103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2815
 
Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
20 ILCS 1405/1405-25
110 ILCS 330/3.5 new
210 ILCS 85/10.5 new

 Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study to better understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured residents, including the reasons why individuals are uninsured and whether insured individuals are insured through an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. Requires the Department to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that hospitals licensed under the Act shall provide health insurance coverage to all of their workforce.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning State government.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Department of Insurance Law of the
Civil 
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 
61405-25 as follows:




7 (20 ILCS 1405/1405-25)



8 Sec. 1405-25. Uninsured Ombudsman Program. 

9 (a) The Department of Insurance shall establish and 
10operate an Ombudsman
Program for uninsured individuals to 
11provide assistance and education to those
individuals 
12regarding
health insurance benefits options and rights under 
13State and federal law. The
program may include, but is not 
14limited to, counseling for uninsured
individuals in the 
15discovery, evaluation, and comparison of options for
obtaining 
16health insurance coverage.

17 (b) The Department may recruit and train volunteers to 
18assist in the
Ombudsman Program. The volunteers may provide 
19one-on-one counseling on health
insurance availability matters 
20and provide education to uninsured individuals
through public 
21forums.

22 (c) The Department may issue reasonable rules necessary to 
23implement this
Section.

 
 
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1 (d) The Department shall conduct a study to better 
2understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured 
3residents in Illinois. The study shall look at reasons why an 
4individual is uninsured, such as a part-time or full-time 
5working status, the inability to afford coverage, and the 
6inability to qualify for coverage under the medical assistance 
7program established under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid 
8Code. The study shall additionally look at those residents in 
9Illinois who are insured and whether they are covered through 
10an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health 
11insurance marketplace. The Department shall submit a report of 
12the findings, as well as the Department's recommendations to 
13reduce the number of uninsured residents in Illinois, to the 
14General Assembly no later than 12 months after the effective 
15date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. 
16(Source: P.A. 92-331, eff. 1-1-02.)


17 Section 10. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
18amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:

19 (110 ILCS 330/3.5 new)
20 Sec. 3.5. University of Illinois Hospital workforce; 
21health insurance required. Notwithstanding any other provision 
22of law, the University of Illinois Hospital shall provide 
23health insurance coverage to all of its workforce.


 
 
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1 Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by 
2adding Section 10.5 as follows: