Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/356v

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
     After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, an insurer must comply with the provisions of the Genetic Information Privacy Act in connection with the amendment, delivery, issuance, or renewal of, or claims for or denial of coverage under, an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance. Additionally, genetic information shall not be treated as a condition described in item (1) of subsection (A) of § 20 of the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the absence of a diagnosis of the condition related to that genetic information.