Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 Insurance: Article -

• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Dental Care Patient Protection Act. (Source: P.A. 91-355, eff. 1-1-00.)
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 5
  Purpose; dental care patient rights. (a) The purpose of this Act is to provide fairness and choice to dental patients and dentists under managed...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Dental care services" means services permitted to be performed by a licensed dentist or any person working under...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 15
  Rules. The Department may promulgate such rules as it deems reasonably necessary to implement the terms of this Act. The Department shall establish an...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 25
  Provision of information. (a) A managed care dental plan shall provide upon request to prospective enrollees a written summary description of all of the...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 35
  Credentialing; utilization review; provider input. (a) Participating dentists shall be given an opportunity to comment on the plan's policies affecting their services to include...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 40
  Coverage; prior authorization. A managed care dental plan shall: (1) cover palliative treatment for emergency dental services, as included in its certificate of coverage,...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 45
  Prior authorization; consent forms. A plan for which prior authorization is a condition to coverage of a service must clearly disclose this provision in...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 50
  Point-of-service plans. (a) If an employer who has 25 or more employees and contributes 25% or more to the cost of the dental benefit...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 55
  Private cause of action; existing remedies. This Act and rules adopted under this Act do not: (1) provide a private cause of action for...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 60
  Record of complaints. (a) The Department shall maintain records concerning the complaints filed against the plan with the Department. The Department shall make a...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 65
  Administration of Act. The Director may adopt rules necessary to implement the Department's responsibility under this Act. To enforce the provisions of this Act,...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 70
  Retaliation prohibited. A managed care dental plan may not take any retaliatory actions, including cancellation or refusal to renew a policy, against an employer...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 75
  Application of other law. (a) All provisions of this Act and other applicable law that are not in conflict with this Act shall apply...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 80
  Limitations on indemnification provisions. No contract between a managed care dental plan and a provider may require that the provider indemnify the managed care...
• Illinois Dental Care Patient Protection Act. - 215 ILCS 109, Section 85
  Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 91-355, eff. 1-1-00.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015