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HB1889 Engrossed                              LRB9200925JSpcB

 1        AN ACT concerning insurance coverage.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Insurance  Code  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 356z.1 as follows:

 6        (215 ILCS 5/356z.1 new)
 7        Sec.  356z.1  Coverage  of  medical services ancillary to
 8    dental services for the disabled.   An  individual  or  group
 9    policy  of  accident and health insurance amended, delivered,
10    issued,  or  renewed  after  the  effective  date   of   this
11    amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General  Assembly that covers
12    hospital and medical  expenses  may  not  deny  coverage  for
13    hospital and medical expenses incurred by an insured disabled
14    person when those hospital and medical expenses are incurred,
15    due  to  the  nature  of  the disability, in conjunction with
16    dental services.  Disabled persons eligible for reimbursement
17    include persons with dental conditions who in the opinion  of
18    the  dentist  cannot  be  successfully  treated by the use of
19    conventional management procedures because  of  the  person's
20    physical,  mental, developmental, or psychological condition,
21    including children under  the  age  of  7.  Nothing  in  this
22    Section requires that the dental services be covered.

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