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Public Act 095-0985
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| HB1533 Re-Enrolled |
LRB095 04187 KBJ 24225 b |
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AN ACT concerning insurance.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is |
amended by changing Sections 30 and 45 and by adding Section 63 |
as follows:
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(215 ILCS 170/30) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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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.
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
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(215 ILCS 170/45) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
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Sec. 45. Study; contracts. |
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(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 |
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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.
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(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.
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(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
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(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.
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