Bill Amendment: IL SB1449 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0332 [SB1449 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1449-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0332 [SB1449 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1449-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1449
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1449 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 370c.2 as follows:
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6 | (215 ILCS 5/370c.2 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 370c.2. Task force on disability income insurance; | ||||||
8 | parity for behavioral health conditions. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section, "behavioral health condition" | ||||||
10 | means any mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder | ||||||
11 | or condition that falls under any of the diagnostic categories | ||||||
12 | listed in the mental and behavioral disorders chapter of the | ||||||
13 | current edition of the International Classification of Disease | ||||||
14 | or that is listed in the most recent version of the Diagnostic | ||||||
15 | and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. | ||||||
16 | (b) The Department shall form a task force to review the |
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1 | plans and policies for individual and group short-term and | ||||||
2 | long-term disability income insurance issued and offered to | ||||||
3 | individuals and employers in this State to examine the use of | ||||||
4 | such insurance for behavioral health conditions. The task force | ||||||
5 | shall be comprised of experts in the disability income | ||||||
6 | insurance industry, experts in the behavioral health | ||||||
7 | conditions and treatment industry, members of the general | ||||||
8 | public, and 4 members of the General Assembly, 2 who shall be | ||||||
9 | appointed by the President of the Senate and 2 who shall be | ||||||
10 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with | ||||||
11 | equal representation from the majority and minority parties. | ||||||
12 | (c) Appointments shall be made 90 days after the effective | ||||||
13 | date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. | ||||||
14 | (d) Members shall serve without compensation and shall be | ||||||
15 | adults and residents of Illinois. | ||||||
16 | (e) The task force shall: | ||||||
17 | (1) review existing plans and policies for individual | ||||||
18 | and group short-term and long-term disability income | ||||||
19 | insurance issued, delivered, and offered in the State; | ||||||
20 | (2) compare consumer use of short-term and long-term | ||||||
21 | disability income insurance coverage for behavioral health | ||||||
22 | conditions with use of such insurance for physical | ||||||
23 | conditions; | ||||||
24 | (3) review reports of current costs incurred from | ||||||
25 | individual and group short-term and long-term disability | ||||||
26 | income insurance to cover behavioral health conditions at |
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1 | parity with physical conditions; and | ||||||
2 | (4) provide recommendations on the use of individual | ||||||
3 | and group short-term and long-term disability income | ||||||
4 | insurance to cover behavioral health conditions. | ||||||
5 | (f) Any of the findings, recommendations, and other | ||||||
6 | information determined by the task force to be relevant shall | ||||||
7 | be made available on the Department's website. | ||||||
8 | (g) The task force shall submit findings and | ||||||
9 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by | ||||||
10 | December 31, 2020. | ||||||
11 | (h) The task force is dissolved and this Section is | ||||||
12 | repealed on December 31, 2021.
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.".
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