Bill Text: IL HB4460 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the State Employees Group Insurance Program (for Illinois State Police officers), a county (for members of the sheriff's office), and a municipality (for members of the police department or fire department) shall provide coverage for joint mental health therapy services for the officer or firefighter and a spouse or partner of the officer or firefighter who resides with officer or firefighter. Specifies that the coverage shall be provided without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement, except that, for Illinois State Police officers and the spouse or partner of the officer under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, only if all resources available to those individuals through the State of Illinois' Employee Assistance Program and any first responder mental health program available are first exhausted. Directs the joint mental health therapy services to be provided by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, a licensed clinical psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed clinical professional counselor, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed social worker, or a licensed professional counselor. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective January 1, 2025.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-3)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0818 [HB4460 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4460-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the State Employees Group Insurance Program (for Illinois State Police officers), a county (for members of the sheriff's office), and a municipality (for members of the police department or fire department) shall provide coverage for joint mental health therapy services for the officer or firefighter and a spouse or partner of the officer or firefighter who resides with officer or firefighter. Specifies that the coverage shall be provided without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement, except that, for Illinois State Police officers and the spouse or partner of the officer under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, only if all resources available to those individuals through the State of Illinois' Employee Assistance Program and any first responder mental health program available are first exhausted. Directs the joint mental health therapy services to be provided by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, a licensed clinical psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed clinical professional counselor, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed social worker, or a licensed professional counselor. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers. Effective January 1, 2025.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-3)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0818 [HB4460 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4460-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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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 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by adding Section 6.11D as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 375/6.11D new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6.11D. Joint mental health therapy services. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The State Employees Group Insurance Program shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | provide coverage for joint mental health therapy services for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | any Illinois State Police officer and any spouse or partner of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the officer who resides with the officer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (b) No deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | cost-sharing requirement may be imposed for coverage provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | under this Section if all resources available to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | individuals described in subsection (a) through the State of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Illinois' Employee Assistance Program and any first responder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | mental health program available are first exhausted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) The joint mental health therapy services provided | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | under subsection (a) shall be performed by a physician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | licensed clinical psychologist, a licensed clinical social | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | worker, a licensed clinical professional counselor, a licensed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | marriage and family therapist, a licensed social worker, or a |
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1 | licensed professional counselor.
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2 | Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
3 | Section 5-1069 as follows:
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4 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1069) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1069) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 5-1069. Group life, health, accident, hospital, and | ||||||
6 | medical insurance. | ||||||
7 | (a) The county board of any county may arrange to provide, | ||||||
8 | for the benefit of employees of the county, group life, | ||||||
9 | health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance, or any one | ||||||
10 | or any combination of those types of insurance, or the county | ||||||
11 | board may self-insure, for the benefit of its employees, all | ||||||
12 | or a portion of the employees' group life, health, accident, | ||||||
13 | hospital, and medical insurance, or any one or any combination | ||||||
