92nd General Assembly
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WALSH,T.

(FLOWERS-FRANKS-MAY-HOFFMAN-CROTTY)

   215 ILCS 5/155.36                                                           

        Amends the Illinois Insurance Code.  Provides that all  insurance      
   companies  that  conduct  health care services utilization review must      
   comply with the utilization review requirements of  the  Managed  Care      
   Reform and Patient Rights Act.                                              
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Replaces  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.   Amends  the      
   Illinois Insurance Code.   Makes  a  technical  change  in  a  Section      
   concerning the applicability of Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights      
   Act.                                                                        
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          215 ILCS 5/155.36                                                    
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          215 ILCS 134/97 new                                                  
        Replaces  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.   Amends  the      
   Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.  Provides  that  a  health      
   maintenance  organization  is liable for damages for harm to enrollees      
   proximately caused by the failure to exercise ordinary care in  health      
   care   treatment   decisions.    Provides   that   health  maintenance      
   organizations are not  required  to  provide  treatment  that  is  not      
   covered  by  the  health  care  plan.   Does  not  apply  to  workers'      
   compensation coverage.  Effective immediately.                              
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
        Provides that the term "health care provider" as used in the bill      
   has the meaning given that term in the Managed Care Reform and Patient      
   Rights Act rather than in the Code of Civil Procedure.  Provides  that      
   a  "health  care  treatment  decision"  is a determination made by the      
   health care plan that affects the quality of treatment or care  rather      
   than  directly determines the diagnosis, treatment, or care.  Provides      
   that the bill does not affect the confidentiality of peer  review  and      
   utilization  review  records.    Removes  a  prohibition  on including      
   certain hold harmless clauses in contracts between health  maintenance      
   organizations and physicians and hospitals.                                 
   FEB-22-2001  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   FEB-22-2001  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   FEB-28-2001  S       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               INS & PENS.           
   MAR-06-2001  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   MAR-20-2001  S                                 POSTPONED                       
   MAR-27-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 01-INS & PENS.   S    
   MAR-27-2001  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   MAR-27-2001  S       DO PASS AS AMENDED                  008-000-000   SINS    
   MAR-27-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING  01-03-28              
   APR-03-2001  S  SECOND READING                                                 
   APR-03-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  01-04-04              
   APR-04-2001  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   APR-04-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T            
   APR-04-2001  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   APR-04-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T            
   APR-04-2001  S                           RULES REFERS TO SINS                  
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S             BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SINS/008-000-000      
   APR-05-2001  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 03-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   APR-05-2001  S  RECALLED TO SECOND READING                                     
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   APR-05-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  01-04-06              
   APR-05-2001  S  FILED WITH SECRETARY                                           
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S                     AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL                  
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S             BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL                  
   APR-05-2001  S  RECALLED TO SECOND READING                                     
   APR-05-2001  S                             AMENDMENT NO. 04-WALSH,T            
   APR-05-2001  S                                   ADOPTED                       
   APR-05-2001  S  PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING  01-04-06              
   APR-05-2001  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   039-001-015           
   APR-05-2001  S  TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE                  5-4(A) SA 03          
   APR-05-2001  S  THIRD READING - PASSED                   039-001-015           
   APR-05-2001  H  ARRIVE IN HOUSE                                                
   APR-05-2001  H  HOUSE SPONSOR                            FLOWERS               
   APR-05-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 FRANKS                
   APR-05-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 MAY                   
   APR-05-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 HOFFMAN               
   APR-05-2001  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 CROTTY                
   APR-05-2001  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   APR-05-2001  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   APR-06-2001  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               JUD-CIVIL LAW         
   MAY-03-2001  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   JAN-07-2003  S  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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