Bill Text: IL SB0682 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the Article concerning the Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, makes changes to the organization of provisions concerning coverage and limitations and powers and duties of the Association. Makes changes in the provisions concerning definitions; the Board of Directors of the Association; assessments; and miscellaneous provisions. In a provision concerning duties of the Director of Insurance as liquidator, provides that upon the entry of an order directing liquidation of a company, the Director may, subject to a provision of the Insurance Code that allows the Association to exercise all the rights of the Director with respect to covered policies after the Association becomes obligated by statute or a provision of the Health Maintenance Organization Act, cede or reinsure all or so much as may be necessary of the in-force business to another company using assets of the liquidated company to pay therefor in preference to satisfying other obligations or creditors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1023 [SB0682 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0682-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the Article concerning the Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, makes changes to the organization of provisions concerning coverage and limitations and powers and duties of the Association. Makes changes in the provisions concerning definitions; the Board of Directors of the Association; assessments; and miscellaneous provisions. In a provision concerning duties of the Director of Insurance as liquidator, provides that upon the entry of an order directing liquidation of a company, the Director may, subject to a provision of the Insurance Code that allows the Association to exercise all the rights of the Director with respect to covered policies after the Association becomes obligated by statute or a provision of the Health Maintenance Organization Act, cede or reinsure all or so much as may be necessary of the in-force business to another company using assets of the liquidated company to pay therefor in preference to satisfying other obligations or creditors. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1023 [SB0682 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB0682-Enrolled.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Emergency | ||||||
5 | Opioid and Addiction Treatment Access Act.
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6 | Section 3. Findings. The General Assembly finds and | ||||||
7 | declares the following: | ||||||
8 | (1) The opioid epidemic is the most significant public | ||||||
9 | health and public safety crisis in Illinois. | ||||||
10 | (2) Opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people | ||||||
11 | since 2008 and have now become the leading cause of death | ||||||
12 | nationwide for people under the age of 50. | ||||||
13 | (3) The opioid epidemic has devastated both rural and | ||||||
14 | urban Illinois residents. Families have lost their loved | ||||||
15 | ones to drug overdoses. Incidence of suicide are on the | ||||||
16 | rise. Illinois' criminal justice system is flooded with | ||||||
17 | individuals with critical substance use disorder treatment | ||||||
18 | needs. | ||||||
19 | (4) Speeding access to treatments will ensure that | ||||||
20 | Illinois residents suffering from a substance abuse crisis | ||||||
21 | will obtain the services they need.
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22 | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by |
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1 | changing Section 370c as follows:
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2 | (215 ILCS 5/370c) (from Ch. 73, par. 982c)
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3 | Sec. 370c. Mental and emotional disorders.
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4 | (a)(1) On and after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
5 | Act of the 97th General Assembly,
every insurer which amends, | ||||||
6 | delivers, issues, or renews
group accident and health policies | ||||||
7 | providing coverage for hospital or medical treatment or
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8 | services for illness on an expense-incurred basis shall offer | ||||||
9 | to the
applicant or group policyholder subject to the insurer's | ||||||
10 | standards of
insurability, coverage for reasonable and | ||||||
11 | necessary treatment and services
for mental, emotional or | ||||||
12 | nervous disorders or conditions, other than serious
mental | ||||||
13 | illnesses as defined in item (2) of subsection (b), consistent | ||||||
14 | with the parity requirements of Section 370c.1 of this Code.
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15 | (2) Each insured that is covered for mental, emotional, | ||||||
16 | nervous, or substance use
disorders or conditions shall be free | ||||||
17 | to select the physician licensed to
practice medicine in all | ||||||
18 | its branches, licensed clinical psychologist,
licensed | ||||||
19 | clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional | ||||||
20 | counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed | ||||||
21 | speech-language pathologist, or other licensed or certified | ||||||
22 | professional at a program licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act of
his | ||||||
24 | choice to treat such disorders, and
the insurer shall pay the | ||||||
25 | covered charges of such physician licensed to
practice medicine |
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1 | in all its branches, licensed clinical psychologist,
licensed | ||||||
2 | clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional | ||||||
3 | counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed | ||||||
4 | speech-language pathologist, or other licensed or certified | ||||||
5 | professional at a program licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act up
to the | ||||||
7 | limits of coverage, provided (i)
the disorder or condition | ||||||
8 | treated is covered by the policy, and (ii) the
physician, | ||||||
9 | licensed psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, | ||||||
10 | licensed
clinical professional counselor, licensed marriage | ||||||
11 | and family therapist, licensed speech-language pathologist, or | ||||||
12 | other licensed or certified professional at a program licensed | ||||||
13 | pursuant to the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
14 | Dependency Act is
authorized to provide said services under the | ||||||
15 | statutes of this State and in
accordance with accepted | ||||||
16 | principles of his profession.