14 | of those types of insurance, including a combination of | ||||||
15 | self-insurance and other types of insurance authorized by this | ||||||
16 | Section, provided that the county board complies with all | ||||||
17 | other requirements of this Section. The insurance may include | ||||||
18 | provision for employees who rely on treatment by prayer or | ||||||
19 | spiritual means alone for healing in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | tenets and practice of a well recognized religious | ||||||
21 | denomination. The county board may provide for payment by the | ||||||
22 | county of a portion or all of the premium or charge for the | ||||||
23 | insurance with the employee paying the balance of the premium | ||||||
24 | or charge, if any. If the county board undertakes a plan under |
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1 | which the county pays only a portion of the premium or charge, | ||||||
2 | the county board shall provide for withholding and deducting | ||||||
3 | from the compensation of those employees who consent to join | ||||||
4 | the plan the balance of the premium or charge for the | ||||||
5 | insurance. | ||||||
6 | (b) If the county board does not provide for | ||||||
7 | self-insurance or for a plan under which the county pays a | ||||||
8 | portion or all of the premium or charge for a group insurance | ||||||
9 | plan, the county board may provide for withholding and | ||||||
10 | deducting from the compensation of those employees who consent | ||||||
11 | thereto the total premium or charge for any group life, | ||||||
12 | health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance. | ||||||
13 | (c) The county board may exercise the powers granted in | ||||||
14 | this Section only if it provides for self-insurance or, where | ||||||
15 | it makes arrangements to provide group insurance through an | ||||||
16 | insurance carrier, if the kinds of group insurance are | ||||||
17 | obtained from an insurance company authorized to do business | ||||||
18 | in the State of Illinois. The county board may enact an | ||||||
19 | ordinance prescribing the method of operation of the insurance | ||||||
20 | program. | ||||||
21 | (d) If a county, including a home rule county, is a | ||||||
22 | self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | ||||||
23 | coverage for its employees, the insurance coverage shall | ||||||
24 | include screening by low-dose mammography for all women 35 | ||||||
25 | years of age or older for the presence of occult breast cancer | ||||||
26 | unless the county elects to provide mammograms itself under |
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1 | Section 5-1069.1. The coverage shall be as follows: | ||||||
2 | (1) A baseline mammogram for women 35 to 39 years of | ||||||
3 | age. | ||||||
4 | (2) An annual mammogram for women 40 years of age or | ||||||
5 | older. | ||||||
6 | (3) A mammogram at the age and intervals considered | ||||||
7 | medically necessary by the woman's health care provider | ||||||
8 | for women under 40 years of age and having a family history | ||||||
9 | of breast cancer, prior personal history of breast cancer, | ||||||
10 | positive genetic testing, or other risk factors. | ||||||
11 | (4) For a group policy of accident and health | ||||||
12 | insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed | ||||||
13 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
14 | the 101st General Assembly, a comprehensive ultrasound | ||||||
15 | screening of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram | ||||||
16 | demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue or when | ||||||
17 | medically necessary as determined by a physician licensed | ||||||
18 | to practice medicine in all of its branches, advanced | ||||||
19 | practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. | ||||||
20 | (5) For a group policy of accident and health | ||||||
21 | insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed | ||||||
22 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 101st General Assembly, a diagnostic mammogram when | ||||||
24 | medically necessary, as determined by a physician licensed | ||||||
25 | to practice medicine in all its branches, advanced | ||||||
26 | practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. |
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1 | A policy subject to this subsection shall not impose a | ||||||
2 | deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing | ||||||
3 | requirement on the coverage provided; except that this | ||||||
4 | sentence does not apply to coverage of diagnostic mammograms | ||||||
5 | to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible | ||||||
6 | health plan from eligibility for a health savings account | ||||||
7 | pursuant to Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 | ||||||
8 | U.S.C. 223). | ||||||
9 | For purposes of this subsection: | ||||||
10 | "Diagnostic mammogram" means a mammogram obtained using | ||||||
11 | diagnostic mammography. | ||||||
12 | "Diagnostic mammography" means a method of screening that | ||||||
13 | is designed to evaluate an abnormality in a breast, including | ||||||
14 | an abnormality seen or suspected on a screening mammogram or a | ||||||
15 | subjective or objective abnormality otherwise detected in the | ||||||
16 | breast. | ||||||
17 | "Low-dose mammography" means the x-ray examination of the | ||||||
18 | breast using equipment dedicated specifically for mammography, | ||||||
19 | including the x-ray tube, filter, compression device, and | ||||||
20 | image receptor, with an average radiation exposure delivery of | ||||||
21 | less than one rad per breast for 2 views of an average size | ||||||
22 | breast. The term also includes digital mammography. | ||||||
23 | (d-5) Coverage as described by subsection (d) shall be | ||||||
24 | provided at no cost to the insured and shall not be applied to | ||||||
25 | an annual or lifetime maximum benefit. | ||||||
