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SB2838 • 2026

INS-HEARING CARE PLAN

INS-HEARING CARE PLAN

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Sponsor
Rita Mayfield
Last action
2026-06-18
Official status
Sent to the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-18 Illinois General Assembly

    Sent to the Governor

  2. 2026-05-30 Illinois General Assembly

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro

  3. 2026-05-22 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar

  4. 2026-05-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000

  5. 2026-05-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Passed Both Houses

  6. 2026-05-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson

  7. 2026-05-20 Illinois General Assembly

    Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  8. 2026-05-19 Illinois General Assembly

    Second Reading - Short Debate

  9. 2026-05-19 Illinois General Assembly

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  10. 2026-05-06 Illinois General Assembly

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  11. 2026-05-05 Illinois General Assembly

    Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee ; 015-000-000

  12. 2026-04-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Assigned to Insurance Committee

  13. 2026-04-17 Illinois General Assembly

    Arrived in House

  14. 2026-04-17 Illinois General Assembly

    Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  15. 2026-04-17 Illinois General Assembly

    First Reading

  16. 2026-04-17 Illinois General Assembly

    Referred to Rules Committee

  17. 2026-04-16 Illinois General Assembly

    Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  18. 2026-04-14 Illinois General Assembly

    Second Reading

  19. 2026-04-14 Illinois General Assembly

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 15, 2026

  20. 2026-04-14 Illinois General Assembly

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 15, 2026

  21. 2026-03-11 Illinois General Assembly

    Do Pass as Amended Insurance ; 010-000-000

  22. 2026-03-11 Illinois General Assembly

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2026

  23. 2026-03-10 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance

  24. 2026-03-10 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  25. 2026-03-06 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  26. 2026-03-06 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  27. 2026-02-03 Illinois General Assembly

    Assigned to Insurance

  28. 2026-01-13 Illinois General Assembly

    Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

  29. 2026-01-13 Illinois General Assembly

    First Reading

  30. 2026-01-13 Illinois General Assembly

    Referred to Assignments

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AN ACT concerning regulation.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
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adding Sections 356z.88, 370u, and 511.119 as follows:

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(215 ILCS 5/356z.88 new)
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Sec. 356z.88.
Hearing care plans and discounted hearing
8
care plans.
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(a) Definitions. In this Section:
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"Administrator" means any administrator as defined in
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Section 370g or 511.101 of this Code.
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"Cost sharing" has the meaning given to that term in
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Section 356z.3a of this Code.
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"Covered items" means items for which reimbursement or
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capitation from an enrollee's hearing care plan is provided to
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a hearing instrument professional or for which a reimbursement
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or discount is provided to an enrollee under a hearing care
18
plan or discounted hearing care plan.
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"Covered items" includes, but is not limited to,
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prescription hearing aids, earmolds, domes or inserts,
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assistive listening devices, and hearing aid supplies and
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accessories. "Covered items" does not include over-the-counter
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hearing aids as defined in 21 CFR 800.30(b).

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"Covered services" means services for which reimbursement
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or capitation from an enrollee's hearing care plan is provided
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to a hearing instrument professional or for which a
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reimbursement or discount is provided to an enrollee under a
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hearing care plan or discounted hearing care plan.
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"Discount hearing care benefit" means a hearing care
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benefit that is offered in a discounted hearing care plan.
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"Discounted hearing care plan" means a discounted health
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care services plan, as defined in 50 Ill. Adm. Code 2051.220,
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that provides discounts for covered items or services.
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"Enrollee" means any individual enrolled in a hearing care
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plan or a beneficiary of a discounted hearing care plan.
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"Excepted benefits" has the meaning given to that term in
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42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(c) and federal regulations thereunder.
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"Funded hearing care benefit" means hearing care benefits
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that are offered in the enrollee's hearing care plan contract.
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"Health insurance coverage" has the meaning given to that
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term in Section 5 of the Illinois Health Insurance Portability
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and Accountability Act.
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"Health insurance issuer" has the meaning given to that
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term in Section 5 of the Illinois Health Insurance Portability
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and Accountability Act.
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"Hearing care benefits" means the covered items or covered
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services listed or otherwise covered in the contract or plan
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documents for an enrollee's hearing care plan or discounted
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hearing care plan.

