Bill Text: IL SB1449 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Reinserts the bill as amended by Senate Amendment 1 with the following changes: Makes changes to the membership of the task force. Provides that the task force shall elect a chairperson from its membership and shall have the authority to determine its meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0332 [SB1449 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1449-Enrolled.html

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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 370c.2 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/370c.2 new)
Sec. 370c.2. Task force on disability income insurance;
parity for behavioral health conditions.
(a) As used in this Section, "behavioral health condition"
means any mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder
or condition that falls under any of the diagnostic categories
listed in the mental and behavioral disorders chapter of the
current edition of the International Classification of Disease
or that is listed in the most recent version of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
(b) The Department shall form a task force to review the
plans and policies for individual and group short-term and
long-term disability income insurance issued and offered to
individuals and employers in this State in order to examine the
use of such insurance for behavioral health conditions. The
Task Force shall work cooperatively with the insurance
industry, community organizations, businesses and business
coalitions, and advocacy groups to reduce the stigma of

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behavioral health conditions. The task force shall be comprised
of the following members:
(1) 2 representatives of the disability income
insurance industry appointed by the Governor.
(2) 2 experts in the behavioral health conditions and
treatment industry appointed by the Governor.
(3) 2 consumers of disability income insurance who have
experienced or are experiencing a behavioral health
condition appointed by the Governor.
(4) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(5) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the
President of the Senate.
(6) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(7) One member of the General Assembly appointed by the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
(c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from its
membership and shall have the authority to determine its
meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas.
(d) Appointments shall be made 90 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
(e) Members shall serve without compensation and shall be
adults and residents of Illinois.
(f) The task force shall:
(1) review existing plans and policies for individual

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and group short-term and long-term disability income
insurance issued, delivered, and offered in the State;
(2) compare coverage provided by short-term and
long-term disability income insurance policies for
behavioral health conditions with coverage provided by
such policies for physical conditions and the reasons for
differences in coverage;
(3) gather information on the cost of requiring
individual and group short-term and long-term disability
income insurance to cover behavioral health conditions at
parity with physical conditions; and
(4) provide recommendations on the economic
feasibility and cost effectiveness of requiring individual
and group short-term and long-term disability income
insurance to cover behavioral health conditions.
(g) Any of the findings, recommendations, and other
information determined by the task force to be relevant shall
be made available on the Department's website.
(h) The task force shall submit findings and
recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by
December 31, 2020.
(i) The task force is dissolved and this Section is
repealed on December 31, 2021.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.