26 | (d-10) When health care services are available through |
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1 | contracted providers and a person does not comply with plan | ||||||
2 | provisions specific to the use of contracted providers, the | ||||||
3 | requirements of subsection (d-5) are not applicable. When a | ||||||
4 | person does not comply with plan provisions specific to the | ||||||
5 | use of contracted providers, plan provisions specific to the | ||||||
6 | use of non-contracted providers must be applied without | ||||||
7 | distinction for coverage required by this Section and shall be | ||||||
8 | at least as favorable as for other radiological examinations | ||||||
9 | covered by the policy or contract. | ||||||
10 | (d-15) If a county, including a home rule county, is a | ||||||
11 | self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | ||||||
12 | coverage for its employees, the insurance coverage shall | ||||||
13 | include mastectomy coverage, which includes coverage for | ||||||
14 | prosthetic devices or reconstructive surgery incident to the | ||||||
15 | mastectomy. Coverage for breast reconstruction in connection | ||||||
16 | with a mastectomy shall include: | ||||||
17 | (1) reconstruction of the breast upon which the | ||||||
18 | mastectomy has been performed; | ||||||
19 | (2) surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to | ||||||
20 | produce a symmetrical appearance; and | ||||||
21 | (3) prostheses and treatment for physical | ||||||
22 | complications at all stages of mastectomy, including | ||||||
23 | lymphedemas. | ||||||
24 | Care shall be determined in consultation with the attending | ||||||
25 | physician and the patient. The offered coverage for prosthetic | ||||||
26 | devices and reconstructive surgery shall be subject to the |
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1 | deductible and coinsurance conditions applied to the | ||||||
2 | mastectomy, and all other terms and conditions applicable to | ||||||
3 | other benefits. When a mastectomy is performed and there is no | ||||||
4 | evidence of malignancy then the offered coverage may be | ||||||
5 | limited to the provision of prosthetic devices and | ||||||
6 | reconstructive surgery to within 2 years after the date of the | ||||||
7 | mastectomy. As used in this Section, "mastectomy" means the | ||||||
8 | removal of all or part of the breast for medically necessary | ||||||
9 | reasons, as determined by a licensed physician. | ||||||
10 | A county, including a home rule county, that is a | ||||||
11 | self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | ||||||
12 | coverage for its employees, may not penalize or reduce or | ||||||
13 | limit the reimbursement of an attending provider or provide | ||||||
14 | incentives (monetary or otherwise) to an attending provider to | ||||||
15 | induce the provider to provide care to an insured in a manner | ||||||
16 | inconsistent with this Section. | ||||||
17 | (d-20) The requirement that mammograms be included in | ||||||
18 | health insurance coverage as provided in subsections (d) | ||||||
19 | through (d-15) is an exclusive power and function of the State | ||||||
20 | and is a denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6, | ||||||
21 | subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of home rule | ||||||
22 | county powers. A home rule county to which subsections (d) | ||||||
23 | through (d-15) apply must comply with every provision of those | ||||||
24 | subsections. | ||||||
25 | (d-25) If a county, including a home rule county, is a | ||||||
26 | self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance |
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1 | coverage, the insurance coverage shall include joint mental | ||||||
2 | health therapy services for any member of the Sheriff's | ||||||
3 | office, including the sheriff, and any spouse or partner of | ||||||
4 | the member who resides with the member. | ||||||
5 | No deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other | ||||||
6 | cost-sharing requirement may be imposed for coverage provided | ||||||
7 | under this subsection. | ||||||
8 | The joint mental health therapy services provided under | ||||||
9 | this subsection shall be performed by a physician licensed to | ||||||
10 | practice medicine in all of its branches, a licensed clinical | ||||||
11 | psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed | ||||||
12 | clinical professional counselor, a licensed marriage and | ||||||
13 | family therapist, a licensed social worker, or a licensed | ||||||
14 | professional counselor. | ||||||
15 | This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of | ||||||
16 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | ||||||
17 | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | ||||||
18 | exercised by the State. | ||||||
19 | (e) The term "employees" as used in this Section includes | ||||||
20 | elected or appointed officials but does not include temporary | ||||||
21 | employees. | ||||||
22 | (f) The county board may, by ordinance, arrange to provide | ||||||
23 | group life, health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance, | ||||||
24 | or any one or a combination of those types of insurance, under | ||||||
25 | this Section to retired former employees and retired former | ||||||
26 | elected or appointed officials of the county. |
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1 | (g) Rulemaking authority to implement this amendatory Act | ||||||
2 | of the 95th General Assembly, if any, is conditioned on the | ||||||
3 | rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the | ||||||
4 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and | ||||||
5 | procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any | ||||||
6 | purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is | ||||||
7 | unauthorized. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 101-580, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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9 | Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
