JCAR November/December Meetings & Pending Updates

The next meeting for the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13, 2012.  The committee meeting begins at 11:00am in Room 600C of the Michael A. Bilandic building in Chicago. 

Both the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission (IWCC) and Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) have several proposed changes and updates to the Administrative Code pending with JCAR.

Since our previous pending-Administrative Code post, the Department of Insurance moved another rulemaking to JCAR's Second Notice; however, the Medical Malpractice Data Base update appears on the agenda for JCAR's December meeting on 12/11/2012.

 

Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission

There are no additional updates since our previous posts. (Click here for the post covering both the JCAR process and the IWCC "Certificate of No Objection" Administrative Code updates pending publication in the Illinois Register)

JCAR Second Notice: November 13 meeting

• Arbitration (50 Ill Adm Code 7030) proposed 8/17/12 (PDF document page 72)
• Miscellaneous (50 Ill Adm Code 7110) proposed 8/17/12 (PDF document page 79)
• Incorporates the updates to the physician-dispensed pharmacy reimbursement methodology (see our previous update for more information)
• Commission Review Board Procedures (50 Ill Adm Code 7500) proposed 8/17/12 (PDF document page 96)
  
  

Illinois Department of Insurance (updated 11/9/12)

JCAR Second Notice: November 13 meeting

• Insurance Data Reporting Requirements (50 Ill Adm Code 4203) proposed 2/3/12 (PDF Page 9)
• Internal Security Standard and Fidelity Bonds (50 Ill Adm Code 904) proposed 6/22/12 (PDF Page 56)
• Accident and Health Expense Reporting (50 Ill Adm Code 2043) proposed 8/3/12 (PDF Page 24)

JCAR Second Notice: December 11 meeting

The following proposed update moved to JCAR's Second Notice review period. JCAR will consider this rule at its December meeting.

 

• Medical Malpractice Data Base (50 Ill. Adm. Code 928) proposed 7/6/12 (PDF Page 205)

 

WC PPP: Pending Second Notice

As part of the JCAR's First Notice process for the new WC PPP rules, all interested parties were permitted to submit public comments about the proposed regulatory changes to the IDOI up until the June 11, 2012 deadline.

At this point, JCAR has not addressed the modifications to 50 Ill. Adm. Code 2051 with the IDOI at its monthly meetings, and, as of this post, the WC PPP rules are not scheduled on the agendas for either the November or December JCAR meetings.

• Preferred Provider Programs (50 Ill. Adm. Code 2051) proposed 4/27/2012 (PDF Page 286)