Illinois § 3007

§ 3007.

Prior approval of policy forms. (a) No limited health service organization shall issue or deliver, in this State, a group contract or evidence of coverage, attach an endorsement or rider thereto, incorporate by reference, bylaws or other matter therein or use an application blank in this State until the form and content of such group contract or evidence of coverage, endorsement, rider, bylaw or other matter incorporated by reference or application blank has been filed with and approved by the Director and, provided further, except that any such endorsement or rider which is to be attached to a group contract or evidence of coverage subsequent to the date the group contract or evidence of coverage is issued must be filed with, reviewed and approved by the Director prior to the date it is attached to a group contract or evidence of coverage issued or delivered in this State. The Director shall withhold approval of any such group contract, evidence of coverage, endorsement, rider, bylaw or other matter incorporated by reference or application blank if it contains provisions which may encourage misrepresentation or are unjust, unfair, inequitable, ambiguous, misleading, inconsistent, deceptive, contrary to law or to the public policy of this State, or contains exceptions and conditions that unreasonably or deceptively affect the risk purported to be assumed in the general coverage of the group contract or evidence of coverage. In all cases the Director shall approve or disapprove any such form within 60 days after submission unless the Director extends, by not more than an additional 30 days, the period within which he shall approve or disapprove any such form by giving written notice to the organization of such extension before expiration of the initial 60 day period. The Director shall withdraw his approval of a group contract or evidence of coverage, endorsement rider, bylaw or other matter incorporated by reference or application blank if he subsequently determines that such group contract or evidence of coverage, endorsement, rider, bylaw, other matter incorporated by reference or application blank is misrepresentative, unjust, unfair, unequitable, ambiguous, misleading, inconsistent, deceptive, contrary to law or public policy of this State, or contains exceptions or conditions which unreasonably or deceptively affect the risk purported to be assumed in the general coverage of the group contract or evidence of coverage. (b) If a previously approved group contract or evidence of coverage, endorsement, rider, bylaw or other matter incorporated by reference or application blank is withdrawn from use, the Director shall serve upon the company an order of withdrawal of use, either personally or by mail, and if by mail, such service shall be completed if such notice is deposited in the post office, postage prepaid, addressed to the limited health service organization's last known address specified in the records of the Department of Insurance. The order of withdrawal of use shall take effect 30 days from the date of mailing, but shall be stayed if within the 30 day period a written request for hearing is filed with the Director. Such hearing shall be held at such time and place as designated in the order given by the Director. The hearing may be held either in the City of Springfield, the City of Chicago or in the county where the principal business address of the limited health service organization is located. The action of the Director in disapproving or withdrawing such form shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, as now or hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 86-600.)