10 | changing Section 10-4-2 as follows:
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11 | (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-2) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 10-4-2. Group insurance. | ||||||
13 | (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality may | ||||||
14 | arrange to provide, for the benefit of employees of the | ||||||
15 | municipality, group life, health, accident, hospital, and | ||||||
16 | medical insurance, or any one or any combination of those | ||||||
17 | types of insurance, and may arrange to provide that insurance | ||||||
18 | for the benefit of the spouses or dependents of those | ||||||
19 | employees. The insurance may include provision for employees | ||||||
20 | or other insured persons who rely on treatment by prayer or | ||||||
21 | spiritual means alone for healing in accordance with the | ||||||
22 | tenets and practice of a well recognized religious | ||||||
23 | denomination. The corporate authorities may provide for | ||||||
24 | payment by the municipality of a portion of the premium or |
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1 | charge for the insurance with the employee paying the balance | ||||||
2 | of the premium or charge. If the corporate authorities | ||||||
3 | undertake a plan under which the municipality pays a portion | ||||||
4 | of the premium or charge, the corporate authorities shall | ||||||
5 | provide for withholding and deducting from the compensation of | ||||||
6 | those municipal employees who consent to join the plan the | ||||||
7 | balance of the premium or charge for the insurance. | ||||||
8 | (b) If the corporate authorities do not provide for a plan | ||||||
9 | under which the municipality pays a portion of the premium or | ||||||
10 | charge for a group insurance plan, the corporate authorities | ||||||
11 | may provide for withholding and deducting from the | ||||||
12 | compensation of those employees who consent thereto the | ||||||
13 | premium or charge for any group life, health, accident, | ||||||
14 | hospital, and medical insurance. | ||||||
15 | (c) The corporate authorities may exercise the powers | ||||||
16 | granted in this Section only if the kinds of group insurance | ||||||
17 | are obtained from an insurance company authorized to do | ||||||
18 | business in the State of Illinois, or are obtained through an | ||||||
19 | intergovernmental joint self-insurance pool as authorized | ||||||
20 | under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. The corporate | ||||||
21 | authorities may enact an ordinance prescribing the method of | ||||||
22 | operation of the insurance program. | ||||||
23 | (d) If a municipality, including a home rule municipality, | ||||||
24 | is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | ||||||
25 | coverage for its employees, the insurance coverage shall | ||||||
26 | include screening by low-dose mammography for all women 35 |
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1 | years of age or older for the presence of occult breast cancer | ||||||
2 | unless the municipality elects to provide mammograms itself | ||||||
3 | under Section 10-4-2.1. The coverage shall be as follows: | ||||||
4 | (1) A baseline mammogram for women 35 to 39 years of | ||||||
5 | age. | ||||||
6 | (2) An annual mammogram for women 40 years of age or | ||||||
7 | older. | ||||||
8 | (3) A mammogram at the age and intervals considered | ||||||
9 | medically necessary by the woman's health care provider | ||||||
10 | for women under 40 years of age and having a family history | ||||||
11 | of breast cancer, prior personal history of breast cancer, | ||||||
12 | positive genetic testing, or other risk factors. | ||||||
13 | (4) For a group policy of accident and health | ||||||
14 | insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed | ||||||
15 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
16 | the 101st General Assembly, a comprehensive ultrasound | ||||||
17 | screening of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram | ||||||
18 | demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue or when | ||||||
19 | medically necessary as determined by a physician licensed | ||||||
20 | to practice medicine in all of its branches. | ||||||
21 | (5) For a group policy of accident and health | ||||||
22 | insurance that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed | ||||||
23 | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
24 | the 101st General Assembly, a diagnostic mammogram when | ||||||
25 | medically necessary, as determined by a physician licensed | ||||||
26 | to practice medicine in all its branches, advanced |
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1 | practice registered nurse, or physician assistant. | ||||||
2 | A policy subject to this subsection shall not impose a | ||||||
3 | deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing | ||||||
4 | requirement on the coverage provided; except that this | ||||||
5 | sentence does not apply to coverage of diagnostic mammograms | ||||||
6 | to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible | ||||||
7 | health plan from eligibility for a health savings account | ||||||
8 | pursuant to Section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 | ||||||
9 | U.S.C. 223). | ||||||
10 | For purposes of this subsection: | ||||||
11 | "Diagnostic mammogram" means a mammogram obtained using | ||||||
12 | diagnostic mammography. | ||||||
13 | "Diagnostic mammography" means a method of screening that | ||||||
14 | is designed to evaluate an abnormality in a breast, including | ||||||
15 | an abnormality seen or suspected on a screening mammogram or a | ||||||
16 | subjective or objective abnormality otherwise detected in the | ||||||
17 | breast. | ||||||
18 | "Low-dose mammography" means the x-ray examination of the | ||||||
