Full Text of HB0711 102nd General Assembly
HB0711ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Greg Harris Filed: 4/20/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 711
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 711 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Prior | 5 | | Authorization Reform Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly hereby finds and | 7 | | declares that:
| 8 | | (1) the health care professional-patient relationship | 9 | | is paramount and should not be subject to third-party | 10 | | intrusion;
| 11 | | (2) prior authorization programs shall be subject to | 12 | | member coverage agreements and medical policies but shall | 13 | | not hinder the independent medical judgment of a physician | 14 | | or health care provider; and
| 15 | | (3) prior authorization programs must be transparent | 16 | | to ensure a fair and consistent process for health care |
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| 1 | | providers and patients.
| 2 | | Section 10. Applicability; scope. This Act applies to | 3 | | health insurance coverage as defined in the Illinois Health | 4 | | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and policies | 5 | | issued or delivered in this State to the Department of | 6 | | Healthcare and Family Services and providing coverage to | 7 | | persons who are enrolled under Article V of the Illinois | 8 | | Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance | 9 | | Program Act, amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or | 10 | | after the effective date of this Act, with the exception of | 11 | | employee or employer self-insured health benefit plans under | 12 | | the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, | 13 | | health care provided pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act | 14 | | or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, and State, | 15 | | employee, unit of local government, or school district health | 16 | | plans. This Act does not diminish a health care plan's duties | 17 | | and responsibilities under other federal or State law or rules | 18 | | promulgated thereunder. This Act is not intended to alter or | 19 | | impede the provisions of any consent decree or judicial order | 20 | | to which the State or any of its agencies is a party. | 21 | | Section 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 22 | | "Adverse determination" has the meaning given to that term | 23 | | in Section 10 of the Health Carrier External Review Act.
| 24 | | "Appeal" means a formal request, either orally or in |
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| 1 | | writing, to reconsider an adverse determination.
| 2 | | "Approval" means a determination by a health insurance | 3 | | issuer or its contracted utilization review organization that | 4 | | a health care service has been reviewed and, based on the | 5 | | information provided, satisfies the health insurance issuer's | 6 | | or its contracted utilization review organization's | 7 | | requirements for medical necessity and appropriateness.
| 8 | | "Clinical review criteria" has the meaning given to that | 9 | | term in Section 10 of the Health Carrier External Review Act.
| 10 | | "Department" means the Department of Insurance.
| 11 | | "Emergency medical condition" has the meaning given to | 12 | | that term in Section 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient | 13 | | Rights Act.
| 14 | | "Emergency services" has the meaning given to that term in | 15 | | federal health insurance reform requirements for the group and | 16 | | individual health insurance markets, 45 CFR 147.138.
| 17 | | "Enrollee" has the meaning given to that term in Section | 18 | | 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.
| 19 | | "Health care professional" has the meaning given to that | 20 | | term in Section 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient | 21 | | Rights Act.
| 22 | | "Health care provider" has the meaning given to that term | 23 | | in Section 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights | 24 | | Act, except that facilities licensed under the Nursing Home | 25 | | Care Act and long-term care facilities as defined in Section | 26 | | 1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act are excluded from this Act. |
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| 1 | | "Health care service" means any services or level of | 2 | | services included in the furnishing to an individual of | 3 | | medical care or the hospitalization incident to the furnishing | 4 | | of such care, as well as the furnishing to any person of any | 5 | | other services for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, | 6 | | curing, or healing human illness or injury, including | 7 | | behavioral health, mental health, home health, and | 8 | | pharmaceutical services and products.
| 9 | | "Health insurance issuer" has the meaning given to that | 10 | | term in Section 5 of the Illinois Health Insurance Portability | 11 | | and Accountability Act.
| 12 | | "Medically necessary" means a health care professional | 13 | | exercising prudent clinical judgment would provide care to a | 14 | | patient for the purpose of preventing, diagnosing, or treating | 15 | | an illness, injury, disease, or its symptoms and that are: (i) | 16 | | in accordance with generally accepted standards of medical | 17 | | practice; (ii) clinically appropriate in terms of type, | 18 | | frequency, extent, site, and duration and are considered | 19 | | effective for the patient's illness, injury, or disease; and | 20 | | (iii) not primarily for the convenience of the patient, | 21 | | treating physician, other health care professional, caregiver, | 22 | | family member, or other interested party, but focused on what | 23 | | is best for the patient's health outcome.
| 24 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical | 25 | | Practice Act of 1987 or licensed under the laws of another | 26 | | state to practice medicine in all its branches.
