Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0126 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 04/03/2025

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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 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5  is amended by changing Section 6.11 and by renumbering and
6  changing 6.11D as added by Public Act 103-975 as follows:
7  (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
8  Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance
9  Code requirements. The program of health benefits shall
10  provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
11  covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
12  Section 356t of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of
13  health benefits shall provide the coverage required under
14  Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u, 356u.10,
15  356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8,
16  356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15,
17  356z.17, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.32,
18  356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47,
19  356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59,
20  356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and
21  356z.70, and 356z.71, 356z.74, 356z.76, 356z.77, and 356z.80
22  of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of health benefits
23  must comply with Sections 155.22a, 155.37, 355b, 356z.19,

 

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1  370c, and 370c.1 and Article XXXIIB of the Illinois Insurance
2  Code. The program of health benefits shall provide the
3  coverage required under Section 356m of the Illinois Insurance
4  Code and, for the employees of the State Employee Group
5  Insurance Program only, the coverage as also provided in
6  Section 6.11B of this Act. The Department of Insurance shall
7  enforce the requirements of this Section with respect to
8  Sections 370c and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code; all
9  other requirements of this Section shall be enforced by the
10  Department of Central Management Services.
11  Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
12  any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
13  with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
14  Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
15  Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
16  whatever reason, is unauthorized.
17  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
18  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff.
19  1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-768,
20  eff. 1-1-24; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
21  102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.
22  1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24; 103-84,
23  eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24;
24  103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff.
25  8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751,
26  eff. 8-2-24; 103-870, eff. 1-1-25; 103-914, eff. 1-1-25;

 

 

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1  103-918, eff. 1-1-25; 103-951, eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff.
2  1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
3  (5 ILCS 375/6.11E)
4  Sec. 6.11E 6.11D. Coverage for treatments to slow the
5  progression of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
6  Beginning on July 1, 2025, the State Employees Group Insurance
7  Program shall provide coverage for all medically necessary
8  FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the
9  progression of Alzheimer's disease or another related
10  dementia, as determined by a physician licensed to practice
11  medicine in all its branches. Coverage for all FDA-approved
12  treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression
13  of Alzheimer's disease or another related dementia shall not
14  be subject to step therapy. Any diagnostic testing necessary
15  for a physician to determine appropriate use of these
16  treatments or medications shall be covered by the State
17  Employees Group Insurance Program. This Section is repealed on
18  July 1, 2027.
19  (Source: P.A. 103-975, eff. 1-1-25; revised 12-1-24.)
20  Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
21  Section 5-1069.3 as follows:
22  (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
23  Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county,

 

 

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1  including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for purposes
2  of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the
3  coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care
4  benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and
5  health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
6  under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u,
7  356u.10, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9,
8  356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22,
9  356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36,
10  356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51,
11  356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61,
12  356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and 356z.70, and 356z.71,
13  356z.74, 356z.77, and 356z.80 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
14  The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b,
15  356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois Insurance Code. The
16  Department of Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this
17  Section. The requirement that health benefits be covered as
18  provided in this Section is an exclusive power and function of
19  the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII,
20  Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home
21  rule county to which this Section applies must comply with
22  every provision of this Section.
23  Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
24  any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
25  with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
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1  Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
2  whatever reason, is unauthorized.
3  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
4  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
5  1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731,
6  eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
7  102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.
8  1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91,
9  eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24;
10  103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff.
11  7-1-24; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-914,
12  eff. 1-1-25; 103-918, eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25;
13  revised 11-26-24.)
14  Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
15  changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows:
16  (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
17  Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a
18  municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a
19  self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance
20  coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include
21  coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
22  covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
23  Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g,
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1  356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11,
2  356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26,
3  356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41,
4  356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
5  356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64,
6  356z.67, 356z.68, and 356z.70, and 356z.71, 356z.74, 356z.77,
7  and 356z.80 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall
8  comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the
9  Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall
10  enforce the requirements of this Section. The requirement that
11  health benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive
12  power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation
13  under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
14  Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section
15  applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
16  Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
17  any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
18  with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
19  Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
20  Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
21  whatever reason, is unauthorized.
22  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
23  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
24  1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731,
25  eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
26  102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.

