Illinois Administrative Code
Title 50 - INSURANCE
Part 2001 - CONSTRUCTION AND FILING OF ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY FORMS
Subpart A - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP POLICIES
Section 2001.5 - Prohibition of Preexisting Condition Exclusions
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) No Preexisting Condition Exclusions
A group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion (as defined in Section 2001.2 ). ( 45 CFR 147.108(a) )
b) Applicability
Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), this Section applies for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014; in the case of individual health insurance coverage, for policy years beginning, or applications denied, on or after January 1, 2014.
This Section applies with respect to enrollees, including applicants for enrollment, who are under 19 years of age for plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010; in the case of individual health insurance coverage, for policy years beginning, or applications denied, on or after September 23, 2010.
See 45 CFR 147.140 for determining the application of this Section to grandfathered health plans (providing that a grandfathered health plan that is a group health plan or group health insurance coverage must comply with the prohibition against preexisting condition exclusions; however, a grandfathered health plan that is individual health insurance coverage is not required to comply with PHS Act section 2704 ). ( 45 CFR 147.108(b) )