Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that when a person presents a benefits information card, if the health care professional or health care provider has a participation contract with the insurer, health maintenance organization, or other entity identified on the card, then the health care professional or health care provider shall submit its claim for services covered under the policy within the time frame specified by the insurer or other entity, but not later than one year after the last date that services have been provided to the insured person. Provides that the health care professional or health care provider may not discriminate against the insured person based upon the cause of that person's sickness or accidental injury. If the health care professional or health care provider fails to submit its claim within the time frame provided for under the Act, the health care professional or health care provider may not seek remittance from the insured person. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0136 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator James Clayborne [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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