Bill Texts: IL SB1187 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Creates the Right to Shop Act. Requires a carrier offering a health plan to develop and implement a program that provides incentives for enrollees in a health plan who elect to receive a comparable health care service from a provider that collects less than the average in-network allowed amount paid by that carrier to a network provider for that comparable health care service. Provides how incentives may be calculated, distributed, and offered. Requires the carrier to file a description of the health care service incentive program with the Department of Insurance. Requires a carrier to establish an interactive mechanism on its website to enable an enrollee to request the estimated amount the carrier would pay to a network provider for a comparable health care service. Requires the Director of Central Management Services to conduct an analysis on the cost effectiveness of implementing an incentive-based program for current enrollees and retirees of the State group health benefits plan. Requires a program found to be cost effective to be implemented as part of the next open enrollment. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-2)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1187 Detail]

Bill Drafts

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Introduced2019-02-05HTML/TextLinkView

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois SB1187

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