 

 

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1  1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91,
2  eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24;
3  103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff.
4  7-1-24; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-914,
5  eff. 1-1-25; 103-918, eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25;
6  revised 11-26-24.)
7  Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section
8  10-22.3f as follows:
9  (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f)
10  Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance
11  protection and benefits for employees shall provide the
12  post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a
13  policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and
14  the coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1,
15  356m, 356q, 356u, 356u.10, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a,
16  356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14,
17  356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.32,
18  356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47,
19  356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60,
20  356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, and 356z.70, and
21  356z.71, 356z.74, 356z.77, and 356z.80 of the Illinois
22  Insurance Code. Insurance policies shall comply with Section
23  356z.19 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall
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1  Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the
2  requirements of this Section.
3  Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
4  any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
5  with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
6  Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
7  Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
8  whatever reason, is unauthorized.
9  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
10  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff.
11  1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-804,
12  eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23;
13  102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff.
14  1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420,
15  eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23;
16  103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-718, eff.
17  7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-914, eff. 1-1-25; 103-918,
18  eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
19  Section 25. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
20  adding Section 356z.80 as follows:
21  (215 ILCS 5/356z.80 new)
22  Sec. 356z.80. Coverage for treatments to slow the
23  progression of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
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1  insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered,
2  issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 shall provide
3  coverage for all medically necessary diagnostic testing and
4  U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments or
5  medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's
6  disease or another related dementia, in accordance with the
7  U.S. Food and Drug Administration label, as determined by a
8  physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.
9  Coverage of U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved
10  treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression
11  of Alzheimer's disease or another related dementia pursuant to
12  this Section shall not be subject to step therapy.
13  (b) Nothing in this Section prohibits a group or
14  individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed
15  care plan, by contract, written policy, procedure, or any
16  other agreement or course of conduct, from requiring a
17  pharmacist to effect substitutions of prescription drugs
18  consistent with Section 19.5 of the Pharmacy Practice Act,
19  under which a pharmacist may substitute an interchangeable
20  biologic for a prescribed biologic product, and Section 25 of
21  the Pharmacy Practice Act, under which a pharmacist may select
22  a generic drug determined to be therapeutically equivalent by
23  the United States Food and Drug Administration and in
24  accordance with the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
25  (c) The coverage required under this Section shall not
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1  Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
2  Section 30. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
3  amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
4  (215 ILCS 125/5-3)    (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
5  (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-808)
6  Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
7  (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
8  the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
9  141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143.31, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151,
10  152, 153, 154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a,
11  155.49, 352c, 355.2, 355.3, 355.6, 355b, 355c, 356f, 356g.5-1,
12  356m, 356q, 356u.10, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.3a,
13  356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10,
14  356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18,
15  356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.23, 356z.24, 356z.25,
16  356z.26, 356z.28, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.31, 356z.32, 356z.33,
17  356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39, 356z.40,
18  356z.40a, 356z.41, 356z.44, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47,
19  356z.48, 356z.49, 356z.50, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55,
20  356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.58, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62,
21  356z.63, 356z.64, 356z.65, 356z.66, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.69,
22  356z.70, 356z.71, 356z.72, 356z.73, 356z.74, 356z.75, 356z.77,
23  356z.80, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b,
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1  408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) of
2  subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2,
3  XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and XXXIIB of the
4  Illinois Insurance Code.
5  (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
6  for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
7  Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
8  are deemed to be "domestic companies":
9  (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
10  Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
11  (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
12  State; or
13  (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
14  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
15  of this State, except a corporation subject to
16  substantially the same requirements in its state of
17  organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
18  1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
19  (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
20  acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
21  pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
22  (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
23  the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
24  financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
25  Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
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1  (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
2  Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
3  apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
4  with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
5  acquisition of control, need not take into account the
6  effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
7  other acquisition of control;
8  (3) the Director shall have the power to require the
9  following information:
10  (A) certification by an independent actuary of the
11  adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance
12  Organization sought to be acquired;
13  (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the
14  combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and
15  the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
16  acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of
17  a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro
18  forma financial statements reflecting projected
19  combined operation for a period of 2 years;
20  (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
21  acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation
22  of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
23  acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
24  (D) such other information as the Director shall
25  require.
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1  Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by
2  any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its
3  enrollee population (including, without limitation, the health
4  maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and
5  to its health care certificates).
6  (e) In considering any management contract or service
7  agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
8  Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
9  specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
10  take into account the effect of the management contract or
11  service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees
12  and the financial condition of the health maintenance
13  organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take
14  into account the effect of the management contract or service
15  agreement on competition.
16  (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
17  Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
18  Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
19  defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
20  Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
21  group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
22  additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
23  (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
24  respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
25  in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
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1  additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
2  not be less than one year); and
3  (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
4  shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
5  Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
6  respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
7  period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
8  premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
9  be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
10  Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
11  marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
12  made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
13  subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
14  the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
15  or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into
16  account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
17  plan years.
18  The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
19  statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
20  describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
21  and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
22  the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
23  to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
24  profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
25  unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
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1  experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
2  the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
3  enrollment unit.
4  In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
5  Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
6  contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
7  refund authorized under this Section.
8  (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
9  if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
10  accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
11  Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
12  Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
13  adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
14  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21;
15  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
16  1-1-22; 102-589, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665,
17  eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22;
18  102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff.
19  1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093,
20  eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24;
21  103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-123, eff. 1-1-24; 103-154, eff.
22  6-30-23; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445,
23  eff. 1-1-24; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24;
24  103-618, eff. 1-1-25; 103-649, eff. 1-1-25; 103-656, eff.
25  1-1-25; 103-700, eff. 1-1-25; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751,
26  eff. 8-2-24; 103-753, eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25;

