Bill Text: IL HB0142 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that a first-party claimant who has had a property and casualty claim denied in whole or in part and has obtained a payment in excess of the initial offer of the insurer shall be entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable costs incurred to substantiate the claim.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0142 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0142-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0142 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/155.47 new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that a first-party claimant who has had a property and casualty claim denied in whole or in part and has obtained a payment in excess of the initial offer of the insurer shall be entitled to reimbursement of their reasonable costs incurred to substantiate the claim.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
adding Section 155.47 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/155.47 new)
Sec. 155.47. First-party claimant reimbursement. A
first-party claimant who has had a property and casualty claim
denied in whole or in part and has obtained a payment in excess
of the initial offer of the insurer shall be entitled to
reimbursement of their reasonable costs incurred to
substantiate the claim.