Bill Text: IL HB0603 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning alternative teacher certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-28 - Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 041-068-005 [HB0603 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB0603-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 22-15 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-15)
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7 | Sec. 22-15. Insurance on athletes.
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8 | (a) In this Section, "IHSA" means the Illinois High School | ||||||
9 | Association. | ||||||
10 | (b) A public school district maintaining grades 9 through | ||||||
11 | 12 shall provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, | ||||||
12 | with aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, | ||||||
13 | whichever occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 | ||||||
14 | through 12 who sustain an accidental injury while participating | ||||||
15 | in school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic | ||||||
16 | athletic events sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and | ||||||
17 | uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic event as well as | ||||||
18 | during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic event | ||||||
19 | held away from the student's school) that results in medical | ||||||
20 | expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are subject | ||||||
21 | to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in excess of | ||||||
22 | any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in whatever | ||||||
23 | form or designation. |
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1 | Non-public schools maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall | ||||||
2 | provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with | ||||||
3 | aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, whichever | ||||||
4 | occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 through 12 who | ||||||
5 | sustain an accidental injury while participating in | ||||||
6 | school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic athletic | ||||||
7 | tournaments sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and | ||||||
8 | uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic tournament as | ||||||
9 | well as during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic | ||||||
10 | tournament held away from the student's school) that results in | ||||||
11 | medical expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are | ||||||
12 | subject to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in | ||||||
13 | excess of any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in | ||||||
14 | whatever form or designation. | ||||||
15 | (c) The IHSA has the exclusive authority to promulgate a | ||||||
16 | plan of coverage necessary to ensure compliance with this | ||||||
17 | Section. The IHSA shall provide a group policy providing the | ||||||
18 | coverage necessary to comply with this Section. Public school | ||||||
19 | districts and non-public schools may purchase the coverage | ||||||
20 | necessary to comply with this Section by participating in the | ||||||
21 | group policy. | ||||||
22 | Alternatively, public school districts or non-public | ||||||
23 | schools that do not participate in the group policy may obtain | ||||||
24 | the coverage necessary to comply with this Section from other | ||||||
25 | coverage providers, but must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before | ||||||
26 | the coverage inception, a certificate of insurance from the |
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1 | coverage provider stating that the insurance provided by the | ||||||
2 | coverage provider is in compliance with the plan of coverage | ||||||
3 | approved by the IHSA. A public school district that manages | ||||||
4 | schools located within a city of over 500,000 inhabitants may | ||||||
5 | provide the catastrophic accident insurance coverage required | ||||||
6 | by this Section through a program of self-insurance, and the | ||||||
7 | public school district must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before | ||||||
8 | coverage inception, proof that the program is in compliance | ||||||
9 | with the plan of coverage. | ||||||
10 | (d) The charges for procedures, treatments, services, or | ||||||
11 | prescription pharmaceuticals covered under this Section must | ||||||
12 | not exceed the charges permissible under the workers' | ||||||
13 | compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of the Workers' | ||||||
14 | Compensation Act. With regard to charges for procedures, | ||||||
15 | treatments, services, or prescription pharmaceuticals covered | ||||||
16 | under this Section for which no fee is set by the workers' | ||||||
17 | compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of the Workers' | ||||||
18 | Compensation Act, the coverage provider may negotiate charges | ||||||
19 | for the procedures, treatments, services, or prescription | ||||||
20 | pharmaceuticals at a discount. | ||||||
21 | (e) A public school district maintaining grades | ||||||
22 | kindergarten through 8 may The school board of any school | ||||||
23 | district may, in its discretion, provide
medical or hospital | ||||||
24 | service, or both, through accident and health insurance
on a | ||||||
25 | group or individual basis, or through non-profit hospital | ||||||
26 | service
corporations or medical service plan corporations or |
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1 | both, for pupils of
the district in grades kindergarten through | ||||||
2 | 8 injured while participating in any athletic activity under | ||||||
3 | the
jurisdiction of or sponsored or controlled by the district | ||||||
4 | or the
authorities of any school thereof. The cost of such | ||||||
5 | insurance or of
subscriptions to such non-profit corporations, | ||||||
6 | when paid from the funds of
the district, shall, to the extent | ||||||
7 | such moneys are sufficient, be paid from
moneys derived from | ||||||
8 | athletic activities. To the extent that moneys derived
from | ||||||
9 | athletic activities are insufficient, such cost may be paid | ||||||
10 | from the
educational fund of the district. Such insurance may | ||||||
11 | be purchased from or such subscriptions may be taken
in only | ||||||
12 | such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business | ||||||
13 | in
Illinois.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 77-1554.)
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
16 | 2013.
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