Bill Text: IL SB1995 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act must provide coverage for the purchase of a service dog that is specially trained to assist blind, deaf, or mobility impaired persons or persons with a disability that is other than physical, including, but not limited to, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, provided the insured's treating health care provider certifies in writing that the service dog is medically necessary. Requires the service dog to be purchased from a nonprofit organization that is established for the training of such dogs and is an accredited member of a professional association of guide dog or service dog organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1995 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1995-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1995 Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/356z.25 new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act must provide coverage for the purchase of a service dog that is specially trained to assist blind, deaf, or mobility impaired persons or persons with a disability that is other than physical, including, but not limited to, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, provided the insured's treating health care provider certifies in writing that the service dog is medically necessary. Requires the service dog to be purchased from a nonprofit organization that is established for the training of such dogs and is an accredited member of a professional association of guide dog or service dog organizations.
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A BILL FOR
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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 356z.25 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/356z.25 new)
Sec. 356z.25. Coverage for service dogs. A group or
individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed
care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly must provide coverage for the purchase of a service
dog that is specially trained to assist blind, deaf, or
mobility impaired persons or persons with a disability that is
other than physical, including, but not limited to, anxiety
disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder, provided the
insured's treating health care provider certifies in writing
that the service dog is medically necessary. Any such service
dog shall be purchased from a nonprofit organization that is
established for the training of such dogs and is an accredited
member of a professional association of guide dog or service
dog organizations.