Bill Text: IL HB4789 | 2019-2020 | 101st 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 program of health benefits for persons in the service of the State, a self-insuring county, or a self-insuring municipality may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the medical facility is an out-of-network provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from an in-network provider. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that an insurer providing a network plan may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration on the basis that the medical facility is a non-preferred provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from a preferred provider. Defines "Veterans Health Administration".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4789 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4789-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4789 Introduced ___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 375/6.17 new
55 ILCS 5/5-1069.9 new
65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.9 new
215 ILCS 124/5
215 ILCS 124/35 new
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the program of health benefits for persons in the service of the State, a self-insuring county, or a self-insuring municipality may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the medical facility is an out-of-network provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from an in-network provider. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that an insurer providing a network plan may not deny a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration on the basis that the medical facility is a non-preferred provider and may not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from a preferred provider. Defines "Veterans Health Administration".
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AN ACT concerning health insurance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
is amended by adding Section 6.17 as follows:
(5 ILCS 375/6.17 new)
Sec. 6.17. Veterans Health Administration claims. The
program of health benefits may not deny a claim from a medical
facility operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the
medical facility is an out-of-network provider and may not
impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other
cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a medical facility
operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs unless cost sharing is applied
to such a claim from an in-network provider.
Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1069.9 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-1069.9 new)
Sec. 5-1069.9. Veterans Health Administration claims. If a
county, including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for the

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purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its
employees, it may not:
(1) deny a claim from a medical facility operated by
the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the medical facility
is an out-of-network provider; or
(2) impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or
any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a
medical facility operated by the Veterans Health
Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from an
in-network provider.
Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 10-4-2.9 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.9 new)
Sec. 10-4-2.9. Veterans Health Administration claims. If a
municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a
self-insurer for the purposes of providing health insurance
coverage for its employees, it may not:
(1) deny a claim from a medical facility operated by
the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs on the basis that the medical facility
is an out-of-network provider; or
(2) impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or

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any other cost-sharing requirement on a claim from a
medical facility operated by the Veterans Health
Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
unless cost sharing is applied to such a claim from an
in-network provider.
Section 20. The Network Adequacy and Transparency Act is
amended by changing Section 5 and by adding Section 35 as
follows:
(215 ILCS 124/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Authorized representative" means a person to whom a
beneficiary has given express written consent to represent the
beneficiary; a person authorized by law to provide substituted
consent for a beneficiary; or the beneficiary's treating
provider only when the beneficiary or his or her family member
is unable to provide consent.
"Beneficiary" means an individual, an enrollee, an
insured, a participant, or any other person entitled to
reimbursement for covered expenses of or the discounting of
provider fees for health care services under a program in which
the beneficiary has an incentive to utilize the services of a
provider that has entered into an agreement or arrangement with
an insurer.
"Department" means the Department of Insurance.

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"Director" means the Director of Insurance.
"Insurer" means any entity that offers individual or group
accident and health insurance, including, but not limited to,
health maintenance organizations, preferred provider
organizations, exclusive provider organizations, and other
plan structures requiring network participation, excluding the
medical assistance program under the Illinois Public Aid Code,
the State employees group health insurance program, workers
compensation insurance, and pharmacy benefit managers.
"Material change" means a significant reduction in the
number of providers available in a network plan, including, but
not limited to, a reduction of 10% or more in a specific type
of providers, the removal of a major health system that causes
a network to be significantly different from the network when
the beneficiary purchased the network plan, or any change that
would cause the network to no longer satisfy the requirements
of this Act or the Department's rules for network adequacy and
transparency.
"Network" means the group or groups of preferred providers
providing services to a network plan.
"Network plan" means an individual or group policy of
accident and health insurance that either requires a covered
person to use or creates incentives, including financial
incentives, for a covered person to use providers managed,
owned, under contract with, or employed by the insurer.
"Ongoing course of treatment" means (1) treatment for a

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life-threatening condition, which is a disease or condition for
which likelihood of death is probable unless the course of the
disease or condition is interrupted; (2) treatment for a
serious acute condition, defined as a disease or condition
requiring complex ongoing care that the covered person is
currently receiving, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy,
or post-operative visits; (3) a course of treatment for a
health condition that a treating provider attests that
discontinuing care by that provider would worsen the condition
or interfere with anticipated outcomes; or (4) the third
trimester of pregnancy through the post-partum period.
"Preferred provider" means any provider who has entered,
either directly or indirectly, into an agreement with an
employer or risk-bearing entity relating to health care
services that may be rendered to beneficiaries under a network
plan.
"Providers" means physicians licensed to practice medicine
in all its branches, other health care professionals,
hospitals, or other health care institutions that provide
health care services.
"Telehealth" has the meaning given to that term in Section
356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
"Telemedicine" has the meaning given to that term in
Section 49.5 of the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
"Tiered network" means a network that identifies and groups
some or all types of provider and facilities into specific

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groups to which different provider reimbursement, covered
person cost-sharing or provider access requirements, or any
combination thereof, apply for the same services.
"Veterans Health Administration" means the agency within
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as set forth under 38
U.S.C. 7301.
"Woman's principal health care provider" means a physician
licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches
specializing in obstetrics, gynecology, or family practice.
(Source: P.A. 100-502, eff. 9-15-17.)
(215 ILCS 124/35 new)
Sec. 35. Veterans Health Administration claims.
(a) An insurer providing a network plan may not deny a
claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans Health
Administration on the basis that the medical facility is a
non-preferred provider.
(b) A network plan may not impose a deductible,
coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement
on a claim from a medical facility operated by the Veterans
Health Administration unless cost sharing is applied to such a
claim from a preferred provider under the network plan.