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"Hearing care organization" means a health insurance
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issuer or administrator formed under the laws of this State or
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another state that issues or administers a hearing care plan
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or discounted hearing care plan.
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"Hearing care plan" means any policy, certificate,
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contract, or other plan of health insurance coverage, whether
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excepted benefits or any other coverage, that provides
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coverage for covered items and covered services.
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"Hearing instrument professional" means a person who is
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licensed in this State as an audiologist, a hearing instrument
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dispenser, or a physician.
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"Manufacturer" means the legal person, including any
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business entity or other form of organization, that
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manufactures and distributes hearing aids, earmolds, domes or
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inserts, assistive listening devices, and hearing aid supplies
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and accessories.
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"Noncovered items and services" means items and services
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that are not funded or discounted by the enrollee's hearing
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care plan or discounted hearing care plan and where the
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enrollee is fully responsible for the cost of the item or
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service.
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"Prescription hearing aid" means any instrument or device,
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including an instrument or device dispensed pursuant to a
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prescription or order, that is designed, intended, or offered
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for the purpose of improving a person's hearing and any parts,
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attachments, or accessories, including earmolds.

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"Prescription hearing aid" does not include batteries,
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cords, and individual or group auditory training devices and
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any instrument or device used by a public utility in providing
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telephone or other communication services.
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"Routine hearing care services" means services that lack
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medical necessity, such as pass or fail hearing screenings,
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that are used to determine the need for additional diagnostic
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hearing testing.
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"Subcontractor" means any company, group, or third-party
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entity, including agents, servants, partially owned or wholly
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owned subsidiaries, and controlled organizations, that the
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hearing care organization contracts with to supply items or
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service for a hearing instrument professional or enrollee to
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fulfill the benefit plan of a hearing care plan or discounted
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hearing care plan.

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(b) No hearing care organization that is an issuer or
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administrator of a hearing care plan or discounted hearing
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care plan issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after
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the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
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Assembly shall issue or renew a contract that requires a
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hearing instrument professional, as a condition of
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participation in the hearing care plan or discounted hearing
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care plan, to provide items or services to an enrollee at a fee
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set by the hearing care plan or discounted hearing care plan
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unless the items and services are covered items or covered
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services under the hearing care plan or discounted hearing

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care plan.
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(c) A hearing instrument professional who chooses not to
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accept as payment an amount set by a hearing care plan or
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discounted hearing care plan for items and services that are
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not covered by the hearing care plan or discounted hearing
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care plan shall:
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(1) post, in a conspicuous place, a notice stating the
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following: "IMPORTANT: This hearing instrument
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professional does not accept the fee schedule set by your
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hearing care plan for hearing care items and services that
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are not covered benefits under your plan, when the item or
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service is provided prior to the hearing aid fitting,
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after one year following the initial fitting of the
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hearing aids, or after all of the allowed service visits
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are exhausted. In these cases, the hearing instrument
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professional may charge his or her usual and customary
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fees for those items and services. This hearing instrument
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professional will provide you with an estimated cost for
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each noncovered item or service in accordance with the No
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Surprises Act."; or
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(2) provide the information required under paragraph
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(1) in a document provided by the hearing instrument
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professional to the patient.
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(d) Hearing care benefits must be communicated in writing
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by the hearing care organization to an enrollee, prospective
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enrollee, and the hearing instrument professional. Covered

