Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
Filed: 4/26/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5345 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5345 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

16    (b) The Department may recruit and train volunteers to 
 
 
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1assist in the
Ombudsman Program.  The volunteers may provide 
2one-on-one counseling on health
insurance availability matters 
3and provide education to uninsured individuals
through public 
4forums.

5    (c) The Department may issue reasonable rules necessary to 
6implement this
Section.

7    (d) The Department shall conduct a study to better 
8understand the gaps in health insurance coverage for uninsured 
9residents in Illinois. The study shall look at reasons why an 
10individual is uninsured, such as a part-time or full-time 
11working status, the inability to afford coverage, and the 
12inability to qualify for coverage under the medical assistance 
13program established under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid 
14Code. The study shall additionally look at those residents in 
15Illinois who are insured and whether they are covered through 
16an employer-sponsored plan or through the Illinois health 
17insurance marketplace. The Department shall submit a report of 
18the findings, as well as the Department's recommendations to 
19reduce the number of uninsured residents in Illinois, to the 
20General Assembly no later than 12 months after the effective 
21date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The 
22report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of 
23the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in 
24electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the 
25Secretary shall direct. 
26(Source: P.A. 92-331, eff. 1-1-02.)

 
 
 
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1    Section 10. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is 
2amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
3    (110 ILCS 330/3.5 new)
4    Sec. 3.5. University of Illinois Hospital workforce; 
5health insurance required. Notwithstanding any other provision 
6of law, the University of Illinois Hospital shall provide 
7health insurance coverage to all of its workforce.


 
8    Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding 
9Section 10.5 as follows:
 
10    (210 ILCS 85/10.5 new)
11    Sec. 10.5. Hospital workforce; health insurance required. 
12Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each hospital 
13licensed under this Act shall provide health insurance coverage 
14to all of its workforce.".