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| 1 | | "Prior authorization" means the process by which health | 2 | | insurance issuers or their contracted utilization review | 3 | | organizations determine the medical necessity and medical | 4 | | appropriateness of otherwise covered health care services | 5 | | before the rendering of such health care services. "Prior | 6 | | authorization" includes any health insurance issuer's or its | 7 | | contracted utilization review organization's requirement that | 8 | | an enrollee, health care professional, or health care provider | 9 | | notify the health insurance issuer or its contracted | 10 | | utilization review organization before, at the time of, or | 11 | | concurrent to providing a health care service.
| 12 | | "Urgent health care service" means a health care service | 13 | | with respect to which the application of the time periods for | 14 | | making a non-expedited prior authorization that in the opinion | 15 | | of a health care professional with knowledge of the enrollee's | 16 | | medical condition:
| 17 | | (1) could seriously jeopardize the life or health of | 18 | | the enrollee or the ability of the enrollee to regain | 19 | | maximum function; or
| 20 | | (2) could subject the enrollee to severe pain that | 21 | | cannot be adequately managed without the care or treatment | 22 | | that is the subject of the utilization review.
| 23 | | "Urgent health care service" does not include emergency | 24 | | services.
| 25 | | "Utilization review organization" has the meaning given to | 26 | | that term in 50 Ill. Adm. Code 4520.30.
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| 1 | | Section 20. Disclosure and review of prior authorization | 2 | | requirements.
| 3 | | (a) A health insurance issuer shall maintain a complete | 4 | | list of services for which prior authorization is required, | 5 | | including for all services where prior authorization is | 6 | | performed by an entity under contract with the health | 7 | | insurance issuer.
| 8 | | (b) A health insurance issuer shall make any current prior | 9 | | authorization requirements and restrictions, including the | 10 | | written clinical review criteria, readily accessible and | 11 | | conspicuously posted on its website to enrollees, health care | 12 | | professionals, and health care providers. Content published by | 13 | | a third party and licensed for use by a health insurance issuer | 14 | | or its contracted utilization review organization may be made | 15 | | available through the health insurance issuer's or its | 16 | | contracted utilization review organization's secure, | 17 | | password-protected website so long as the access requirements | 18 | | of the website do not unreasonably restrict access. | 19 | | Requirements shall be described in detail, written in easily | 20 | | understandable language, and readily available to the health | 21 | | care professional and health care provider at the point of | 22 | | care. The website shall indicate for each service subject to | 23 | | prior authorization:
| 24 | | (1) when prior authorization became required for | 25 | | policies issued or delivered in Illinois, including the |
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| 1 | | effective date or dates and the termination date or dates, | 2 | | if applicable, in Illinois;
| 3 | | (2) the date the Illinois-specific requirement was | 4 | | listed on the health insurance issuer's or its contracted | 5 | | utilization review organization's website; | 6 | | (3) where applicable, the date that prior | 7 | | authorization was removed for Illinois; and
| 8 | | (4) where applicable, access to a standardized | 9 | | electronic prior authorization request transaction | 10 | | process. | 11 | | (c) The clinical review criteria must:
| 12 | | (1) be based on nationally recognized, generally | 13 | | accepted standards except where State law provides its own | 14 | | standard;
| 15 | | (2) be developed in accordance with the current | 16 | | standards of a national medical accreditation entity;
| 17 | | (3) ensure quality of care and access to needed health | 18 | | care services;
| 19 | | (4) be evidence-based;
| 20 | | (5) be sufficiently flexible to allow deviations from | 21 | | norms when justified on a case-by-case basis;
and | 22 | | (6) be evaluated and updated, if necessary, at least | 23 | | annually. | 24 | | (d) A health insurance issuer shall not deny a claim for | 25 | | failure to obtain prior authorization if the prior | 26 | | authorization requirement was not in effect on the date of |
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| 1 | | service on the claim.