 

 

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1  103-777, eff. 8-2-24; 103-914, eff. 1-1-25; 103-918, eff.
2  1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; revised 9-26-24.)
3  (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-808)
4  Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
5  (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
6  the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
7  141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143.31, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151,
8  152, 153, 154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a,
9  155.49, 352c, 355.2, 355.3, 355.6, 355b, 355c, 356f, 356g,
10  356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u.10, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356z.2,
11  356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9,
12  356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17,
13  356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.23, 356z.24,
14  356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.28, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.31, 356z.32,
15  356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39,
16  356z.40, 356z.40a, 356z.41, 356z.44, 356z.45, 356z.46,
17  356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.49, 356z.50, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
18  356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.58, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61,
19  356z.62, 356z.63, 356z.64, 356z.65, 356z.66, 356z.67, 356z.68,
20  356z.69, 356z.70, 356z.71, 356z.72, 356z.73, 356z.74, 356z.75,
21  356z.77, 356z.80, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, 367i,
22  368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401, 401.1, 402,
23  403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c)
24  of subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2,
25  XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and XXXIIB of the

 

 

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1  Illinois Insurance Code.
2  (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
3  for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
4  Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
5  are deemed to be "domestic companies":
6  (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
7  Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
8  (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
9  State; or
10  (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
11  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
12  of this State, except a corporation subject to
13  substantially the same requirements in its state of
14  organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
15  1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
16  (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
17  acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
18  pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
19  (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
20  the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
21  financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
22  Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
23  acquisition of control takes effect;
24  (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
25  Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
26  apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination

 

 

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

 

 

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1  maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and
2  to its health care certificates).
3  (e) In considering any management contract or service
4  agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
5  Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
6  specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
7  take into account the effect of the management contract or
8  service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees
9  and the financial condition of the health maintenance
10  organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take
11  into account the effect of the management contract or service
12  agreement on competition.
13  (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
14  Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
15  Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
16  defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
17  Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
18  group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
19  additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
20  (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
21  respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
22  in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
23  of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
24  additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
25  not be less than one year); and
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1  shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
2  Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
3  respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
4  period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
5  premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
6  be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
7  Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
8  marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
9  made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
10  subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
11  the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
12  or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into
13  account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
14  plan years.
15  The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
16  statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
17  describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
18  and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
19  the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
20  to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
21  profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
22  unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
23  or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
24  experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
25  the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
26  enrollment unit.

