Bill Text: IL HB0603 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning alternative teacher certification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-28 - Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 041-068-005 [HB0603 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0603-Amended.html

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Rep. William Davis

Filed: 11/27/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 603
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 603 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
22-15 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-15)
Sec. 22-15. Insurance on athletes.
(a) In this Section, "IHSA" means the Illinois High School
Association.
(b) A public school district maintaining grades 9 through
12 shall provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage,
with aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years,
whichever occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9
through 12 who sustain an accidental injury while participating
in school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic
athletic events sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and

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uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic event as well as
during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic event
held away from the student's school) that results in medical
expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are subject
to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in excess of
any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in whatever
form or designation.
Non-public schools maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall
provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with
aggregate benefit limits of $7.5 million or 15 years, whichever
occurs first, for eligible students in grades 9 through 12 who
sustain an accidental injury while participating in
school-sponsored or school-supervised interscholastic athletic
tournaments sanctioned by the IHSA (including direct and
uninterrupted travel to and from the athletic tournament as
well as during a temporary stay at the location of an athletic
tournament held away from the student's school) that results in
medical expenses in excess of $50,000. These benefit limits are
subject to subsection (d) of this Section and are to be in
excess of any and all other insurance, coverage or benefit, in
whatever form or designation.
(c) The IHSA has the exclusive authority to promulgate a
plan of coverage necessary to ensure compliance with this
Section. The IHSA shall provide a group policy providing the
coverage necessary to comply with this Section. Public school
districts and non-public schools may purchase the coverage

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necessary to comply with this Section by participating in the
group policy.
Alternatively, public school districts or non-public
schools that do not participate in the group policy may obtain
the coverage necessary to comply with this Section from other
coverage providers, but must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before
the coverage inception, a certificate of insurance from the
coverage provider stating that the insurance provided by the
coverage provider is in compliance with the plan of coverage
approved by the IHSA. A public school district that manages
schools located within a city of over 500,000 inhabitants may
provide the catastrophic accident insurance coverage required
by this Section through a program of self-insurance, and the
public school district must submit to the IHSA, 60 days before
coverage inception, proof that the program is in compliance
with the plan of coverage.
(d) The charges for procedures, treatments, services, or
prescription pharmaceuticals covered under this Section must
not exceed the charges permissible under the workers'
compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of Workers'
Compensation Act. With regard to charges for procedures,
treatments, services, or prescription pharmaceuticals covered
under this Section for which no fee is set by the workers'
compensation fee schedule under Section 8.2 of Workers'
Compensation Act, the coverage provider may negotiate charges
for the procedures, treatments, services, or prescription

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pharmaceuticals at a discount.
(e) A public school district maintaining grades
kindergarten through 8 may The school board of any school
district may, in its discretion, provide medical or hospital
service, or both, through accident and health insurance on a
group or individual basis, or through non-profit hospital
service corporations or medical service plan corporations or
both, for pupils of the district in grades kindergarten through
8 injured while participating in any athletic activity under
the jurisdiction of or sponsored or controlled by the district
or the authorities of any school thereof. The cost of such
insurance or of subscriptions to such non-profit corporations,
when paid from the funds of the district, shall, to the extent
such moneys are sufficient, be paid from moneys derived from
athletic activities. To the extent that moneys derived from
athletic activities are insufficient, such cost may be paid
from the educational fund of the district. Such insurance may
be purchased from or such subscriptions may be taken in only
such companies or corporations as are authorized to do business
in Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 77-1554.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2013.".