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90_HB3154
5 ILCS 375/6.12 new
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
Provides that health benefits for treatment of mental illness
must be provided on the same terms and conditions as are
benefits for treatment of other conditions.
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1 AN ACT to amend the State Employees Group Insurance Act
2 of 1971 by adding Section 6.12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of
6 1971 is amended by adding Section 6.12 as follows:
7 (5 ILCS 375/6.12 new)
8 Sec. 6.12. Mental health benefits. The program of
9 health benefits shall include benefits for treatment of
10 mental illness. The benefits provided for treatment of
11 mental illness may not permit treatment limitations or
12 financial requirements on the benefits for treatment of
13 mental illness if similar limitations or financial
14 requirements are not imposed on benefits for treatment of
15 other conditions.