| 2 | | (e) A health insurance issuer or its contracted | 3 | | utilization review organization shall not deem as incidental | 4 | | or deny supplies or health care services that are routinely | 5 | | used as part of a health care service when:
| 6 | | (1) an associated health care service has received | 7 | | prior authorization; or
| 8 | | (2) prior authorization for the health care service is | 9 | | not required.
| 10 | | (f) If a health insurance issuer intends either to | 11 | | implement a new prior authorization requirement or restriction | 12 | | or amend an existing requirement or restriction, the health | 13 | | insurance issuer shall provide contracted health care | 14 | | professionals and contracted health care providers of | 15 | | enrollees written notice of the new or amended requirement or | 16 | | amendment no less than 60 days before the requirement or | 17 | | restriction is implemented. The written notice may be provided | 18 | | in an electronic format, including email or facsimile, if the | 19 | | health care professional or health care provider has agreed in | 20 | | advance to receive notices electronically. The health | 21 | | insurance issuer shall ensure that the new or amended | 22 | | requirement is not implemented unless the health insurance | 23 | | issuer's or its contracted utilization review organization's | 24 | | website has been updated to reflect the new or amended | 25 | | requirement or restriction.
| 26 | | (g) Entities using prior authorization shall make |
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| 1 | | statistics available regarding prior authorization approvals | 2 | | and denials on their website in a readily accessible format. | 3 | | The statistics must be updated annually and include all of the | 4 | | following information:
| 5 | | (1) a list of all health care services, including | 6 | | medications, that are subject to prior authorization;
| 7 | | (2) the total number of prior authorization requests | 8 | | received;
| 9 | | (3) the number of prior authorization requests denied | 10 | | during the previous plan year by the health insurance | 11 | | issuer or its contracted utilization review organization | 12 | | with respect to each service described in paragraph (1) | 13 | | and the top 5 reasons for denial;
| 14 | | (4) the number of requests described in paragraph (3) | 15 | | that were appealed, the number of the appealed requests | 16 | | that upheld the adverse determination, and the number of | 17 | | appealed requests that reversed the adverse determination;
| 18 | | (5) the average time between submission and response;
| 19 | | and | 20 | | (6) any other information as the Director determines | 21 | | appropriate.
| 22 | | Section 25. Health insurance issuer's and its contracted | 23 | | utilization review organization's obligations with respect to | 24 | | prior authorizations in nonurgent circumstances. | 25 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a health |
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| 1 | | insurance issuer requires prior authorization of a health care | 2 | | service, the health insurance issuer or its contracted | 3 | | utilization review organization must make an approval or | 4 | | adverse determination and notify the enrollee, the enrollee's | 5 | | health care professional, and the enrollee's health care | 6 | | provider of the approval or adverse determination as required | 7 | | by applicable law, but no later than 5 calendar days after | 8 | | obtaining all necessary information to make the approval or | 9 | | adverse determination. As used in this Section, "necessary | 10 | | information" includes the results of any face-to-face clinical | 11 | | evaluation, second opinion, or other clinical information that | 12 | | is directly applicable to the requested service that may be | 13 | | required. | 14 | | Section 30. Health insurance issuer's and its contracted | 15 | | utilization review organization's obligations with respect to | 16 | | prior authorizations concerning urgent health care services.
| 17 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health | 18 | | insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 19 | | organization must render an approval or adverse determination | 20 | | concerning urgent care services and notify the enrollee, the | 21 | | enrollee's health care professional, and the enrollee's health | 22 | | care provider of that approval or adverse determination as | 23 | | required by law, but not later than 48 hours after receiving | 24 | | all information needed to complete the review of the requested | 25 | | health care services.
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| 1 | | (b) To facilitate the rendering of a prior authorization | 2 | | determination in conformance with this Section, a health | 3 | | insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 4 | | organization must establish a mechanism to ensure health care | 5 | | professionals have access to appropriately trained and | 6 | | licensed clinical personnel who have access to physicians for | 7 | | consultation, designated by the plan to make such | 8 | | determinations for prior authorization concerning urgent care | 9 | | services.
| 10 | | Section 35. Personnel qualified to make adverse | 11 | | determinations of a prior authorization request. A health | 12 | | insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 13 | | organization must ensure that all adverse determinations are | 14 | | made by a physician when the request is by a physician or a | 15 | | representative of a physician. The physician must:
| 16 | | (1) possess a current and valid nonrestricted license | 17 | | in any United States jurisdiction;
and | 18 | | (2) have experience treating and managing patients | 19 | | with the medical condition or disease for which the health | 20 | | care service is being requested.
