Bill Text: IL HB1336 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning arbitration of medical malpractice disputes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0657 [HB1336 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1336-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0657 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by adding | ||||
Section 143.19.3 as follows:
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(215 ILCS 5/143.19.3 new) | ||||
Sec. 143.19.3. Prohibition of rate increase for persons | ||||
involved in emergency use of vehicles. | ||||
(a) No insurer authorized to transact or transacting | ||||
business in this State, or controlling or controlled by or | ||||
under common control by or with an insurer authorized to | ||||
transact or transacting business in this State, that sells a | ||||
personal policy of automobile insurance in this State shall | ||||
increase the policy premium, cancel the policy, or refuse to | ||||
renew the policy solely because the insured or any other person | ||||
who customarily operates an automobile covered by the policy | ||||
has had an accident while operating an automobile in response | ||||
to an emergency when the insured was responding to a call to | ||||
duty as a volunteer EMS provider, as defined in Section 1-220 | ||||
of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) also apply to all | ||||
personal umbrella policies.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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