Bill Text: IL SB2173 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Sets forth the General Assembly's findings concerning the development of this State's health care system and the federal government proposals for health care that are currently being considered. Provides that a department or agency of the State shall not implement any part of any federal health care reform passed by the U.S. Congress on or after March 1, 2010, unless certain conditions are present.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB2173 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2173-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB2173 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Bill Brady SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 5/5-715 new
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Sets forth the General Assembly's findings concerning the development of this State's health care system and the federal government proposals for health care that are currently being considered. Provides that a department or agency of the State shall not implement any part of any federal health care reform passed by the U.S. Congress on or after March 1, 2010, unless certain conditions are present.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by adding Section 5-715 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5/5-715 new)
Sec. 5-715. Implementation of federal health care reform;
prohibition.
(a) The General Assembly finds the following:
(1) This State's health care system has been developed
to address the unique circumstances in this State and to
provide solutions that work for this State.
(2) The federal government proposals for health care
currently being considered:
(A) infringe on State powers;
(B) impose a uniform solution to a problem that
requires different responses in different states;
(C) threaten the progress this State has made
towards health care system reform; and
(D) infringe on the rights of citizens of this
State to provide for their own health care by:
(i) requiring a person to enroll in a
third-party payment system;

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(ii) imposing fines on a person who chooses to
pay directly for health care rather than use a
third-party payer;
(iii) imposing fines on an employer that does
not meet federal standards for providing health
care benefits for employees; and
(iv) threatening private health care systems
with competing health care systems.
(b) A department or agency of the State shall not implement
any part of any federal health care reform passed by the United
States Congress on or after March 1, 2010, unless:
(1) the department or agency reports to the General
Assembly in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section;
and
(2) the General Assembly passes legislation
specifically authorizing the State's compliance with or
participation in such federal health care reform
provision.
(c) The report required under subsection (b) of this
Section shall include:
(1) the specific federal statute or regulation that
requires the State to implement a federal reform provision;
(2) whether the reform provision has any state waiver
or options;
(3) exactly what the reform provision requires the
State to do and how it would be implemented;

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(4) who in the State shall be impacted by adopting the
federal reform provision or not adopting the federal reform
provision;
(5) the cost to the State or citizens of the State to
implement the federal reform provision; and
(6) the consequences to the State if the State does not
comply with the federal reform provision.