| 21 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a licensed health care | 22 | | professional who satisfies the requirements of this Section | 23 | | may make an adverse determination of a prior authorization | 24 | | request submitted by a health care professional licensed in | 25 | | the same profession. |
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| 1 | | Section 40. Requirements for adverse determination. If a | 2 | | health insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 3 | | organization makes an adverse determination, the health | 4 | | insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 5 | | organization shall include the following in the notification | 6 | | to the enrollee, the enrollee's health care professional, and | 7 | | the enrollee's health care provider: | 8 | | (1) the reasons for the adverse determination and | 9 | | related evidence-based criteria, including a description | 10 | | of any missing or insufficient documentation; | 11 | | (2) the right to appeal the adverse determination; | 12 | | (3) instructions on how to file the appeal; and | 13 | | (4) additional documentation necessary to support the | 14 | | appeal. | 15 | | Section 45. Requirements applicable to the personnel who | 16 | | can review appeals. A health insurance issuer or its | 17 | | contracted utilization review organization must ensure that | 18 | | all appeals are reviewed by a physician when the request is by | 19 | | a physician or a representative of a physician. The physician | 20 | | must:
| 21 | | (1) possess a current and valid nonrestricted license | 22 | | to practice medicine in any United States jurisdiction;
| 23 | | (2) be in the same or similar specialty as a physician | 24 | | who typically manages the medical condition or disease;
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| 1 | | (3) be knowledgeable of, and have experience | 2 | | providing, the health care services under appeal;
| 3 | | (4) not have been directly involved in making the | 4 | | adverse determination; and
| 5 | | (5) consider all known clinical aspects of the health | 6 | | care service under review, including, but not limited to, | 7 | | a review of all pertinent medical records provided to the | 8 | | health insurance issuer or its contracted utilization | 9 | | review organization by the enrollee's health care | 10 | | professional or health care provider and any medical | 11 | | literature provided to the health insurance issuer or its | 12 | | contracted utilization review organization by the health | 13 | | care professional or health care provider.
| 14 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, a licensed health care | 15 | | professional who satisfies the requirements in this Section | 16 | | may review appeal requests submitted by a health care | 17 | | professional licensed in the same profession. | 18 | | Section 50. Review of prior authorization requirements. A | 19 | | health insurance issuer shall periodically review its prior | 20 | | authorization requirements and consider removal of prior | 21 | | authorization requirements:
| 22 | | (1) where a medication or procedure prescribed is | 23 | | customary and properly indicated or is a treatment for the | 24 | | clinical indication as supported by peer-reviewed medical | 25 | | publications;
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| 1 | | (2) for patients currently managed with an established | 2 | | treatment regimen. | 3 | | Section 55. Denial.
| 4 | | (a) The health insurance issuer or its contracted | 5 | | utilization review organization may not revoke or further | 6 | | limit, condition, or restrict a previously issued prior | 7 | | authorization approval while it remains valid under this Act.
| 8 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a claim | 9 | | is properly coded and submitted timely to a health insurance | 10 | | issuer, the health insurance issuer shall make payment | 11 | | according to the terms of coverage on claims for health care | 12 | | services for which prior authorization was required and | 13 | | approval received before the rendering of health care | 14 | | services, unless one of the following occurs:
| 15 | | (1) it is timely determined that the enrollee's health | 16 | | care professional or health care provider knowingly | 17 | | provided health care services that required prior | 18 | | authorization from the health insurance issuer or its | 19 | | contracted utilization review organization without first | 20 | | obtaining prior authorization for those health care | 21 | | services;
| 22 | | (2) it is timely determined that the health care | 23 | | services claimed were not performed;
| 24 | | (3) it is timely determined that the health care | 25 | | services rendered were contrary to the instructions of the |
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| 1 | | health insurance issuer or its contracted utilization | 2 | | review organization or delegated reviewer if contact was | 3 | | made between those parties before the service being | 4 | | rendered;
| 5 | | (4) it is timely determined that the enrollee | 6 | | receiving such health care services was not an enrollee of | 7 | | the health care plan; or
| 8 | | (5) the approval was based upon a material | 9 | | misrepresentation by the enrollee, health care | 10 | | professional, or health care provider; as used in this | 11 | | paragraph (5), "material" means a fact or situation that | 12 | | is not merely technical in nature and results or could | 13 | | result in a substantial change in the situation.
