Illinois House Bill 4789 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the program of health benefits for persons in the service of the State, a self-insuring county, or a self-insuring municipality may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the medical facility is an out-of-network provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from an in-network provider. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that an insurer providing a network plan may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration on the basis that the medical facility is a non-preferred provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from a preferred provider. Defines "Veterans Health Administration".

INS-HEALTH CARE FOR VETERANS

Rep. Daniel Swanson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-03-12	House	To Health Insurance Subcommittee
2020-02-25	House	Assigned to Insurance Committee
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Swanson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	124	35	New Code	See Bill Text
215	124	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5	375	6.17	New Code	See Bill Text
55	5	5-1069.9	New Code	See Bill Text
65	5	10-4-2.9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4789&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB4789.htm