The Illinois Health Benefits Exchange, which operates the states new ACA exchange, Get Covered Illinois, has published their June advisory committee meeting slide deck. Let's dig in!
Enacted state healthcare legislation
HB 0111: DOI Budget Appropriation: Approval of DOI’s budget appropriation request, which includes $72,345,000 in resources to support GCI’s operation and additional headcount to support the hiring of six new GCI positions.
SB 3815: Health Insurance Enrollment Protections: Prohibits insurers from denying enrollment in coverage when an individual has past-due premiums from a previous plan unless specific conditions are met. Prohibiting insurers from stacking past-due premiums on the initial binder payment and requires insurers to offer a 12-month payment plan for past-due premiums.
SB 3508: Annual DOI Administrative Cleanup Bill: Among other insurance-related items, allows GCI to adopt new federal regulations more easily to ensure timely compliance with ACA provisions.