| 14 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall preclude a utilization | 15 | | review organization or a health insurance issuer from | 16 | | performing post-service reviews of health care claims for | 17 | | purposes of payment integrity or for the prevention of fraud, | 18 | | waste, or abuse. | 19 | | Section 60. Length of prior authorization approval. A | 20 | | prior authorization approval shall be valid for the lesser of | 21 | | 6 months after the date the health care professional or health | 22 | | care provider receives the prior authorization approval or the | 23 | | length of treatment as determined by the patient's health care | 24 | | professional or the renewal of the plan, and the approval | 25 | | period shall be effective regardless of any changes, including |
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| 1 | | any changes in dosage for a prescription drug prescribed by | 2 | | the health care professional. All dosage increases must be | 3 | | based on established evidentiary standards and nothing in this | 4 | | Section shall prohibit a health insurance issuer from having | 5 | | safety edits in place. This Section shall not apply to the | 6 | | prescription of benzodiazepines or Schedule II narcotic drugs, | 7 | | such as opioids. Except to the extent required by medical | 8 | | exceptions processes for prescription drugs set forth in | 9 | | Section 45.1 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights | 10 | | Act, nothing in this Section shall require a policy to cover | 11 | | any care, treatment, or services for any health condition that | 12 | | the terms of coverage otherwise completely exclude from the | 13 | | policy's covered benefits without regard for whether the care, | 14 | | treatment, or services are medically necessary. | 15 | | Section 65. Length of prior authorization approval for | 16 | | treatment for chronic or long-term conditions. If a health | 17 | | insurance issuer requires a prior authorization for a | 18 | | recurring health care service or maintenance medication for | 19 | | the treatment of a chronic or long-term condition, the | 20 | | approval shall remain valid for the lesser of 12 months from | 21 | | the date the health care professional or health care provider | 22 | | receives the prior authorization approval or the length of the | 23 | | treatment as determined by the patient's health care | 24 | | professional. This Section shall not apply to the prescription | 25 | | of benzodiazepines or Schedule II narcotic drugs, such as |
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| 1 | | opioids. Except to the extent required by medical exceptions | 2 | | processes for prescription drugs set forth in Section 45.1 of | 3 | | the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act, nothing in | 4 | | this Section shall require a policy to cover any care, | 5 | | treatment, or services for any health condition that the terms | 6 | | of coverage otherwise completely exclude from the policy's | 7 | | covered benefits without regard for whether the care, | 8 | | treatment, or services are medically necessary. | 9 | | Section 70. Continuity of care for enrollees.
| 10 | | (a) On receipt of information documenting a prior | 11 | | authorization approval from the enrollee or from the | 12 | | enrollee's health care professional or health care provider, a | 13 | | health insurance issuer shall honor a prior authorization | 14 | | granted to an enrollee from a previous health insurance issuer | 15 | | or its contracted utilization review organization for at least | 16 | | the initial 90 days of an enrollee's coverage under a new | 17 | | health plan, subject to the terms of the member's coverage | 18 | | agreement.
| 19 | | (b) During the time period described in subsection (a), a | 20 | | health insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 21 | | organization may perform its own review to grant a prior | 22 | | authorization approval subject to the terms of the member's | 23 | | coverage agreement.
| 24 | | (c) If there is a change in coverage of or approval | 25 | | criteria for a previously authorized health care service, the |
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| 1 | | change in coverage or approval criteria does not affect an | 2 | | enrollee who received prior authorization approval before the | 3 | | effective date of the change for the remainder of the | 4 | | enrollee's plan year.
| 5 | | (d) Except to the extent required by medical exceptions | 6 | | processes for prescription drugs, nothing in this Section | 7 | | shall require a policy to cover any care, treatment, or | 8 | | services for any health condition that the terms of coverage | 9 | | otherwise completely exclude from the policy's covered | 10 | | benefits without regard for whether the care, treatment, or | 11 | | services are medically necessary.
