Bill Text: IL SB2659 | 2023-2024 | 103rd 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 on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for a colonoscopy determined to be medically necessary for persons aged 39 years old to 75 years old.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-07 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Natalie Toro [SB2659 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2659-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2659 Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Willie Preston SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/356z.48
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 on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for a colonoscopy determined to be medically necessary for persons aged 39 years old to 75 years old.
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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
changing Section 356z.48 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/356z.48)
Sec. 356z.48. Colonoscopy coverage.
(a) A group policy of accident and health insurance that
is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January
1, 2022 shall provide coverage for a colonoscopy that is a
follow-up exam based on an initial screen where the
colonoscopy was determined to be medically necessary by a
physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches,
an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician
assistant.
(b) A group or individual policy of accident and health
insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or
renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for
a colonoscopy determined to be medically necessary for persons
aged 39 years old to 75 years old.
(c) (b) A policy subject to this Section shall not impose a
deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing
requirement on the coverage provided; except that this

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