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17 | (3) Insofar as this Section applies solely to licensed | ||||||
18 | clinical social
workers, licensed clinical professional | ||||||
19 | counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed | ||||||
20 | speech-language pathologists, and other licensed or certified | ||||||
21 | professionals at programs licensed pursuant to the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act, those | ||||||
23 | persons who may
provide services to individuals shall do so
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24 | after the licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical | ||||||
25 | professional
counselor, licensed marriage and family | ||||||
26 | therapist, licensed speech-language pathologist, or other |
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1 | licensed or certified professional at a program licensed | ||||||
2 | pursuant to the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
3 | Dependency Act has informed the patient of the
desirability of | ||||||
4 | the patient conferring with the patient's primary care
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5 | physician and the licensed clinical social worker, licensed | ||||||
6 | clinical
professional counselor, licensed marriage and family | ||||||
7 | therapist, licensed speech-language pathologist, or other | ||||||
8 | licensed or certified professional at a program licensed | ||||||
9 | pursuant to the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
10 | Dependency Act has
provided written
notification to the | ||||||
11 | patient's primary care physician, if any, that services
are | ||||||
12 | being provided to the patient. That notification may, however, | ||||||
13 | be
waived by the patient on a written form. Those forms shall | ||||||
14 | be retained by
the licensed clinical social worker, licensed | ||||||
15 | clinical professional counselor, licensed marriage and family | ||||||
16 | therapist, licensed speech-language pathologist, or other | ||||||
17 | licensed or certified professional at a program licensed | ||||||
18 | pursuant to the Illinois Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and | ||||||
19 | Dependency Act
for a period of not less than 5 years.
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20 | (b)(1) An insurer that provides coverage for hospital or | ||||||
21 | medical
expenses under a group or individual policy of accident | ||||||
22 | and health insurance or
health care plan amended, delivered, | ||||||
23 | issued, or renewed on or after the effective
date of this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall provide | ||||||
25 | coverage
under the policy for treatment of serious mental | ||||||
26 | illness and substance use disorders consistent with the parity |
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1 | requirements of Section 370c.1 of this Code. This subsection | ||||||
2 | does not apply to any group policy of accident and health | ||||||
3 | insurance or health care plan for any plan year of a small | ||||||
4 | employer as defined in Section 5 of the Illinois Health | ||||||
5 | Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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6 | (2) "Serious mental illness" means the following | ||||||
7 | psychiatric illnesses as
defined in the most current edition of | ||||||
8 | the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(DSM) published by the | ||||||
9 | American Psychiatric Association:
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10 | (A) schizophrenia;
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11 | (B) paranoid and other psychotic disorders;
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12 | (C) bipolar disorders (hypomanic, manic, depressive, | ||||||
13 | and mixed);
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14 | (D) major depressive disorders (single episode or | ||||||
15 | recurrent);
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16 | (E) schizoaffective disorders (bipolar or depressive);
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17 | (F) pervasive developmental disorders;
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18 | (G) obsessive-compulsive disorders;
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19 | (H) depression in childhood and adolescence;
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20 | (I) panic disorder; | ||||||
21 | (J) post-traumatic stress disorders (acute, chronic, | ||||||
22 | or with delayed onset); and
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23 | (K) eating disorders, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
24 | anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica, rumination | ||||||
25 | disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, other | ||||||
26 | specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED), and any other |
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1 | eating disorder contained in the most recent version of the | ||||||
2 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | ||||||
3 | published by the American Psychiatric Association. | ||||||
4 | (2.5) "Substance use disorder" means the following mental | ||||||
5 | disorders as defined in the most current edition of the | ||||||
6 | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) published by the | ||||||
7 | American Psychiatric Association: | ||||||
8 | (A) substance abuse disorders; | ||||||
9 | (B) substance dependence disorders; and | ||||||
10 | (C) substance induced disorders. | ||||||
11 | (3) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law and | ||||||
12 | consistent with the parity requirements of Section 370c.1 of | ||||||
13 | this Code, the reimbursing insurer, a provider of treatment of
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14 | serious mental illness or substance use disorder shall furnish | ||||||
15 | medical records or other necessary data
that substantiate that | ||||||
16 | initial or continued treatment is at all times medically
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17 | necessary. An insurer shall provide a mechanism for the timely | ||||||
18 | review by a
provider holding the same license and practicing in | ||||||
19 | the same specialty as the
patient's provider, who is | ||||||
20 | unaffiliated with the insurer, jointly selected by
the patient | ||||||
21 | (or the patient's next of kin or legal representative if the
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22 | patient is unable to act for himself or herself), the patient's | ||||||
23 | provider, and
the insurer in the event of a dispute between the | ||||||
24 | insurer and patient's
provider regarding the medical necessity | ||||||
25 | of a treatment proposed by a patient's
provider. If the | ||||||
26 | reviewing provider determines the treatment to be medically
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1 | necessary, the insurer shall provide reimbursement for the | ||||||
2 | treatment. Future
contractual or employment actions by the | ||||||
3 | insurer regarding the patient's
provider may not be based on | ||||||
4 | the provider's participation in this procedure.