| 12 | | Section 75. Health care services deemed authorized if a | 13 | | health insurance issuer or its contracted utilization review | 14 | | organization fails to comply with the requirements of this | 15 | | Act. A failure by a health insurance issuer or its contracted | 16 | | utilization review organization to comply with the deadlines | 17 | | and other requirements specified in this Act shall result in | 18 | | any health care services subject to review to be automatically | 19 | | deemed authorized by the health insurance issuer or its | 20 | | contracted utilization review organization. | 21 | | Section 80. Severability. If any provision of this Act or | 22 | | its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, | 23 | | the invalidity does not affect other provisions or | 24 | | applications of this Act that can be given effect without the |
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| 1 | | invalid provision or application, and to this end the | 2 | | provisions of this Act are declared to be severable. | 3 | | Section 85. Administration and enforcement.
| 4 | | (a) The Department shall enforce the provisions of this | 5 | | Act pursuant to the enforcement powers granted to it by law. To | 6 | | enforce the provisions of this Act, the Director is hereby | 7 | | granted specific authority to issue a cease and desist order | 8 | | or require a utilization review organization or health | 9 | | insurance issuer to submit a plan of correction for violations | 10 | | of this Act, or both, in accordance with the requirements and | 11 | | authority set forth in Section 85 of the Managed Care Reform | 12 | | and Patient Rights Act. Subject to the provisions of the | 13 | | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Director may, | 14 | | pursuant to Section 403A of the Illinois Insurance Code, | 15 | | impose upon a utilization review organization or health | 16 | | insurance issuer an administrative fine not to exceed $250,000 | 17 | | for failure to submit a requested plan of correction, failure | 18 | | to comply with its plan of correction, or repeated violations | 19 | | of this Act.
| 20 | | (b) Any person who believes that his or her utilization | 21 | | review organization or health insurance issuer is in violation | 22 | | of the provisions of this Act may file a complaint with the | 23 | | Department. The Department shall review all complaints | 24 | | received and investigate all complaints that it deems to state | 25 | | a potential violation. The Department shall fairly, |
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| 1 | | efficiently, and timely review and investigate complaints. | 2 | | Health insurance issuers and utilization review organizations | 3 | | found to be in violation of this Act shall be penalized in | 4 | | accordance with this Section.
| 5 | | (c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | 6 | | enforce the provisions of this Act as it applies to persons | 7 | | enrolled under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code or | 8 | | under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act.
| 9 | | Section 900. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | 10 | | changing Sections 155.36 and 370g as follows:
| 11 | | (215 ILCS 5/155.36)
| 12 | | Sec. 155.36. Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. | 13 | | Insurance
companies that transact the kinds of insurance | 14 | | authorized under Class 1(b) or
Class 2(a) of Section 4 of this | 15 | | Code shall comply
with Sections 45, 45.1, 45.2, 65, 70, and 85, | 16 | | subsection (d) of Section 30, and the definition of the term | 17 | | "emergency medical
condition" in Section
10 of the Managed | 18 | | Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 101-608, eff. 1-1-20.)
| 20 | | (215 ILCS 5/370g) (from Ch. 73, par. 982g)
| 21 | | Sec. 370g. Definitions. As used in this Article, the | 22 | | following definitions
apply:
| 23 | | (a) "Health care services" means health care services or |
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| 1 | | products
rendered or sold by a provider within the scope of the | 2 | | provider's license
or legal authorization. The term includes, | 3 | | but is not limited to, hospital,
medical, surgical, dental, | 4 | | vision and pharmaceutical services or products.
| 5 | | (b) "Insurer" means an insurance company or a health | 6 | | service corporation
authorized in this State to issue policies | 7 | | or subscriber contracts which
reimburse for expenses of health | 8 | | care services.
| 9 | | (c) "Insured" means an individual entitled to | 10 | | reimbursement for expenses
of health care services under a | 11 | | policy or subscriber contract issued or
administered by an | 12 | | insurer.
| 13 | | (d) "Provider" means an individual or entity duly licensed | 14 | | or legally
authorized to provide health care services.
| 15 | | (e) "Noninstitutional provider" means any person licensed | 16 | | under the Medical
Practice Act of 1987, as now or hereafter | 17 | | amended.