19 | breast using equipment dedicated specifically for mammography, | ||||||
20 | including the x-ray tube, filter, compression device, and | ||||||
21 | image receptor, with an average radiation exposure delivery of | ||||||
22 | less than one rad per breast for 2 views of an average size | ||||||
23 | breast. The term also includes digital mammography. | ||||||
24 | (d-5) Coverage as described by subsection (d) shall be | ||||||
25 | provided at no cost to the insured and shall not be applied to | ||||||
26 | an annual or lifetime maximum benefit. |
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1 | (d-10) When health care services are available through | ||||||
2 | contracted providers and a person does not comply with plan | ||||||
3 | provisions specific to the use of contracted providers, the | ||||||
4 | requirements of subsection (d-5) are not applicable. When a | ||||||
5 | person does not comply with plan provisions specific to the | ||||||
6 | use of contracted providers, plan provisions specific to the | ||||||
7 | use of non-contracted providers must be applied without | ||||||
8 | distinction for coverage required by this Section and shall be | ||||||
9 | at least as favorable as for other radiological examinations | ||||||
10 | covered by the policy or contract. | ||||||
11 | (d-15) If a municipality, including a home rule | ||||||
12 | municipality, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing | ||||||
13 | health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance | ||||||
14 | coverage shall include mastectomy coverage, which includes | ||||||
15 | coverage for prosthetic devices or reconstructive surgery | ||||||
16 | incident to the mastectomy. Coverage for breast reconstruction | ||||||
17 | in connection with a mastectomy shall include: | ||||||
18 | (1) reconstruction of the breast upon which the | ||||||
19 | mastectomy has been performed; | ||||||
20 | (2) surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to | ||||||
21 | produce a symmetrical appearance; and | ||||||
22 | (3) prostheses and treatment for physical | ||||||
23 | complications at all stages of mastectomy, including | ||||||
24 | lymphedemas. | ||||||
25 | Care shall be determined in consultation with the attending | ||||||
26 | physician and the patient. The offered coverage for prosthetic |
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1 | devices and reconstructive surgery shall be subject to the | ||||||
2 | deductible and coinsurance conditions applied to the | ||||||
3 | mastectomy, and all other terms and conditions applicable to | ||||||
4 | other benefits. When a mastectomy is performed and there is no | ||||||
5 | evidence of malignancy then the offered coverage may be | ||||||
6 | limited to the provision of prosthetic devices and | ||||||
7 | reconstructive surgery to within 2 years after the date of the | ||||||
8 | mastectomy. As used in this Section, "mastectomy" means the | ||||||
9 | removal of all or part of the breast for medically necessary | ||||||
10 | reasons, as determined by a licensed physician. | ||||||
11 | A municipality, including a home rule municipality, that | ||||||
12 | is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance | ||||||
13 | coverage for its employees, may not penalize or reduce or | ||||||
14 | limit the reimbursement of an attending provider or provide | ||||||
15 | incentives (monetary or otherwise) to an attending provider to | ||||||
16 | induce the provider to provide care to an insured in a manner | ||||||
17 | inconsistent with this Section. | ||||||
18 | (d-20) The requirement that mammograms be included in | ||||||
19 | health insurance coverage as provided in subsections (d) | ||||||
20 | through (d-15) is an exclusive power and function of the State | ||||||
21 | and is a denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6, | ||||||
22 | subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of home rule | ||||||
23 | municipality powers. A home rule municipality to which | ||||||
24 | subsections (d) through (d-15) apply must comply with every | ||||||
25 | provision of those subsections. | ||||||
26 | (d-25) If a municipality, including a home rule |
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1 | municipality, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing | ||||||
2 | health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance | ||||||
3 | coverage shall include joint mental health therapy services | ||||||
4 | for any member of the municipality's police department or fire | ||||||
5 | department and any spouse or partner of the member who resides | ||||||
6 | with the member. | ||||||
7 | No deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other | ||||||
8 | cost-sharing requirement may be imposed for coverage provided | ||||||
9 | under this subsection. | ||||||
10 | The joint mental health therapy services provided under | ||||||
11 | this subsection shall be performed by a physician licensed to | ||||||
12 | practice medicine in all of its branches, a licensed clinical | ||||||
13 | psychologist, a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed | ||||||
14 | clinical professional counselor, a licensed marriage and | ||||||
15 | family therapist, a licensed social worker, or a licensed | ||||||
16 | professional counselor. | ||||||
17 | This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of | ||||||
18 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | ||||||
19 | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | ||||||
20 | exercised by the State. | ||||||
21 | (e) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, | ||||||
22 | if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in | ||||||
23 | accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
24 | Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | ||||||
25 | Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | ||||||
26 | adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-580, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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