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items and services subject to de minimis reimbursement are not
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required to be listed in this communication. Noncovered items
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and noncovered services must be identified in the hearing care
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plan's marketing materials, contract, and plan documents.
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(e) No hearing care organization or its officers,
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directors, agents, and employees may represent a discount
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hearing care benefit as a funded hearing care benefit. A
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hearing care organization must clearly list and document, in
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the schedule of benefits and in marketing materials and plan
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documents, the specific cost sharing amounts to hearing care
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benefits provided by both in-network and out-of-network
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providers of a hearing care plan or, in the case of a
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discounted hearing care plan, the specific discounted amounts
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for the discount hearing care benefits provided by preferred
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providers.
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(f) A hearing care plan or discounted hearing care plan
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may provide hearing care benefits that include routine hearing
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care services and medically necessary diagnostic hearing
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services in accordance with guidance promulgated by the
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If hearing care
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benefits or discount hearing care benefits include routine
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hearing testing for the purpose of fitting or modifying a
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hearing aid, the hearing instrument professional shall be
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reimbursed, by the hearing care organization, by the enrollee,
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or by both, as applicable under the terms of the plan, for the
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costs of performing the testing regardless of whether the

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enrollee proceeds with the purchase of a prescription hearing
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aid.
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(g) If a hearing care organization is owned or operated,
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in whole or in part, by a hearing aid manufacturer and that
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manufacturer offers prescription hearing aids within the
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hearing care benefits of a hearing care plan or discounted
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hearing care plan, that hearing care organization must
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disclose, on its websites for enrollees or potential
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enrollees, in its marketing communications, and in its
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benefits or plan documents, its ownership or operational
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interest and specify which prescription hearing aids are
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available within the hearing care plan or discounted hearing
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care plan it issues or administers.
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(h) The provisions of this Section apply to any
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subcontractors used by a hearing care organization to supply
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items or services to a hearing instrument professional.

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(215 ILCS 5/370u new)
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Sec. 370u.
Hearing care plans and discounted hearing care
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plans.
All administrators of hearing care plans or discounted
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hearing care plans must comply with Section 356z.88 of this
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Code.

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(215 ILCS 5/511.119 new)
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Sec. 511.119.
Hearing care plans.
All administrators of
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hearing care plans must comply with Section 356z.88 of this

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Code.

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Section 10.
The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
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amended by changing Section 5-3 as follows:

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(215 ILCS 125/5-3)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2)
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Sec. 5-3.
Illinois Insurance Code provisions.
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(a) Health Maintenance Organizations shall be subject to
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the provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140,
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141.1, 141.2, 141.3, 143, 143.31, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151,
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152, 153, 154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.22a,
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155.49, 352c, 355.2, 355.3, 355.6, 355.7, 355b, 355c, 356f,
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356g, 356g.5-1, 356m, 356q, 356u.10, 356v, 356w, 356x, 356z.2,
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356z.3a, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.5, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9,
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356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.17,
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356z.18, 356z.19, 356z.20, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.23, 356z.24,
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356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.28, 356z.29, 356z.30, 356z.31, 356z.32,
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356z.33, 356z.34, 356z.35, 356z.36, 356z.37, 356z.38, 356z.39,
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356z.40, 356z.40a, 356z.41, 356z.44, 356z.45, 356z.46,
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356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.49, 356z.50, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
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356z.55, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.58, 356z.59, 356z.60, 356z.61,
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356z.62, 356z.63, 356z.64, 356z.65, 356z.66, 356z.67, 356z.68,
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356z.69, 356z.70, 356z.71, 356z.72, 356z.73, 356z.74, 356z.75,
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356z.76, 356z.77, 356z.78,
356z.79,
356z.80,
356z.81, 356z.82,
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356z.83, 356z.84, 356z.85, 356z.88,
364, 364.01, 364.3, 367.2,
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367.2-5, 367i, 368a, 368b, 368c, 368d, 368e, 370a, 370c,

