Bill Text: IL SB2909 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2017, an insurer that issues health insurance in the State of Illinois must provide each member covered under a policy or plan with a benefits identification card. Provides that the benefits identification card shall include the member's name, account tracking number, copayment and coinsurance amounts, and contact information for the insurer. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2909 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2909-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2909 Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. David S. Luechtefeld SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/370e.1 new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2017, an insurer that issues health insurance in the State of Illinois must provide each member covered under a policy or plan with a benefits identification card. Provides that the benefits identification card shall include the member's name, account tracking number, copayment and coinsurance amounts, and contact information for the insurer. Effective immediately.
LRB099 19603 EGJ 43998 b
A BILL FOR
SB2909 LRB099 19603 EGJ 43998 b
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 370e.1 as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/370e.1 new)
Sec. 370e.1. Benefits identification card required for
each member. On and after January 1, 2017, an insurer that
issues health insurance in the State of Illinois must provide
each member covered under a policy or plan with a benefits
identification card. The benefits identification card shall
include the member's name, account tracking number, copayment
and coinsurance amounts, and contact information for the
insurer.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.