Bill Text: IL HB4259 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 shall provide that a person who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-09 - Rule 19(b) / Motion Referred to Rules Committee [HB4259 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4259-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4259 Introduced , by Rep. Jonathan Carroll SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 shall provide that a person who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.
LRB102 21746 BMS 30865 b
A BILL FOR
HB4259 LRB102 21746 BMS 30865 b
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 356z.53 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new)
Sec. 356z.53. Hospitalization for COVID-19. A group or
individual policy of accident and health insurance that is
amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1,
2023 shall provide that a person who is eligible to receive a
COVID-19 vaccine and chooses not to be vaccinated shall pay
for health care expenses out-of-pocket if the person becomes
hospitalized because of COVID-19 symptoms.