | 19 |
| Section. | 20 |
| With respect to an employee or member who elects | 21 |
| continuation of coverage under this paragraph 9, the period | 22 |
| beginning on the date of the employee's or member's | 23 |
| involuntary termination of employment and ending on the | 24 |
| date of the first period of coverage on or after February | 25 |
| 17, 2009 shall be disregarded for purposes of determining | 26 |
| the 63-day period referred to in Section 20 of the Illinois |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. "; and | 2 |
| on page 10, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | 3 |
| following: | 4 |
| " Unless contrary to the provisions of, or any rules | 5 |
| promulgated pursuant to, Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of | 6 |
| Division B of the federal American Recovery and | 7 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, with respect to employees or | 8 |
| members involuntarily terminated between September 1, 2008 | 9 |
| and December 31, 2009, the notice requirements of this | 10 |
| Section are not satisfied unless notice is presented to the | 11 |
| employee or member by the HMO informing the employee or | 12 |
| member of the availability of premium reduction with | 13 |
| respect to such coverage under the federal American | 14 |
| Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Such written notice | 15 |
| shall conform to all applicable requirements set forth in | 16 |
| Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of Division B of the | 17 |
| federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The | 18 |
| Department shall publish models for the notification that | 19 |
| shall be provided by HMOs pursuant to this paragraph. "; and | 20 |
| on page 12, immediately below line 6, by inserting the | 21 |
| following: | 22 |
| " (9) An employee or member without an election of | 23 |
| continuation of coverage pursuant to this Section in effect | 24 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th |
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| General Assembly may elect continuation pursuant to this | 2 |
| paragraph (9) if the employee or member: (i) would be an | 3 |
| assistance eligible individual as defined in Section | 4 |
| 3001(a)(3) of Title III of Division B of the federal | 5 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 if such an | 6 |
| election were in effect and (ii) at the time of termination | 7 |
| was eligible for continuation pursuant to paragraphs (1) | 8 |
| and (2) of this Section. | 9 |
| Unless contrary to the provisions of, or any rules | 10 |
| promulgated pursuant to, Section 3001(a)(7) of Title III of | 11 |
| Division B of the federal American Recovery and | 12 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, written notice of continuation | 13 |
| pursuant to this paragraph (9) shall be presented to the | 14 |
| employee or member by the HMO or mailed by the HMO to the | 15 |
| last known address of the employee or member within 30 days | 16 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 17 |
| General Assembly. Such written notice shall conform to all | 18 |
| applicable requirements set forth in Section 3001(a)(7) of | 19 |
| Title III of Division B of the federal American Recovery | 20 |
| and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Department shall publish | 21 |
| models for the notification that shall be provided by HMOs | 22 |
| pursuant to this paragraph (9). | 23 |
| An employee or member electing continuation of | 24 |
| coverage under this paragraph (9) must request such | 25 |
| continuation in writing within 60 days after the date the | 26 |
| employee or member receives written notice of the right of |
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| continuation by the HMO. | 2 |
| Continuation of coverage elected pursuant to this | 3 |
| paragraph (9) shall commence with the first period of | 4 |
| coverage beginning on or after February 17, 2009, the | 5 |
| effective date of the federal American Recovery and | 6 |
| Reinvestment Act of 2009, and shall not extend beyond the | 7 |
| period of continuation that would have been required if the | 8 |
| coverage had been elected pursuant to paragraph (4) of this | 9 |
| Section. | 10 |
| With respect to an employee or member who elects | 11 |
| continuation of coverage under this paragraph (9), the | 12 |
| period beginning on the date of the employee's or member's | 13 |
| involuntary termination of employment and ending on the | 14 |
| date of the first period of coverage on or after February | 15 |
| 17, 2009 shall be disregarded for purposes of determining | 16 |
| the 63-day period referred to in Section 20 of the Illinois | 17 |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. ".
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