Illinois Administrative Code
Title 50 - INSURANCE
Part 2603 - UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR MARITAL STATUS
Section 2603.35 - Prohibited Gender Identity Discrimination
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) A company that offers or provides group or individual health insurance coverage that is neither a grandfathered plan nor a plan offering excepted benefits shall not discriminate on the basis of an insured's or prospective insured's actual or perceived gender identity, or on the basis that the insured or prospective insured is a transgender person. The discrimination prohibited by this Section includes any of the following:
b) Temporary Exemption for Transitional Small Group Plans. A group plan having fewer than 51 members that was sold before January 1, 2014 and renewed between January 1, 2015 and October 1, 2015 will not be required to comply with the requirements of this Section until after the expiration of the 2015 plan year.
c) Nothing in this Section is intended to determine, or restrict a company from determining, whether a particular health care service is medically necessary.