Nothing | ||||||
5 | prevents
the insured from agreeing in writing to continue | ||||||
6 | treatment at his or her
expense. When making a determination of | ||||||
7 | the medical necessity for a treatment
modality for serious | ||||||
8 | mental illness or substance use disorder, an insurer must make | ||||||
9 | the determination in a
manner that is consistent with the | ||||||
10 | manner used to make that determination with
respect to other | ||||||
11 | diseases or illnesses covered under the policy, including an
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12 | appeals process. Medical necessity determinations for | ||||||
13 | substance use disorders shall be made in accordance with | ||||||
14 | appropriate patient placement criteria established by the | ||||||
15 | American Society of Addiction Medicine. No additional criteria | ||||||
16 | may be used to make medical necessity determinations for | ||||||
17 | substance use disorders.
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18 | (4) A group health benefit plan amended, delivered, issued, | ||||||
19 | or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
20 | Act of the 97th General Assembly:
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21 | (A) shall provide coverage based upon medical | ||||||
22 | necessity for the
treatment of mental illness and substance | ||||||
23 | use disorders consistent with the parity requirements of | ||||||
24 | Section 370c.1 of this Code; provided, however, that in | ||||||
25 | each calendar year coverage shall not be less than the | ||||||
26 | following:
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1 | (i) 45 days of inpatient treatment; and
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2 | (ii) beginning on June 26, 2006 (the effective date | ||||||
3 | of Public Act 94-921), 60 visits for outpatient | ||||||
4 | treatment including group and individual
outpatient | ||||||
5 | treatment; and | ||||||
6 | (iii) for plans or policies delivered, issued for | ||||||
7 | delivery, renewed, or modified after January 1, 2007 | ||||||
8 | (the effective date of Public Act 94-906),
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9 | additional outpatient visits for speech therapy for | ||||||
10 | treatment of pervasive developmental disorders that | ||||||
11 | will be in addition to speech therapy provided pursuant | ||||||
12 | to item (ii) of this subparagraph (A); and
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13 | (B) may not include a lifetime limit on the number of | ||||||
14 | days of inpatient
treatment or the number of outpatient | ||||||
15 | visits covered under the plan.
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16 | (C) (Blank).
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17 | (5) An issuer of a group health benefit plan may not count | ||||||
18 | toward the number
of outpatient visits required to be covered | ||||||
19 | under this Section an outpatient
visit for the purpose of | ||||||
20 | medication management and shall cover the outpatient
visits | ||||||
21 | under the same terms and conditions as it covers outpatient | ||||||
22 | visits for
the treatment of physical illness.
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23 | (5.5) An individual or group health benefit plan amended, | ||||||
24 | delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of | ||||||
25 | this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly shall offer | ||||||
26 | coverage for medically necessary acute treatment services and |
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1 | medically necessary clinical stabilization services. The | ||||||
2 | treating provider shall base all treatment recommendations and | ||||||
3 | the health benefit plan shall base all medical necessity | ||||||
4 | determinations for substance use disorders in accordance with | ||||||
5 | the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction | ||||||
6 | Medicine Patient Placement Criteria. | ||||||
7 | As used in this subsection: | ||||||
8 | "Acute treatment services" means 24-hour medically | ||||||
9 | supervised addiction treatment that provides evaluation and | ||||||
10 | withdrawal management and may include biopsychosocial | ||||||
11 | assessment, individual and group counseling, psychoeducational | ||||||
12 | groups, and discharge planning. | ||||||
13 | "Clinical stabilization services" means 24-hour treatment, | ||||||
14 | usually following acute treatment services for substance | ||||||
15 | abuse, which may include intensive education and counseling | ||||||
16 | regarding the nature of addiction and its consequences, relapse | ||||||
17 | prevention, outreach to families and significant others, and | ||||||
18 | aftercare planning for individuals beginning to engage in | ||||||
19 | recovery from addiction. | ||||||
20 | (6) An issuer of a group health benefit
plan may provide or | ||||||
21 | offer coverage required under this Section through a
managed | ||||||
22 | care plan.
