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Public Act 0985 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 095-0985

HB1533 Re-Enrolled LRB095 04187 KBJ 24225 b

    AN ACT concerning insurance.

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

    Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
amended by changing Sections 30 and 45 and by adding Section 63
as follows:

    (215 ILCS 170/30)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
    Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may
provide grants to application agents and other community-based
organizations to educate the public about the availability of
the Program. The Department shall adopt rules regarding
performance standards and outcomes measures expected of
organizations that are awarded grants under this Section,
including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.
    The Department shall annually publish electronically on a
State website and in no less than 2 newspapers in the State the
premiums or other cost sharing requirements of the Program.
(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)

    (215 ILCS 170/45)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
    Sec. 45. Study; contracts.
    (a) The Department shall conduct a study that includes, but
is not limited to, the following:
        (1) Establishing estimates, broken down by regions of
    the State, of the number of children with and without
    health insurance coverage; the number of children who are
    eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance
    Program, and, of that number, the number who are enrolled
    in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; and
    the number of children with access to dependent coverage
    through an employer, and, of that number, the number who
    are enrolled in dependent coverage through an employer.
        (2) Surveying those families whose children have
    access to employer-sponsored dependent coverage but who
    decline such coverage as to the reasons for declining
    coverage.
        (3) Ascertaining, for the population of children
    accessing employer-sponsored dependent coverage or who
    have access to such coverage, the comprehensiveness of
    dependent coverage available, the amount of cost-sharing
    currently paid by the employees, and the cost-sharing
    associated with such coverage.
        (4) Measuring the health outcomes or other benefits for
    children utilizing the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance
    Program and analyzing the effects on utilization of
    healthcare services for children after enrollment in the
    Program compared to the preceding period of uninsured
    status.
    (b) The studies described in subsection (a) shall be
conducted in a manner that compares a time period preceding or
at the initiation of the program with a later period.
    (c) The Department shall submit the preliminary results of
the study to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
than July 1, 2008 and shall submit the final results to the
Governor and the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2010.
    (d) The Department shall submit copies of all contracts
awarded for the administration of the Program to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)

    (215 ILCS 170/63 new)
    Sec. 63. Audits by the Auditor General. The Auditor General
shall annually cause an audit to be made of the Program,
beginning June 30, 2008 and each June 30th thereafter. The
audit shall include payments for health services covered by the
Program and contracts entered into by the Department in
relation to the Program.

Effective Date: 6/1/2009

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