republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-2375.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS-HIPAA RENEW AND NOTICE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Provides definitions of \"affiliate\", \"control\", and \"person\". Provides that, if a health insurance issuer elects to discontinue offering all health insurance coverage in the individual market in Illinois, health insurance coverage may be discontinued by the issuer if, in the case where the issuer has affiliates in the individual market, the issuer gives notice to each affected individual at least 180 days prior to the date of the expiration of coverage of the individual's option to purchase all other individual health benefit plans currently offered by any affiliate of the carrier. Provides that, if an issuer elects to discontinue offering all health insurance coverage in the individual market, its affiliates shall offer an individual health benefit plan to all individuals nonrenewed by that issuer on a guarantee issue basis, if the individual applies for coverage no later than 63 days after the discontinuation of coverage. Provides that, in any case where a health insurance issuer elects to uniformly modify coverage, uniformly terminate coverage, or discontinue coverage in a marketplace, the issuer shall provide notice to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation prior to notifying the plan sponsors, participants, beneficiaries, and covered individuals. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2375"
citation: "Illinois HB 2375 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1431e8-59cc-4957-a83c-d6195b33e339"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2375&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17368&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "134e7bc4968e331932bcd3d834b0af90895076cc84de7d47b9ee753317168ea3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2375 (94th) — INS-HIPAA RENEW AND NOTICE

Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Provides definitions of "affiliate", "control", and "person". Provides that, if a health insurance issuer elects to discontinue offering all health insurance coverage in the individual market in Illinois, health insurance coverage may be discontinued by the issuer if, in the case where the issuer has affiliates in the individual market, the issuer gives notice to each affected individual at least 180 days prior to the date of the expiration of coverage of the individual's option to purchase all other individual health benefit plans currently offered by any affiliate of the carrier. Provides that, if an issuer elects to discontinue offering all health insurance coverage in the individual market, its affiliates shall offer an individual health benefit plan to all individuals nonrenewed by that issuer on a guarantee issue basis, if the individual applies for coverage no later than 63 days after the discontinuation of coverage. Provides that, in any case where a health insurance issuer elects to uniformly modify coverage, uniformly terminate coverage, or discontinue coverage in a marketplace, the issuer shall provide notice to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation prior to notifying the plan sponsors, participants, beneficiaries, and covered individuals. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2375&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17368&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2375eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17368&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2375enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17368&DocNum=2375&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Insurance; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2005
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0502 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1431e8-59cc-4957-a83c-d6195b33e339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).