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370c.1, 401, 401.1, 402, 403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444,
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and 444.1, paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of Section 367, and
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Articles IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV,
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XXVI, and XXXIIB of the Illinois Insurance Code.
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(b) For purposes of the Illinois Insurance Code, except
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for Sections 444 and 444.1 and Articles XIII and XIII 1/2,
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Health Maintenance Organizations in the following categories
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are deemed to be "domestic companies":
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(1) a corporation authorized under the Dental Service
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Plan Act or the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
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(2) a corporation organized under the laws of this
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State; or
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(3) a corporation organized under the laws of another
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state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
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of this State, except a corporation subject to
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substantially the same requirements in its state of
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organization as is a "domestic company" under Article VIII
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1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
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(c) In considering the merger, consolidation, or other
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acquisition of control of a Health Maintenance Organization
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pursuant to Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
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(1) the Director shall give primary consideration to
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the continuation of benefits to enrollees and the
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financial conditions of the acquired Health Maintenance
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Organization after the merger, consolidation, or other
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acquisition of control takes effect;

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(2)(i) the criteria specified in subsection (1)(b) of
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Section 131.8 of the Illinois Insurance Code shall not
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apply and (ii) the Director, in making his determination
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with respect to the merger, consolidation, or other
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acquisition of control, need not take into account the
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effect on competition of the merger, consolidation, or
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other acquisition of control;
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(3) the Director shall have the power to require the
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following information:
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(A) certification by an independent actuary of the
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adequacy of the reserves of the Health Maintenance
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Organization sought to be acquired;
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(B) pro forma financial statements reflecting the
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combined balance sheets of the acquiring company and
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the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
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acquired as of the end of the preceding year and as of
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a date 90 days prior to the acquisition, as well as pro
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forma financial statements reflecting projected
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combined operation for a period of 2 years;
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(C) a pro forma business plan detailing an
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acquiring party's plans with respect to the operation
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of the Health Maintenance Organization sought to be
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acquired for a period of not less than 3 years; and
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(D) such other information as the Director shall
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require.
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(d) The provisions of Article VIII 1/2 of the Illinois

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Insurance Code and this Section 5-3 shall apply to the sale by
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any health maintenance organization of greater than 10% of its
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enrollee population (including, without limitation, the health
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maintenance organization's right, title, and interest in and
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to its health care certificates).
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(e) In considering any management contract or service
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agreement subject to Section 141.1 of the Illinois Insurance
8
Code, the Director (i) shall, in addition to the criteria
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specified in Section 141.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code,
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take into account the effect of the management contract or
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service agreement on the continuation of benefits to enrollees
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and the financial condition of the health maintenance
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organization to be managed or serviced, and (ii) need not take
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into account the effect of the management contract or service
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agreement on competition.
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(f) Except for small employer groups as defined in the
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Small Employer Rating, Renewability and Portability Health
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Insurance Act and except for medicare supplement policies as
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defined in Section 363 of the Illinois Insurance Code, a
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Health Maintenance Organization may by contract agree with a
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group or other enrollment unit to effect refunds or charge
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additional premiums under the following terms and conditions:
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(i) the amount of, and other terms and conditions with
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respect to, the refund or additional premium are set forth
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in the group or enrollment unit contract agreed in advance
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of the period for which a refund is to be paid or

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additional premium is to be charged (which period shall
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not be less than one year); and
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(ii) the amount of the refund or additional premium
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shall not exceed 20% of the Health Maintenance
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Organization's profitable or unprofitable experience with
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respect to the group or other enrollment unit for the
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period (and, for purposes of a refund or additional
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premium, the profitable or unprofitable experience shall
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be calculated taking into account a pro rata share of the
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Health Maintenance Organization's administrative and
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marketing expenses, but shall not include any refund to be
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made or additional premium to be paid pursuant to this
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subsection (f)). The Health Maintenance Organization and
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the group or enrollment unit may agree that the profitable
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or unprofitable experience may be calculated taking into
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account the refund period and the immediately preceding 2
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plan years.
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The Health Maintenance Organization shall include a
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statement in the evidence of coverage issued to each enrollee
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describing the possibility of a refund or additional premium,
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and upon request of any group or enrollment unit, provide to
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the group or enrollment unit a description of the method used
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to calculate (1) the Health Maintenance Organization's
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profitable experience with respect to the group or enrollment
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unit and the resulting refund to the group or enrollment unit
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or (2) the Health Maintenance Organization's unprofitable

