Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5258 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/11/2024

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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  adding Section 356z.71 as follows:
6  (215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new)
7  Sec. 356z.71. Insurance coverage for dependent parents.
8  (a) A group or individual policy of accident and health
9  insurance issued, amended, delivered, or renewed after January
10  1, 2026 that provides dependent coverage shall make that
11  dependent coverage available to the parent or stepparent of
12  the insured if the parent or stepparent meets the definition
13  of a qualifying relative under 26 U.S.C. 152(d) and lives or
14  resides within the accident and health insurance policy's
15  service area.
16  (b) This Section does not apply to specialized health care
17  service plans, Medicare supplement insurance, hospital-only
18  policies, accident-only policies, or specified disease
19  insurance policies that reimburse for hospital, medical, or
20  surgical expenses.
21  Section 10. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
22  amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:

 

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1  (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
2  Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
3  (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
4  the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
5  141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,
6  154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 155.49,
7  355.2, 355.3, 355b, 355c, 356f, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356v,
8  356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6,
9  356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14,
10  356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22,
11  356z.23, 356z.24, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.28, 356z.29, 356z.30,
12  356z.30a, 356z.31, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35,
13  356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.44,
14  356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.49, 356z.50, 356z.51,
15  356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.58, 356z.59,
16  356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.65, 356z.67, 356z.68,
17  356z.71, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b,
18  368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A,
19  408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) of
20  subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2,
21  XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and XXXIIB of the
22  Illinois Insurance Code.
23  (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
24  for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
25  Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories

 

 

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1  are deemed to be "domestic companies":
2  (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
3  Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
4  (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
5  State; or
6  (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
7  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
8  of this State, except a corporation subject to
9  substantially the same requirements in its state of
10  organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
11  1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
12  (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
13  acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
14  pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
15  (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
16  the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
17  financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
18  Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
19  acquisition of control takes effect;
20  (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
21  Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
22  apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
23  with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
24  acquisition of control, need not take into account the
25  effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
26  other acquisition of control;

 

 

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1  (3) the Director shall have the power to require the
2  following information:
3  (A) certification by an independent actuary of the
4  adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance
5  Organization sought to be acquired;
6  (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the
7  combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and
8  the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
9  acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of
10  a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro
11  forma financial statements reflecting projected
12  combined operation for a period of 2 years;
13  (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
14  acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation
15  of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
16  acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
17  (D) such other information as the Director shall
18  require.
19  (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois
20  Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by
21  any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its
22  enrollee population (including, without limitation, the health
23  maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and
24  to its health care certificates).
25  (e) In considering any management contract or service
26  agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance

 

 

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1  Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
2  specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
3  take into account the effect of the management contract or
4  service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees
5  and the financial condition of the health maintenance
6  organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take
7  into account the effect of the management contract or service
8  agreement on competition.
9  (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
10  Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
11  Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
12  defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
13  Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
14  group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
15  additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
16  (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
17  respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
18  in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
19  of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
20  additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
21  not be less than one year); and
22  (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
23  shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
24  Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
25  respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
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1  premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
2  be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
3  Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
4  marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
5  made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
6  subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
7  the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
8  or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into
9  account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
10  plan years.
11  The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
12  statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
13  describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
14  and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
15  the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
16  to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
17  profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
18  unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
19  or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
20  experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
21  the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
22  enrollment unit.
23  In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
24  Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
25  contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
26  refund authorized under this Section.

 

 

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1  (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
2  if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
3  accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
4  Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
5  Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
6  adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
7  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21;
8  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
9  1-1-22; 102-589, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665,
10  eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22;
11  102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff.
12  1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093,
13  eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24;
14  103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-123, eff. 1-1-24; 103-154, eff.
15  6-30-23; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445,
16  eff. 1-1-24; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.)
17  Section 15. The Limited Health Service Organization Act is
18  amended by changing Section 4003 as follows:
19  (215 ILCS 130/4003) (from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3)
20  Sec. 4003. Illinois Insurance Code provisions. Limited
21  health service organizations shall be subject to the
22  provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141.1,
23  141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154,
24  154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.37, 155.49, 355.2,

 

 

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1  355.3, 355b, 356q, 356v, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.10, 356z.21,
2  356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32,
3  356z.33, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
4  356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.61, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.71,
5  364.3, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412,
6  444, and 444.1 and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII,
7  XIII 1/2, XXV, and XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code.
8  Nothing in this Section shall require a limited health care
9  plan to cover any service that is not a limited health service.
10  For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except for
11  Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, limited
12  health service organizations in the following categories are
13  deemed to be domestic companies:
14  (1) a corporation under the laws of this State; or
15  (2) a corporation organized under the laws of another
16  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
17  of this State, except a corporation subject to
18  substantially the same requirements in its state of
19  organization as is a domestic company under Article VIII
20  1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
21  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22;
22  102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-731, eff.
23  1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816,
24  eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23;
25  102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff.
26  1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445,

 

 

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