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90_HB2507
215 ILCS 5/356h from Ch. 73, par. 968h
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that
policies of accident and health insurance shall provide
coverage for minor children who are under the guardianship of
the insured. Effective immediately.
LRB9008571JSgc
LRB9008571JSgc
1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Insurance Code by changing
2 Section 356h.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
6 changing Section 356h as follows:
7 (215 ILCS 5/356h) (from Ch. 73, par. 968h)
8 Sec. 356h. Coverage for children who are adoptees or
9 under legal guardianship.
10 (a) No individual or group policy of accident and health
11 insurance which covers the insured's immediate family or
12 children, as well as covering the insured, shall exclude a
13 child from coverage or limit coverage for a child solely
14 because the child is an adopted child, or solely because the
15 child does not reside with the insured. For purposes of this
16 Section, a child who is in the custody of the insured,
17 pursuant to an interim court order of adoption vesting
18 temporary care of the child in the insured, is an adopted
19 child, regardless of whether a final order granting adoption
20 is ultimately issued.
21 (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health
22 insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in this
23 State after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998
24 shall provide coverage for a minor child who is under the
25 legal guardianship of the insured for as long as the insured
26 acts as a guardian of the minor child pursuant to the Probate
27 Act of 1975.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-649.)
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.