Bill Text: IL HB0693 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to, a preferred provider organization, an independent physician association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed charges for health care services provided to an insured or enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0693 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0693-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0693 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/356z.3b new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to, a preferred provider organization, an independent physician association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed charges for health care services provided to an insured or enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.
LRB100 07029 SMS 17083 b
A BILL FOR
HB0693 LRB100 07029 SMS 17083 b
AN ACT concerning insurance.
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 356z.3b as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/356z.3b new)
Sec. 356z.3b. Health care services copayments. A health
benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to,
a preferred provider organization, an independent physician
association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that
contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose
any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed
charges for health care services provided to an insured or
enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.