| 18 | | (f) "Beneficiary" means an individual entitled to | 19 | | reimbursement for
expenses of or the discount of provider fees | 20 | | for health care services under
a program where the beneficiary | 21 | | has an incentive to utilize the services of a
provider which | 22 | | has entered into an agreement or arrangement with an
| 23 | | administrator.
| 24 | | (g) "Administrator" means any person, partnership or | 25 | | corporation, other
than an insurer or health maintenance | 26 | | organization holding a certificate of
authority under the |
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| 1 | | "Health Maintenance Organization Act", as now or hereafter
| 2 | | amended, that arranges, contracts with, or administers | 3 | | contracts with a
provider whereby beneficiaries are provided | 4 | | an incentive to use the services of
such provider.
| 5 | | (h) "Emergency medical condition" has the meaning given to | 6 | | that term in Section 10 of the Managed Care Reform and Patient | 7 | | Rights Act. means a medical condition manifesting
itself
by
| 8 | | acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe
pain) | 9 | | such that a prudent
layperson, who possesses an average | 10 | | knowledge of health and medicine, could
reasonably expect the | 11 | | absence of immediate medical attention to result in:
| 12 | | (1) placing the health of the individual (or, with | 13 | | respect to a pregnant
woman, the
health of the woman or her | 14 | | unborn child) in serious jeopardy;
| 15 | | (2) serious
impairment to bodily functions; or
| 16 | | (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ
or part.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 91-617, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 18 | | Section 905. The Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights | 19 | | Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
| 20 | | (215 ILCS 134/10)
| 21 | | Sec. 10. Definitions.
| 22 | | "Adverse determination" means a determination by a health | 23 | | care plan under
Section 45 or by a utilization review program | 24 | | under Section
85 that
a health care service is not medically |
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| 1 | | necessary.
| 2 | | "Clinical peer" means a health care professional who is in | 3 | | the same
profession and the same or similar specialty as the | 4 | | health care provider who
typically manages the medical | 5 | | condition, procedures, or treatment under
review.
| 6 | | "Department" means the Department of Insurance.
| 7 | | "Emergency medical condition" means a medical condition | 8 | | manifesting itself by
acute symptoms of sufficient severity, | 9 | | regardless of the final diagnosis given, such that a prudent
| 10 | | layperson, who possesses an average knowledge of health and | 11 | | medicine, could
reasonably expect the absence of immediate | 12 | | medical attention to result in:
| 13 | | (1) placing the health of the individual (or, with | 14 | | respect to a pregnant
woman, the
health of the woman or her | 15 | | unborn child) in serious jeopardy;
| 16 | | (2) serious
impairment to bodily functions;
| 17 | | (3) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ
or part;
| 18 | | (4) inadequately controlled pain; or | 19 | | (5) with respect to a pregnant woman who is having | 20 | | contractions: | 21 | | (A) inadequate time to complete a safe transfer to | 22 | | another hospital before delivery; or | 23 | | (B) a transfer to another hospital may pose a | 24 | | threat to the health or safety of the woman or unborn | 25 | | child. | 26 | | "Emergency medical screening examination" means a medical |
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examination and
evaluation by a physician licensed | 2 | | to practice medicine in all its branches, or
to the extent | 3 | | permitted
by applicable laws, by other appropriately licensed | 4 | | personnel under the
supervision of or in
collaboration with a | 5 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
branches to | 6 | | determine whether
the need for emergency services exists.
| 7 | | "Emergency services" means, with respect to an enrollee of | 8 | | a health care
plan,
transportation services, including but not | 9 | | limited to ambulance services, and
covered inpatient and | 10 | | outpatient hospital services
furnished by a provider
qualified | 11 | | to furnish those services that are needed to evaluate or | 12 | | stabilize an
emergency medical condition. "Emergency services" | 13 | | does not
refer to post-stabilization medical services.
| 14 | | "Enrollee" means any person and his or her dependents | 15 | | enrolled in or covered
by a health care plan.
| 16 | | "Health care plan" means a plan, including, but not | 17 | | limited to, a health maintenance organization, a managed care | 18 | | community network as defined in the Illinois Public Aid Code, | 19 | | or an accountable care entity as defined in the Illinois | 20 | | Public Aid Code that receives capitated payments to cover | 21 | | medical services from the Department of Healthcare and Family | 22 | | Services, that establishes, operates, or maintains a
network | 23 | | of health care providers that has entered into an agreement | 24 | | with the
plan to provide health care services to enrollees to | 25 | | whom the plan has the
ultimate obligation to arrange for the | 26 | | provision of or payment for services
through organizational |
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| 1 | | arrangements for ongoing quality assurance,
utilization review | 2 | | programs, or dispute resolution.
