Loading chat...
IL HB1865
Bill
Status
8/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sue Scherer
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Prohibits soliciting nursing home residents or individuals over age 65 to purchase accident or health insurance unless the seller advises reviewing current plans with a family member or advisor, provides a contact phone number, waits 48 hours before making changes, and allows opting out of future communications
-
Bars entering into or amending health insurance policies with individuals over 65 who have a health care power of attorney or a medical condition like dementia that reduces decision-making capacity, unless the power of attorney agent executes the written agreement
-
Authorizes the Director of Insurance to declare void and unenforceable any insurance policy solicited, entered into, or amended in violation of these new protections
-
Makes it an unlawful consumer practice for nursing homes or long-term care facilities to make substantive disruptive changes or relocate residents with dementia or reduced decision-making capacity without prior approval from a family member, guardian, or power of attorney
-
Amends both the Illinois Insurance Code and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to add these protections for vulnerable adults
Legislative Description
FRAUD-TARGETED INSURANCE SALES
Last Action
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0055
8/1/2025