Bill Text: IL HB3081 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study to better understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured residents, including the reasons why individuals are uninsured and whether insured individuals are insured through an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. Requires the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall provide health insurance coverage to all of their workforce.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3081 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3081-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3081 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1405/1405-25
110 ILCS 330/3.5 new
210 ILCS 85/10.5 new
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study to better understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured residents, including the reasons why individuals are uninsured and whether insured individuals are insured through an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. Requires the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall provide health insurance coverage to all of their workforce.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Insurance Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
1405-25 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1405/1405-25)
Sec. 1405-25. Uninsured Ombudsman Program.
(a) The Department of Insurance shall establish and operate
an Ombudsman Program for uninsured individuals to provide
assistance and education to those individuals regarding health
insurance benefits options and rights under State and federal
law. The program may include, but is not limited to, counseling
for uninsured individuals in the discovery, evaluation, and
comparison of options for obtaining health insurance coverage.
(b) The Department may recruit and train volunteers to
assist in the Ombudsman Program. The volunteers may provide
one-on-one counseling on health insurance availability matters
and provide education to uninsured individuals through public
forums.
(c) The Department may issue reasonable rules necessary to
implement this Section.
(d) The Department shall conduct a study to better

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understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured
residents in Illinois. The study shall look at reasons why an
individual is uninsured, such as a part-time or full-time
working status, the inability to afford coverage, and the
inability to qualify for coverage under the medical assistance
program established under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid
Code. The study shall additionally look at those residents in
Illinois who are insured and whether they are covered through
an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health
insurance marketplace. The Department shall submit a report of
the findings, as well as the Department's recommendations to
reduce the number of uninsured residents in Illinois, to the
General Assembly no later than 12 months after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 92-331, eff. 1-1-02.)
Section 10. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/3.5 new)
Sec. 3.5. University of Illinois Hospital workforce;
health insurance required. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the University of Illinois Hospital shall provide
health insurance coverage to all of its workforce.
Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding

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Section 10.5 as follows: