Bill Text: IL SB3508 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the End Organ Harvesting Act. Provides that a health benefit plan issuer may not cover a human organ transplant or post-transplant care if: (1) the transplant operation is performed in the People's Republic of China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the Director of Public Health; or (2) the human organ to be transplanted was procured by sale or donation originating in the People's Republic of China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the Director of Public Health. Provides that the Director of Public Health may designate additional countries with governments that fund, sponsor, or otherwise facilitate forced organ harvesting and shall provide written notice to the Secretary of Human Services and the Director of Insurance when the Director of Public Health designates an additional country. Defines "forced organ harvesting". Sets forth provisions concerning applicability and severability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-12 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024 [SB3508 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3508-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3508 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Jason Plummer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the End Organ Harvesting Act. Provides that a health benefit plan issuer may not cover a human organ transplant or post-transplant care if: (1) the transplant operation is performed in the People's Republic of China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the Director of Public Health; or (2) the human organ to be transplanted was procured by sale or donation originating in the People's Republic of China or another country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting, as designated by the Director of Public Health. Provides that the Director of Public Health may designate additional countries with governments that fund, sponsor, or otherwise facilitate forced organ harvesting and shall provide written notice to the Secretary of Human Services and the Director of Insurance when the Director of Public Health designates an additional country. Defines "forced organ harvesting". Sets forth provisions concerning applicability and severability.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the End
Organ Harvesting Act.
Section 3. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to combat
the practice of forcibly harvesting organs from living persons
for transplant without free, voluntary consent; bring
awareness to China's state-sanctioned practice of forced organ
harvesting of prisoners of conscience and other vulnerable
persons; and prevent residents of this State from unknowingly
involving themselves in forced organ harvesting.
Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "forced organ
harvesting" means the removal of one or more organs from a
living person, or a person killed for the purpose of removal of
one or more organs, by means of coercion, abduction,
deception, fraud, or abuse of power or a position of
vulnerability.
Section 10. Applicability.
(a) This Act only applies to a health benefit plan that
provides benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as

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a result of a health condition, accident, or sickness,
including an individual, group, blanket, or franchise
insurance policy or insurance agreement, a group hospital
service contract, or an individual group evidence of coverage
or similar coverage document that is offered by:
(1) an insurance company;
(2) a group hospital service corporation;
(3) a health maintenance organization operating under
the Health Maintenance Organization Act;
(4) an approved nonprofit health corporation that
holds a certificate of authority;
(5) a multiple employer welfare arrangement that holds
a certificate of authority;
(6) a stipulated premium company;
(7) a fraternal benefit society operating under
Article XXVII of the Illinois Insurance Code;
(8) a domestic Lloyds, foreign Lloyds, or alien Lloyds
that holds a certificate of authority under Article V of
the Illinois Insurance Code; or
(9) an exchange operating under the Illinois Health
Benefits Exchange Law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, this Act applies to:
(1) an individual or group policy of accident and
health insurance issued under the Illinois Insurance Code;
(2) health benefits under the State Employees Group
Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois

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Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance
Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization
Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act;
(3) the program of health benefits under Article V of
the Illinois Public Aid Code; and
(4) the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Section 15. Coverage prohibited.
(a) A health benefit plan issuer may not cover a human
organ transplant or post-transplant care if:
(1) the transplant operation is performed in the
People's Republic of China or another country known to
have participated in forced organ harvesting, as
designated by the Director of Public Health; or
(2) the human organ to be transplanted was procured by
sale or donation originating in the People's Republic of
China or another country known to have participated in
forced organ harvesting, as designated by the Director of
Public Health.
(b) The Director of Public Health may designate additional
countries with governments that fund, sponsor, or otherwise
facilitate forced organ harvesting and shall provide written
notice to the Secretary of Human Services and the Director of
Insurance when the Director of Public Health designates an
additional country.

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