Illinois Senate Bill 2740 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews group accident and health policies providing coverage for hospital or medical treatment or services for illness entered into on or after January 1, 2021 shall ensure that the insured have timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions. Provides that network adequacy standards for timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions must satisfy specified minimum requirements. Provides that if there is no in-network facility or provider available for an insured to receive timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions in accordance with the minimum network adequacy standards, the insurer shall provide necessary exceptions to its network to ensure admission and treatment with a provider or at a treatment facility in accordance with those network adequacy standards. Effective immediately.

INS-MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]
Sen. Laura Murphy [D]	Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant [D]	Sen. Terry Link [D]	Sen. Michael Hastings [D]
Sen. Scott Bennett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2020-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 31, 2020
2020-05-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 29, 2020
2020-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
2020-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
2020-04-12	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2020-03-25	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
2020-02-27	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2020-02-26	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2020
2020-02-26	Senate	Do Pass Insurance; 016-000-000
2020-02-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
2020-02-24	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
2020-02-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2020-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2020-02-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
2020-02-04	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2020-02-04	Senate	Assigned to Insurance
2020-01-29	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2020-01-29	Senate	First Reading
2020-01-29	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	370c	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2740&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB2740.htm