Bill Text: IL HB5643 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, the medical assistance program shall provide coverage for at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests that are ordered directly by a clinician or furnished through a standing order for patient use, regardless of whether the tests are otherwise available over the counter. Provides that the coverage is limited to a multipack, as defined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, of at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests every 30 days. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2026).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-3)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Referred to Assignments [HB5643 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5643-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 changing Section 6.11 as follows:
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| 6 | (5 ILCS 375/6.11) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance | ||||||
| 8 | Code requirements. The program of health benefits shall | ||||||
| 9 | provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be | ||||||
| 10 | covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under | ||||||
| 11 | Section 356t of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of | ||||||
| 12 | health benefits shall provide the coverage required under | ||||||
| 13 | Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, | ||||||
| 14 | 356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, | ||||||
| 15 | 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.22, | ||||||
| 16 | 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, | ||||||
| 17 | 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, | ||||||
| 18 | 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, | ||||||
| 19 | and 356z.61, and 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.70, | ||||||
| 20 | and 356z.71 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of | ||||||
| 21 | health benefits must comply with Sections 155.22a, 155.37, | ||||||
| 22 | 355b, 356z.19, 370c, and 370c.1 and Article XXXIIB of the | ||||||
| 23 | Illinois Insurance Code. The program of health benefits shall | ||||||
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| 1 | provide the coverage required under Section 356m of the | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois Insurance Code and, for the employees of the State | ||||||
| 3 | Employee Group Insurance Program only, the coverage as also | ||||||
| 4 | provided in Section 6.11B of this Act. The Department of | ||||||
| 5 | Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section with | ||||||
| 6 | respect to Sections 370c and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance | ||||||
| 7 | Code; all other requirements of this Section shall be enforced | ||||||
| 8 | by the Department of Central Management Services. | ||||||
| 9 | Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if | ||||||
| 10 | any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance | ||||||
| 11 | with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
| 12 | Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on | ||||||
| 13 | Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for | ||||||
| 14 | whatever reason, is unauthorized. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; | ||||||
| 16 | 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. | ||||||
| 17 | 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-768, | ||||||
| 18 | eff. 1-1-24; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | ||||||
| 19 | 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. | ||||||
| 20 | 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24; 103-84, | ||||||
| 21 | eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; | ||||||
| 22 | 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. | ||||||
| 23 | 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.)
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| 24 | Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
| 25 | adding Section 356z.71 as follows:
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| 1 | (215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 356z.71. Coverage for at-home pregnancy tests. A | ||||||
| 3 | group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or | ||||||
| 4 | a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or | ||||||
| 5 | renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for | ||||||
| 6 | at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests that are prescribed to | ||||||
| 7 | the covered person, regardless of whether the tests are | ||||||
| 8 | otherwise available over-the-counter. The coverage required | ||||||
| 9 | under this Section is limited to 2 at-home, urine-based | ||||||
| 10 | pregnancy tests every 30 days.
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