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Introduced Session

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to create the Consumer Protection from Surprise Health Care Billing Act. Provides that, on or after July 1, 2025, notwithstanding any other applicable provision, when a beneficiary, insured, or enrollee receives services from a nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider, the health insurance issuer shall ensure that the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs than the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee would have incurred with a participating ground ambulance service provider. Provides that any cost-sharing requirements shall be applied as though the services provided by the nonparticipating ground ambulance service provider had been provided by a participating ground ambulance service provider. Sets forth provisions concerning payment for ground ambulance services; calculating the recognized amount; limitations for the cost sharing amount for any occurrence in which a ground ambulance service is provided to a beneficiary; appeals for payments made by health insurance issuers; the maximum allowable payment amounts, by individual service types, for nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers owned, operated, or controlled by a private organization; and payments to nonparticipating ground ambulance service providers owned, operated, or controlled, by a unit of government which participates in the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Makes conforming changes. Provides that the failure by a health insurance issuer to comply with the specified requirements constitutes an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and enforcement authority is granted to the Attorney General. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make corresponding changes. Effective July 1, 2025.

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Ram Villivalam (D)*,  Chris Balkema (R),  Terri Bryant (R),  Cristina Castro (D),  Javier Cervantes (D),  Lakesia Collins (D),  Bill Cunningham (D),  John Curran (R),  Mary Edly-Allen (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Laura Fine (D),  Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D),  Graciela Guzmán (D),  Mike Halpin (D),  Napoleon Harris (D),  Erica Harriss (R),  Mike Hastings (D),  Linda Holmes (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Adriane Johnson (D),  Dave Koehler (D),  Seth Lewis (R),  Rob Martwick (D),  Robert Peters (D),  Mike Porfirio (D),  Willie Preston (D),  Chapin Rose (R),  Mike Simmons (D),  Doris Turner (D),  Rachel Ventura (D),  Karina Villa (D),  Celina Villanueva (D), 

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments (on 07/02/2025)

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