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experience with respect to the group or enrollment unit and
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the resulting additional premium to be paid by the group or
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enrollment unit.
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In no event shall the Illinois Health Maintenance
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Organization Guaranty Association be liable to pay any
6
contractual obligation of an insolvent organization to pay any
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refund authorized under this Section.
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(g) Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045,
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if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in
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accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative
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Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint
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Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so
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adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized.
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(Source: P.A. 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24;
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103-123, eff. 1-1-24; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-420, eff.
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1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-551,
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eff. 8-11-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-618, eff. 1-1-25;
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103-649, eff. 1-1-25; 103-656, eff. 1-1-25; 103-700, eff.
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1-1-25; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24; 103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-753,
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eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25; 103-777, eff. 8-2-24;
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103-808, eff. 1-1-26; 103-914, eff. 1-1-25; 103-918, eff.
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1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; 104-1, eff. 6-9-25; 104-28,
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eff. 1-1-26; 104-42, eff. 8-1-25; 104-68, eff. 1-1-26; 104-73,
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eff. 1-1-26; 104-98, eff. 1-1-26; 104-289, eff. 1-1-26;
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104-324, eff. 1-1-26; 104-334, eff. 8-15-25; 104-379, eff.
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1-1-26; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25; revised 11-21-25.)

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Section 15.
The Limited Health Service Organization Act is
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amended by changing Section 4003 as follows:

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(215 ILCS 130/4003)

(from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3)
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Sec. 4003.
Illinois Insurance Code provisions.
Limited
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health service organizations shall be subject to the
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provisions of Sections 133, 134, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141.1,
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141.2, 141.3, 143, 143.31, 143c, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153,
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154, 154.5, 154.6, 154.7, 154.8, 155.04, 155.37, 155.49, 352c,
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355.2, 355.3, 355b, 355d, 356m, 356q, 356v, 356z.4, 356z.4a,
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356z.10, 356z.21, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.32,
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356z.33, 356z.41, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54,
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356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.61, 356z.64, 356z.67, 356z.68, 356z.71,
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356z.73, 356z.74, 356z.75, 356z.79, 356z.80,
356z.81, 356z.83,
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356z.84, 356z.85, 356z.88,
364.3, 368a, 370a, 401, 401.1, 402,
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403, 403A, 408, 408.2, 409, 412, 444, and 444.1 and Articles
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IIA, VIII 1/2, XII, XII 1/2, XIII, XIII 1/2, XXV, XXVI, and
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XXXIIB of the Illinois Insurance Code. Nothing in this Section
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shall require a limited health care plan to cover any service
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that is not a limited health service. For purposes of the
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Illinois Insurance Code, except for Sections 444 and 444.1 and
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Articles XIII and XIII 1/2, limited health service
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organizations in the following categories are deemed to be
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domestic companies:
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(1) a corporation under the laws of this State; or

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(2) a corporation organized under the laws of another
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state, 30% or more of the enrollees of which are residents
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of this State, except a corporation subject to
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substantially the same requirements in its state of
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organization as is a domestic company under Article VIII
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1/2 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
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(Source: P.A. 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24;
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103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-426, eff. 8-4-23; 103-445, eff.
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1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-649, eff. 1-1-25; 103-656,
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eff. 1-1-25; 103-700, eff. 1-1-25; 103-718, eff. 7-19-24;
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103-751, eff. 8-2-24; 103-758, eff. 1-1-25; 103-832, eff.
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1-1-25; 103-1024, eff. 1-1-25; 104-1, eff. 6-9-25; 104-42,
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eff. 8-1-25; 104-73, eff. 1-1-26; 104-98, eff. 1-1-26;
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104-289, eff. 1-1-26; 104-324, eff. 1-1-26; 104-334, eff.
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8-15-25; 104-379, eff. 1-1-26; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25; revised
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11-21-25.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect January
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1, 2027.

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