Creates the Illinois Consumer Choice of Benefits Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that insurers may offer policies of accident and health insurance that do not provide state-mandated health benefits. Requires applications and policies to contain notice that the policy may not cover some or all of the state-mandated health benefits. Requires insurers to provide a disclaimer at the time the policy is issued that must be signed by the applicant or subscriber. Grants the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation the power to adopt rules necessary to implement the Act. Requires insurers to maintain a description of its rating practices and renewal underwriting practices. Provides for the applicability of certain Illinois Insurance Code provisions.
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Amends the Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997 of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, at such time as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System includes neither the nominal yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds nor the Treasury Long-Term Average Rate (25 years and above) in its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor publication, the nominal yields of 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in its weekly H.15 Statistical Release or successor publication shall instead be used to establish a rate for the purpose of calculating the Index defined in subsection (e) of Section 16-111 of the Act, and at such time, such yields of 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds shall also be used in place of the yields of 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds in the rate of return calculation required by subsection (d) of Section 16-111. Effective January 1, 2006.
Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning judicial notice.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the mine subsidence insurance Article of the Act.
Mourns the death of Ronald Browning of Godfrey, Illinois.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in instances where 2 or more commercial liability policies provide coverage for the same claim or loss, a party seeking coverage under one policy must also tender the defense and indemnity of the claim or loss to any other insurer that may also provide coverage. Provides that the allocation of defense costs and indemnity payments shall be determined by the terms of the policies of insurance. Provides that the failure of an insured to comply with the requirements of the Section does not preclude an insurer from seeking contribution from other insurers that also provide coverage for the claim or loss. Effective immediately.
Amends provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961 prohibiting the sale of a ticket to an unemancipated minor under 17 years of age for travel on a public conveyance to a destination outside Illinois without the consent of the minor's parents or guardian. Excludes, from the definition of "public conveyance", a public transportation vehicle operated by an entity under the jurisdiction of the Local Mass Transit District Act or the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that a city, village, or county that requires a permit for the installation and repair of plumbing may issue that permit only upon verification that the applicant is a licensed plumber or the owner occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of the permit. Effective immediately.