Bill Text: IL SB3661 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to, a preferred provider organization, an independent physician association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed charges for health care services provided to an insured or enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB3661 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB3661-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB3661 Introduced 2/10/2012, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
215 ILCS 5/356z.3b new
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to, a preferred provider organization, an independent physician association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed charges for health care services provided to an insured or enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.
LRB097 19886 RPM 65170 b
A BILL FOR
SB3661 LRB097 19886 RPM 65170 b
AN ACT concerning insurance.
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.3b as follows:
(215 ILCS 5/356z.3b new)
Sec. 356z.3b. Health care services copayments. A health
benefit plan or health carrier, including, but not limited to,
a preferred provider organization, an independent physician
association, a third-party administrator, or any entity that
contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose
any fixed co-payment that exceeds 50% of the total billed
charges for health care services provided to an insured or
enrolled during a visit to a health care provider.