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23 | (7) (Blank).
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24 | (8)
(Blank).
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25 | (9) With respect to substance use disorders, coverage for | ||||||
26 | inpatient treatment shall include coverage for treatment in a |
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1 | residential treatment center licensed by the Department of | ||||||
2 | Public Health or the Department of Human Services. | ||||||
3 | (c) This Section shall not be interpreted to require | ||||||
4 | coverage for speech therapy or other habilitative services for | ||||||
5 | those individuals covered under Section 356z.15
of this Code. | ||||||
6 | (d) The Department shall enforce the requirements of State | ||||||
7 | and federal parity law, which includes ensuring compliance by | ||||||
8 | individual and group policies; detecting violations of the law | ||||||
9 | by individual and group policies proactively monitoring | ||||||
10 | discriminatory practices; accepting, evaluating, and | ||||||
11 | responding to complaints regarding such violations; and | ||||||
12 | ensuring violations are appropriately remedied and deterred. | ||||||
13 | (e) Availability of plan information. | ||||||
14 | (1) The criteria for medical necessity determinations | ||||||
15 | made under a group health plan with respect to mental | ||||||
16 | health or substance use disorder benefits (or health | ||||||
17 | insurance coverage offered in connection with the plan with | ||||||
18 | respect to such benefits) must be made available by the | ||||||
19 | plan administrator (or the health insurance issuer | ||||||
20 | offering such coverage) to any current or potential | ||||||
21 | participant, beneficiary, or contracting provider upon | ||||||
22 | request. | ||||||
23 | (2) The reason for any denial under a group health plan | ||||||
24 | (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with | ||||||
25 | such plan) of reimbursement or payment for services with | ||||||
26 | respect to mental health or substance use disorder benefits |
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1 | in the case of any participant or beneficiary must be made | ||||||
2 | available within a reasonable time and in a reasonable | ||||||
3 | manner by the plan administrator (or the health insurance | ||||||
4 | issuer offering such coverage) to the participant or | ||||||
5 | beneficiary upon request. | ||||||
6 | (f) As used in this Section, "group policy of accident and | ||||||
7 | health insurance" and "group health benefit plan" includes (1) | ||||||
8 | State-regulated employer-sponsored group health insurance | ||||||
9 | plans written in Illinois and (2) State employee health plans. | ||||||
10 | (g) (1) As used in this subsection: | ||||||
11 | "Benefits", with respect to insurers, means
the benefits | ||||||
12 | provided for treatment services for inpatient and outpatient | ||||||
13 | treatment of substance use disorders or conditions at American | ||||||
14 | Society of Addiction Medicine levels of treatment 2.1 | ||||||
15 | (Intensive Outpatient), 2.5 (Partial Hospitalization), 3.1 | ||||||
16 | (Clinically Managed Low-Intensity Residential), 3.3 | ||||||
17 | (Clinically Managed Population-Specific High-Intensity | ||||||
18 | Residential), 3.5 (Clinically Managed High-Intensity | ||||||
19 | Residential), and 3.7 (Medically Monitored Intensive | ||||||
20 | Inpatient) and OMT (Opioid Maintenance Therapy) services. | ||||||
21 | "Benefits", with respect to managed care organizations, | ||||||
22 | means the benefits provided for treatment services for | ||||||
23 | inpatient and outpatient treatment of substance use disorders | ||||||
24 | or conditions at American Society of Addiction Medicine levels | ||||||
25 | of treatment 2.1 (Intensive Outpatient), 2.5 (Partial | ||||||
26 | Hospitalization), 3.5 (Clinically Managed High-Intensity |
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1 | Residential), and 3.7 (Medically Monitored Intensive | ||||||
2 | Inpatient) and OMT (Opioid Maintenance Therapy) services. | ||||||
3 | "Substance use disorder treatment provider or facility" | ||||||
4 | means a licensed physician, licensed psychologist, licensed | ||||||
5 | psychiatrist, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or | ||||||
6 | licensed, certified, or otherwise State-approved facility or | ||||||
7 | provider of substance use disorder treatment. | ||||||
8 | (2) A group health insurance policy, an individual health | ||||||
9 | benefit plan, or qualified health plan that is offered through | ||||||
10 | the health insurance marketplace, small employer group health | ||||||
11 | plan, and large employer group health plan that is amended, | ||||||
12 | delivered, issued, executed, or renewed in this State, or | ||||||
13 | approved for issuance or renewal in this State, on or after the | ||||||
14 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
15 | Assembly shall comply with the requirements of this Section and | ||||||
16 | Section 370c.1. The services for the treatment and the ongoing | ||||||
