Bill Text: IL HB1730 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1730 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB1730-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB1730 Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Monique D. Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/351A-4 from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance.
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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
changing Section 351A-4 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/351A-4) (from Ch. 73, par. 963A-4)
Sec. 351A-4. Limitation. No long-term care insurance
policy may:
(1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed or otherwise terminated
on grounds of the the age or the deterioration of the
mental or physical health of the insured individual or
certificate holder.
(2) Contain a provision establishing a new waiting
period in the event existing coverage is converted to or
replaced by a new or other form, except with respect to an
increase in benefits voluntarily selected by the insured
individual or group policyholder.
(3) Provide coverage for skilled nursing care only or
provide significantly more coverage for skilled care in a
facility than coverage for lower levels of care.
(Source: P.A. 92-148, eff. 7-24-01.)