 

 

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1  In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
2  Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
3  contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
4  refund authorized under this Section.
5  (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
6  if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
7  accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
8  Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
9  Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
10  adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
11  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21;
12  102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
13  1-1-22; 102-589, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665,
14  eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22;
15  102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff.
16  1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093,
17  eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24;
18  103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-123, eff. 1-1-24; 103-154, eff.
19  6-30-23; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445,
20  eff. 1-1-24; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24;
21  103-618, eff. 1-1-25; 103-649, eff. 1-1-25; 103-656, eff.
22  1-1-25; 103-700, eff. 1-1-25; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751,
23  eff. 8-2-24; 103-753, eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25;
24  103-777, eff. 8-2-24; 103-808, eff. 1-1-26; 103-914, eff.
25  1-1-25; 103-918, eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; revised
26  11-26-24.)

 

 

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1  Section 35. The Limited Health Service Organization Act is
2  amended by changing Section 4003 as follows:
3  (215 ILCS 130/4003)    (from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3)
4  Sec. 4003. Illinois Insurance Code provisions. Limited
5  health service organizations shall be subject to the
6  provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141.1,
7  141.2, 141.3, 143, 143.31, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,
8  154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.37, 155.49, 352c,
9  355.2, 355.3, 355b, 355d, 356m, 356q, 356v, 356z.4, 356z.4a,
10  356z.10, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.32,
11  356z.33, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
12  356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.61, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.71,
13  356z.73, 356z.74, 356z.75, 356z.80, 364.3, 368a, 401, 401.1,
14  402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1 and
15  Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, and
16  XXVI of the Illinois Insurance Code. Nothing in this Section
17  shall require a limited health care plan to cover any service
18  that is not a limited health service. For purposes of the
19  Illinois Insurance Code, except for Sections 444 and 444.1 and
20  Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, limited health service
21  organizations in the following categories are deemed to be
22  domestic companies:
23  (1) a corporation under the laws of this State; or
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1  state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
2  of this State, except a corporation subject to
3  substantially the same requirements in its state of
4  organization as is a domestic company under Article VIII
5  1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
6  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22;
7  102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-731, eff.
8  1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816,
9  eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23;
10  102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff.
11  1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445,
12  eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-649, eff. 1-1-25;
13  103-656, eff. 1-1-25; 103-700, eff. 1-1-25; 103-718, eff.
14  7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25; 103-832,
15  eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
16  Section 40. The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
17  amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
18  (215 ILCS 165/10)    (from Ch. 32, par. 604)
19  Sec. 10. Application of Insurance Code provisions. Health
20  services plan corporations and all persons interested therein
21  or dealing therewith shall be subject to the provisions of
22  Articles IIA and XII 1/2 and Sections 3.1, 133, 136, 139, 140,
23  143, 143.31, 143c, 149, 155.22a, 155.37, 354, 355.2, 355.3,
24  355b, 355d, 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356r, 356t,

 

 

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1  356u, 356u.10, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356y, 356z.1, 356z.2,
2  356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9,
3  356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.18,
4  356z.19, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30,
5  356z.32, 356z.32a, 356z.33, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.46,
6  356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59,
7  356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.71,
8  356z.72, 356z.74, 356z.75, 356z.77, 356z.80, 364.01, 364.3,
9  367.2, 368a, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, and 412,
10  and paragraphs (7) and (15) of Section 367 of the Illinois
11  Insurance Code.
12  Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
13  any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
14  with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
15  Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
16  Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
17  whatever reason, is unauthorized.
18  (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22;
19  102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff.
20  10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-775, eff. 5-13-22; 102-804,
21  eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23;
22  102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-901, eff. 7-1-22; 102-1093, eff.
23  1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91,
24  eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24;
25  103-551, eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-656, eff.
26  1-1-25; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-753,

 

 

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1  eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25; 103-832, eff. 1-1-25;
2  103-914, eff. 1-1-25; 103-918, eff. 1-1-25; 103-1024, eff.
3  1-1-25; revised 11-26-24.)
4  Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
5  changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
6  that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
7  represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
8  not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
9  made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
10  Public Act.
11  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12  becoming law, except that the changes to Section 6.11 of the
13  State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 take effect on
14  July 1, 2027.

 

 

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