Bill Text: IL HB1242 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1242 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1242-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1242 Introduced , by Rep. Robyn Gabel SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 122/5-3
Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent.
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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 Health Benefits Exchange Law is
amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
(215 ILCS 122/5-3)
Sec. 5-3. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds
the the health benefits exchanges authorized by the federal
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represent one of a
number of ways in which the State can address coverage gaps and
provide individual consumers and small employers access to
greater coverage options. The General Assembly also finds that
the State is best positioned to implement an exchange that is
sensitive to the coverage gaps and market landscape unique to
this State.
The purpose of this Law is to ensure that the State is
making sufficient progress towards establishing an exchange
within the guidelines outlined by the federal law and to
protect Illinoisans from undue federal regulation. Although
the federal law imposes a number of core requirements on
state-level exchanges, the State has significant flexibility
in the design and operation of a State exchange that make it
prudent for the State to carefully analyze, plan, and prepare

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for the exchange. The General Assembly finds that in order for
the State to craft a tenable exchange that meets the
fundamental goals outlined by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of expanding access to affordable coverage
and improving the quality of care, the implementation process
should (1) provide for broad stakeholder representation; (2)
foster a robust and competitive marketplace, both inside and
outside of the exchange; and (3) provide for a broad-based
approach to the fiscal solvency of the exchange.
(Source: P.A. 97-142, eff. 7-14-11.)