17 | assessment of the patient's progress in treatment shall follow | ||||||
18 | the requirements of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060. | ||||||
19 | (3) Prior authorization shall not be utilized for the | ||||||
20 | benefits under this subsection. The substance use disorder | ||||||
21 | treatment provider or facility shall notify the insurer of the | ||||||
22 | initiation of treatment. For an insurer that is not a managed | ||||||
23 | care organization, the substance use disorder treatment | ||||||
24 | provider or facility notification shall occur for the | ||||||
25 | initiation of treatment of the covered person within 2 business | ||||||
26 | days. For managed care organizations, the substance use |
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1 | disorder treatment provider or facility notification shall | ||||||
2 | occur in accordance with the protocol set forth in the provider | ||||||
3 | agreement for initiation of treatment within 24 hours. If the | ||||||
4 | managed care organization is not capable of accepting the | ||||||
5 | notification in accordance with the contractual protocol | ||||||
6 | during the 24-hour period following admission, the substance | ||||||
7 | use disorder treatment provider or facility shall have one | ||||||
8 | additional business day to provide the notification to the | ||||||
9 | appropriate managed care organization. Treatment plans shall | ||||||
10 | be developed in accordance with the requirements and timeframes | ||||||
11 | established in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 2060. If the substance use | ||||||
12 | disorder treatment provider or facility fails to notify the | ||||||
13 | insurer of the initiation of treatment in accordance with these | ||||||
14 | provisions, the insurer may follow its normal prior | ||||||
15 | authorization processes. | ||||||
16 | (4) For an insurer that is not a managed care organization, | ||||||
17 | if an insurer determines that benefits are no longer medically | ||||||
18 | necessary, the insurer shall notify the covered person, the | ||||||
19 | covered person's authorized representative, if any, and the | ||||||
20 | covered person's health care provider in writing of the covered | ||||||
21 | person's right to request an external review pursuant to the | ||||||
22 | Health Carrier External Review Act. The notification shall | ||||||
23 | occur within 24 hours following the adverse determination. | ||||||
24 | Pursuant to the requirements of the Health Carrier External | ||||||
25 | Review Act, the covered person or the covered person's | ||||||
26 | authorized representative may request an expedited external |
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1 | review.
An expedited external review may not occur if the | ||||||
2 | substance use disorder treatment provider or facility | ||||||
3 | determines that continued treatment is no longer medically | ||||||
4 | necessary. Under this subsection, a request for expedited | ||||||
5 | external review must be initiated within 24 hours following the | ||||||
6 | adverse determination notification by the insurer. Failure to | ||||||
7 | request an expedited external review within 24 hours shall | ||||||
8 | preclude a covered person or a covered person's authorized | ||||||
9 | representative from requesting an expedited external review. | ||||||
10 | If an expedited external review request meets the criteria | ||||||
11 | of the Health Carrier External Review Act, an independent | ||||||
12 | review organization shall make a final determination of medical | ||||||
13 | necessity within 72 hours. If an independent review | ||||||
14 | organization upholds an adverse determination, an insurer | ||||||
15 | shall remain responsible to provide coverage of benefits | ||||||
16 | through the day following the determination of the independent | ||||||
17 | review organization. A decision to reverse an adverse | ||||||
18 | determination shall comply with the Health Carrier External | ||||||
19 | Review Act. | ||||||
20 | (5) The substance use disorder treatment provider or | ||||||
21 | facility shall provide the insurer with 7 business days' | ||||||
22 | advance notice of the planned discharge of the patient from the | ||||||
23 | substance use disorder treatment provider or facility and | ||||||
24 | notice on the day that the patient is discharged from the | ||||||
25 | substance use disorder treatment provider or facility. | ||||||
26 | (6) The benefits required by this subsection shall be |
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1 | provided to all covered persons with a diagnosis of substance | ||||||
2 | use disorder or conditions. The presence of additional related | ||||||
3 | or unrelated diagnoses shall not be a basis to reduce or deny | ||||||
4 | the benefits required by this subsection. | ||||||
5 | (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to | ||||||
6 | require an insurer to provide coverage for any of the benefits | ||||||
7 | in this subsection. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-305, eff. 8-24-17.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
10 | 1, 2019.
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