103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4367 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 Amends the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions authorizing the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund to contract with the Office of Special Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director of Insurance in her or his capacity as a receiver and specifying a purpose of the Article, deletes language providing that those provisions are inoperative 5 years after August 16, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-396). Effective immediately. LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4367 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 Amends the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions authorizing the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund to contract with the Office of Special Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director of Insurance in her or his capacity as a receiver and specifying a purpose of the Article, deletes language providing that those provisions are inoperative 5 years after August 16, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-396). Effective immediately. LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4367 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 Amends the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions authorizing the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund to contract with the Office of Special Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director of Insurance in her or his capacity as a receiver and specifying a purpose of the Article, deletes language providing that those provisions are inoperative 5 years after August 16, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-396). Effective immediately. LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b A BILL FOR HB4367LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 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 changing Sections 532 and 538.7 as follows: 6 (215 ILCS 5/532) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82) 7 Sec. 532. Purpose. 8 (a) The purpose of this Article is to provide a mechanism 9 for the payment of covered claims under certain insurance 10 policies, to avoid excessive delay in payment of covered 11 claims, to avoid financial loss to claimants or policyholders 12 because of the entry of an Order of Liquidation against an 13 insolvent company, including through services offered to the 14 Director in her or his capacity as receiver under Article XIII 15 of this Code that relate to covered claims, to provide a Fund 16 to assess among member companies the costs of such protection 17 and maintain the continuity and self-sufficient operation of 18 the Fund, and to offset the costs associated with maintaining 19 the Fund's continuity and self-sufficient operations when 20 practical by providing assistance and services to the Director 21 in her or his capacity as receiver under Article XIII of this 22 Code as described in this Section. 23 (b) The purpose of this Article is also to provide a 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4367 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 Amends the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions authorizing the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund to contract with the Office of Special Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director of Insurance in her or his capacity as a receiver and specifying a purpose of the Article, deletes language providing that those provisions are inoperative 5 years after August 16, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-396). Effective immediately. LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b A BILL FOR 215 ILCS 5/532 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.82 215 ILCS 5/538.7 from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7 LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367- 2 -LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 - 2 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 - 2 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b 1 mechanism for the Fund to participate in and facilitate the 2 process by which the assets of an insolvent company are 3 marshaled and distributed pursuant to Article XIII of this 4 Code beyond reimbursing the cost of covered claims. This 5 subsection (b) is inoperative 5 years after the effective date 6 of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. 7 (Source: P.A. 102-396, eff. 8-16-21.) 8 (215 ILCS 5/538.7) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.88-7) 9 Sec. 538.7. (a) The Fund may perform such other acts as are 10 necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this 11 Article. 12 (b) The Fund may contract with the Office of Special 13 Deputy Receiver or any other person or organizations 14 authorized by law to carry out the duties of the Director in 15 her or his capacity as a receiver under Article XIII of this 16 Code. The power of the Fund to contract with these persons or 17 entities includes, but is not limited to, providing consulting 18 services and claims administration services that assist with 19 these persons or entities in the performance of their 20 respective statutory and legal functions provided by law. The 21 Fund may only exercise the authority to contract pursuant to 22 this subsection upon the board of director's written 23 determination that the provisioning of such services will 24 advance the purposes set forth in Section 532. Any contract 25 the Fund may enter into to provide services pursuant to this HB4367 - 2 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367- 3 -LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 - 3 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b HB4367 - 3 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b 1 subsection shall be subordinate and subject to the Fund's 2 statutory obligations to timely pay covered claims and avoid 3 financial loss to claimants or policyholders described in this 4 Article. 5 This subsection (b) is inoperative 5 years after the 6 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General 7 Assembly. 8 (Source: P.A. 102-396, eff. 8-16-21.) HB4367 - 3 - LRB103 35503 RPS 65574 b