Bill Text: IL HB2385 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2024) shall provide coverage for a colonoscopy determined to be medically necessary (rather than medically necessary for persons aged 39 years old to 75 years old).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Referred to Assignments [HB2385 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2385-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 356z.48 as follows:
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| 6 | (215 ILCS 5/356z.48) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 356z.48. Colonoscopy coverage. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) A group policy of accident and health insurance that | ||||||
| 9 | is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January | ||||||
| 10 | 1, 2022 shall provide coverage for a colonoscopy that is a | ||||||
| 11 | follow-up exam based on an initial screen where the | ||||||
| 12 | colonoscopy was determined to be medically necessary by a | ||||||
| 13 | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, | ||||||
| 14 | an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician | ||||||
| 15 | assistant. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) A group or individual policy of accident and health | ||||||
| 17 | insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or | ||||||
| 18 | renewed on or after January 1, 2025 shall provide coverage for | ||||||
| 19 | a colonoscopy determined to be medically necessary. | ||||||
| 20 | (c) (b) A policy subject to this Section shall not impose a | ||||||
| 21 | deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing | ||||||
| 22 | requirement on the coverage provided; except that this | ||||||
| 23 | subsection does not apply to coverage of colonoscopies to the | ||||||
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