REGULATION-TECH

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/1 Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/356z.43 new 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for medically necessary comprehensive cancer testing and testing of blood or constitutional tissue for cancer predisposition testing as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches. Provides that the coverage shall be provided without any prior authorization requirements. Defines terms. Makes a corresponding change in the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Removes provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code that provide that coverage for comprehensive cancer testing shall be provided without any prior authorization requirements. Removes a definition of "prior authorization".