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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 48
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 48 by replacing the
3 title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning insurance."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
8 adding Section 356z.1 as follows:
9 (215 ILCS 5/356z.1 new)
10 Sec. 356z.1. Surgical assistants. A group or individual
11 policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered,
12 issued, or renewed after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly that provides
14 coverage for health care services, including surgical
15 services, must provide coverage for services rendered by an
16 assistant in surgery authorized or credentialed by a hospital
17 or ambulatory surgical treatment center to provide surgical
18 assistance to a physician licensed to practice medicine in
19 all its branches. An assistant in surgery may be a physician
20 licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a
21 physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, a
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1 registered professional nurse, or a nationally certified
2 surgical assistant or nationally certified first assistant.
3 Section 10. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
4 amended by changing Section 4-6.5 as follows:
5 (215 ILCS 125/4-6.5)
6 Sec. 4-6.5. Required health benefits. A health
7 maintenance organization is subject to the provisions of
8 Sections 356t, and 356u, and 356z.1 of the Illinois Insurance
9 Code.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97.)
11 Section 15. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
12 amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
13 (215 ILCS 165/10) (from Ch. 32, par. 604)
14 Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions.
15 Health services plan corporations and all persons interested
16 therein or dealing therewith shall be subject to the
17 provisions of Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133,
18 140, 143, 143c, 149, 354, 355.2, 356r, 356t, 356u, 356v,
19 356w, 356x, 356y, 356z.1, 367.2, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402, 403,
20 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412, and paragraphs (7) and (15) of
21 Section 367 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-25, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655,
23 eff. 7-30-98; 90-741, eff. 1-1-99; 91-406, eff. 1-1-00;
24 91-549, eff. 8-14-99; 91-605, eff. 12-14-99; 91-788, eff.
25 6-9-00.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.".