Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no health insurer may charge a patient out-of-network rates for neonatal care at any hospital.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if a beneficiary, insured, or enrollee receives neonatal intensive care from a nonparticipating provider or nonparticipating facility, a health insurance issuer shall ensure that the beneficiary, insured, or enrollee shall incur no greater out-of-pocket costs than he or she would have incurred with a participating provider or a participating facility, as long as the nonparticipating provider or nonparticipating facility bills the neonatal intensive care as emergency services.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 215 ILCS 5/356
Engrossed: 215 ILCS 5/356
Enrolled: 215 ILCS 5/356