Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 4/8/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1044




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1044 by replacing 
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lines 21 through 30 on page 1 and all of page 2 with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 15. Reporting of employer-provided health 
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insurance information. 
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    (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 
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Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, in 
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collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the 
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Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall 
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annually prepare a public health access program beneficiary 
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employer report to be submitted to the General Assembly. For 
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the purposes of this Section, a "public health access program 
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beneficiary" means a person who receives medical assistance 
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under Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.

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    Subject to federal approval, the report shall provide the 
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following information for each  employer who has more than 100 
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employees and 50 or more public health access beneficiaries:

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        (1) The name and address of the qualified employer.

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        (2) The number of public health access program 
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    beneficiaries.

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        (3) The number of public health access program 
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    beneficiaries who are spouses or dependents of employees of 
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    the employer.

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        (4) Information on whether the employer offers health 
 


 






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    insurance benefits to employees and their dependents.

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        (5) Information on whether the employer receives 
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    health insurance benefits through the company. 
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        (6) Whether  an employer offers health insurance 
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    benefits, and, if so, information on the level of premium 
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    subsidies for such health insurance.

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        (7) The cost to the State of Illinois of providing 
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    public health access program benefits for the employer's 
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    employees and enrolled dependents.

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    (b) The report shall not include the names of any 
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individual public health access program beneficiary and shall 
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be subject to privacy standard both in the Health Insurance 
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Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and in Title XIX of 
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the federal Social Security Act.  
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    (c) The first report shall be submitted on or before 
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October 1, 2006, and subsequent reports shall be submitted on 
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or before that date each year thereafter.".