| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning regulation. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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| 8 | | - | adding Section 356z.61 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (215 ILCS 5/356z.61 new) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 356z.61. Coverage for children with neuromuscular, |
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| 11 | | - | neurological, or cognitive impairment. A group or individual |
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| 12 | | - | policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, |
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| 13 | | - | issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide |
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| 14 | | - | coverage for therapy, diagnostic testing, and equipment |
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| 15 | | - | necessary to increase quality of life for children who have |
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| 16 | | - | been clinically or genetically diagnosed with any disease, |
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| 17 | | - | syndrome, or disorder that includes low tone neuromuscular |
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| 18 | | - | impairment, neurological impairment, or cognitive impairment. |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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| 7 | + | 5 adding Section 356z.61 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (215 ILCS 5/356z.61 new) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 356z.61. Coverage for children with neuromuscular, |
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| 10 | + | 8 neurological, or cognitive impairment. A group or individual |
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| 11 | + | 9 policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, |
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| 12 | + | 10 issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide |
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| 13 | + | 11 coverage for therapy, diagnostic testing, and equipment |
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| 14 | + | 12 necessary to increase quality of life for children who have |
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| 15 | + | 13 been clinically or genetically diagnosed with any disease, |
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| 16 | + | 14 syndrome, or disorder that includes low tone neuromuscular |
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| 17 | + | 15 impairment, neurological impairment, or cognitive impairment. |
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