Illinois Senate Bill 1995 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act must provide coverage for the purchase of a service dog that is specially trained to assist blind, deaf, or mobility impaired persons or persons with a disability that is other than physical, including, but not limited to, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, provided the insured's treating health care provider certifies in writing that the service dog is medically necessary. Requires the service dog to be purchased from a nonprofit organization that is established for the training of such dogs and is an accredited member of a professional association of guide dog or service dog organizations.

INS CD-SERVICE DOGS

Sen. Thomas Cullerton [D]

Sen. Cristina Castro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-05-05	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-05-04	Senate	Postponed - Insurance
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-16	Senate	Postponed - Insurance
2017-02-28	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Insurance
2017-02-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-10	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	356z.25	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1995&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1995.htm