Nothing in this definition | 3 | | shall be construed to mean that an independent
practice | 4 | | association or a physician hospital organization that | 5 | | subcontracts
with
a health care plan is, for purposes of that | 6 | | subcontract, a health care plan.
| 7 | | For purposes of this definition, "health care plan" shall | 8 | | not include the
following:
| 9 | | (1) indemnity health insurance policies including | 10 | | those using a contracted
provider network;
| 11 | | (2) health care plans that offer only dental or only | 12 | | vision coverage;
| 13 | | (3) preferred provider administrators, as defined in | 14 | | Section 370g(g) of
the
Illinois Insurance Code;
| 15 | | (4) employee or employer self-insured health benefit | 16 | | plans under the
federal Employee Retirement Income | 17 | | Security Act of 1974;
| 18 | | (5) health care provided pursuant to the Workers' | 19 | | Compensation Act or the
Workers' Occupational Diseases | 20 | | Act; and
| 21 | | (6) not-for-profit voluntary health services plans | 22 | | with health maintenance
organization
authority in | 23 | | existence as of January 1, 1999 that are affiliated with a | 24 | | union
and that
only extend coverage to union members and | 25 | | their dependents.
| 26 | | "Health care professional" means a physician, a registered |
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nurse,
or other individual appropriately licensed | 2 | | or registered
to provide health care services.
| 3 | | "Health care provider" means any physician, hospital | 4 | | facility, facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, | 5 | | long-term care facility as defined in Section 1-113 of the | 6 | | Nursing Home Care Act, or other
person that is licensed or | 7 | | otherwise authorized to deliver health care
services. Nothing | 8 | | in this
Act shall be construed to define Independent Practice | 9 | | Associations or
Physician-Hospital Organizations as health | 10 | | care providers.
| 11 | | "Health care services" means any services included in the | 12 | | furnishing to any
individual of medical care, or the
| 13 | | hospitalization incident to the furnishing of such care, as | 14 | | well as the
furnishing to any person of
any and all other | 15 | | services for the purpose of preventing,
alleviating, curing, | 16 | | or healing human illness or injury including behavioral | 17 | | health, mental health, home health ,
and pharmaceutical | 18 | | services and products.
| 19 | | "Medical director" means a physician licensed in any state | 20 | | to practice
medicine in all its
branches appointed by a health | 21 | | care plan.
| 22 | | "Person" means a corporation, association, partnership,
| 23 | | limited liability company, sole proprietorship, or any other | 24 | | legal entity.
| 25 | | "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical
| 26 | | Practice Act of 1987.
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| 1 | | "Post-stabilization medical services" means health care | 2 | | services
provided to an enrollee that are furnished in a | 3 | | licensed hospital by a provider
that is qualified to furnish | 4 | | such services, and determined to be medically
necessary and | 5 | | directly related to the emergency medical condition following
| 6 | | stabilization.
| 7 | | "Stabilization" means, with respect to an emergency | 8 | | medical condition, to
provide such medical treatment of the | 9 | | condition as may be necessary to assure,
within reasonable | 10 | | medical probability, that no material deterioration
of the | 11 | | condition is likely to result.
| 12 | | "Utilization review" means the evaluation of the medical | 13 | | necessity,
appropriateness, and efficiency of the use of | 14 | | health care services, procedures,
and facilities.
| 15 | | "Utilization review program" means a program established | 16 | | by a person to
perform utilization review.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-452, eff. 1-1-20 .)
| 18 | | Section 910. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 19 | | adding Section 5-5.12d as follows: | 20 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12d new) | 21 | | Sec. 5-5.12d. Managed care organization prior | 22 | | authorization of health care services. | 23 | | (a) As used in this Section, "health care service" has the | 24 | | meaning given to that term in the Prior Authorization Reform |
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| 1 | | Act. | 2 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 3 | | contrary, all managed care organizations shall comply with the | 4 | | requirements of the Prior Authorization Reform Act.
| 5 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 6 | | 1, 2022.".
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