(410 ILCS 22/85) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
Sec. 85. Insurance or annuity policies. (a) The sale, procurement, or issuance of a life, health, or accident insurance policy, annuity policy, or the rate charged for a policy shall not be conditioned upon or affected by a patient's act of making or rescinding a request for medication pursuant to this Act. (b) A qualified patient's act of self-administering medication pursuant to this Act does not invalidate any part of a life, health, or accident insurance, or annuity policy. (c) An insurance plan, including medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall not deny or alter benefits to a patient with a terminal disease who is a covered beneficiary of a health insurance plan, based on the availability of aid-in-dying care, their request for medication pursuant to this Act, or the absence of a request for medication pursuant to this Act. Failure to meet this requirement shall constitute a violation of the Illinois Insurance Code. (d) The Department of Insurance shall enforce the provisions of this Act with respect to any life, health, or accident insurance policy or annuity policy pursuant to the enforcement powers granted to it by law. A violation of this Act by any person or entity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Insurance shall be deemed a violation of the relevant provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code under which the person or entity is authorized to transact business in this State. (e) For the purposes of this Act, "life, health, or accident insurance policy or annuity policy" means any insurance under Class 1(a), 1(b), or 2(a) of the Illinois Insurance Code, a health care plan under the Health Maintenance Organization Act, a limited health care plan under the Limited Health Service Organization Act, a dental service plan under the Dental Service Plans Act, or a voluntary health services plan under the Voluntary Health Services Plan Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-441, eff. 9-12-26.) |