Bill Text: IL SB2671 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic riding. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, and the Health Maintenance Organization Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-17 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2671 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2671

Introduced 1/10/2024, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 375/6.11
55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3
65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3
105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f
215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new
215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic riding. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, and the Health Maintenance Organization Act.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5is amended by changing Section 6.11 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 375/6.11)
7 Sec. 6.11. Required health benefits; Illinois Insurance
8Code requirements. The program of health benefits shall
9provide the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
10covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
11Section 356t of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of
12health benefits shall provide the coverage required under
13Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x,
14356z.2, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10,
15356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.22,
16356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33,
17356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51,
18356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60,
19and 356z.61, and 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.70,
20and 356z.71 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The program of
21health benefits must comply with Sections 155.22a, 155.37,
22355b, 356z.19, 370c, and 370c.1 and Article XXXIIB of the
23Illinois Insurance Code. The program of health benefits shall

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1provide the coverage required under Section 356m of the
2Illinois Insurance Code and, for the employees of the State
3Employee Group Insurance Program only, the coverage as also
4provided in Section 6.11B of this Act. The Department of
5Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section with
6respect to Sections 370c and 370c.1 of the Illinois Insurance
7Code; all other requirements of this Section shall be enforced
8by the Department of Central Management Services.
9 Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
10any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
11with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
12Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
13Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
14whatever reason, is unauthorized.
15(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
16102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff.
171-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-768,
18eff. 1-1-24; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
19102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.
201-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-8, eff. 1-1-24; 103-84,
21eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24;
22103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff.
238-11-23; revised 8-29-23.)
24 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
25Section 5-1069.3 as follows:

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1 (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
2 Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county,
3including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for purposes
4of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the
5coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care
6benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and
7health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
8under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x,
9356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11,
10356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26,
11356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40,
12356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53,
13356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.61, and
14356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.70, and 356z.71 of
15the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with
16Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois
17Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the
18requirements of this Section. The requirement that health
19benefits be covered as provided in this Section is an
20exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and
21limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the
22Illinois Constitution. A home rule county to which this
23Section applies must comply with every provision of this
24Section.
25 Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if

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1any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
2with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
3Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
4Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
5whatever reason, is unauthorized.
6(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
7102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
81-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731,
9eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
10102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.
111-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91,
12eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24;
13103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised
148-29-23.)
15 Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
16changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows:
17 (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
18 Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a
19municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a
20self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance
21coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include
22coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
23covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
24Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g,

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1356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a,
2356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13,
3356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29,
4356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41,
5356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
6356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.61, and 356z.62,
7356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.70, and 356z.71 of the
8Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with
9Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois
10Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the
11requirements of this Section. The requirement that health
12benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power
13and function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
14Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
15Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section
16applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
17 Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
18any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
19with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
20Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
21Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
22whatever reason, is unauthorized.
23(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
24102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.
251-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731,
26eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;

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1102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff.
21-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91,
3eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24;
4103-535, eff. 8-11-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised
58-29-23.)
6 Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section
710-22.3f as follows:
8 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f)
9 Sec. 10-22.3f. Required health benefits. Insurance
10protection and benefits for employees shall provide the
11post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a
12policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and
13the coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1,
14356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8,
15356z.9, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22,
16356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33,
17356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51,
18356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and
19356z.61, and 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.70, and
20356z.71 of the Illinois Insurance Code. Insurance policies
21shall comply with Section 356z.19 of the Illinois Insurance
22Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b,
23and 370c of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of
24Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section.

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1 Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
2any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
3with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
4Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
5Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
6whatever reason, is unauthorized.
7(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22;
8102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff.
91-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-804,
10eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23;
11102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff.
121-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420,
13eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23;
14103-551, eff. 8-11-23; revised 8-29-23.)
15 Section 25. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
16adding Section 356z.71 as follows:
17 (215 ILCS 5/356z.71 new)
18 Sec. 356z.71. Coverage for hippotherapy and therapeutic
19riding.
20 (a) As used in this Section:
21 "Disability" means a determinable physical or mental
22characteristic of a person, including, but not limited to, a
23determinable physical characteristic that necessitates the
24person's use of a guide, hearing, or support dog, that may

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1result from a disease, injury, or congenital condition of
2birth or a functional disorder.
3 "Hippotherapy" means physical, occupational, or speech
4therapy, prescribed by a physician and delivered by a licensed
5occupational therapist, physical therapist, or speech-language
6pathologist, in conjunction with a professional horse handler
7and a therapy horse.
8 "Therapeutic riding" means horseback riding lessons
9adapted to an individual with a disability, delivered by a
10professional horse handler and a therapy horse.
11 (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health
12insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered,
13issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory
14Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall provide coverage for
15hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic riding.
16 Section 30. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
17amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:
18 (215 ILCS 125/5-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
19 Sec. 5-3. Insurance Code provisions.
20 (a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
21the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
22141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,
23154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a, 155.49,
24355.2, 355.3, 355b, 355c, 356f, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356v,

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1356w, 356x, 356z.2, 356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6,
2356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14,
3356z.15, 356z.17, 356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22,
4356z.23, 356z.24, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.28, 356z.29, 356z.30,
5356z.30a, 356z.31, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35,
6356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.44,
7356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.49, 356z.50, 356z.51,
8356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.58, 356z.59,
9356z.60, 356z.61, 356z.62, 356z.64, 356z.65, 356z.67, 356z.68,
10356z.71, 364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2, 367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b,
11368c, 368d, 368e, 370c, 370c.1, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A,
12408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1, paragraph (c) of
13subsection (2) of Section 367, and Articles IIA, VIII 1/2,
14XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and XXXIIB of the
15Illinois Insurance Code.
16 (b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
17for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
18Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
19are deemed to be "domestic companies":
20 (1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
21 Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
22 (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
23 State; or
24 (3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
25 state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
26 of this State, except a corporation subject to

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1 substantially the same requirements in its state of
2 organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
3 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
4 (c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
5acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
6pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
7 (1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
8 the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
9 financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
10 Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
11 acquisition of control takes effect;
12 (2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
13 Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
14 apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
15 with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
16 acquisition of control, need not take into account the
17 effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
18 other acquisition of control;
19 (3) the Director shall have the power to require the
20 following information:
21 (A) certification by an independent actuary of the
22 adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance
23 Organization sought to be acquired;
24 (B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the
25 combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and
26 the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be

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1 acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of
2 a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro
3 forma financial statements reflecting projected
4 combined operation for a period of 2 years;
5 (C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
6 acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation
7 of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
8 acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
9 (D) such other information as the Director shall
10 require.
11 (d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois
12Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by
13any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its
14enrollee population (including, without limitation, the health
15maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and
16to its health care certificates).
17 (e) In considering any management contract or service
18agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
19Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
20specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
21take into account the effect of the management contract or
22service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees
23and the financial condition of the health maintenance
24organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take
25into account the effect of the management contract or service
26agreement on competition.

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1 (f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
2Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
3Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
4defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
5Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
6group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
7additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
8 (i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
9 respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
10 in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
11 of the period for which a refund is to be paid or
12 additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
13 not be less than one year); and
14 (ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
15 shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
16 Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
17 respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
18 period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
19 premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
20 be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
21 Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
22 marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
23 made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
24 subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
25 the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
26 or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into

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1 account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
2 plan years.
3 The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
4statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
5describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
6and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
7the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
8to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
9profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
10unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
11or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable
12experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
13the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
14enrollment unit.
15 In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
16Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
17contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
18refund authorized under this Section.
19 (g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
20if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
21accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
22Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
23Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
24adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
25(Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-34, eff. 6-25-21;
26102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff.

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