Section 325 ILCS 20/13.25 - [Section Scheduled to be Repealed 7/1/2026] Private insurance; exemption(a) The lead agency shall establish procedures for a family, whose child is eligible to receive early intervention services, to apply for an exemption restricting the use of its private insurance plan or policy based on material risk of loss of coverage as authorized under subsection (c) of this Section.(b) The lead agency shall make a final determination on a request for an exemption within 10 business days after its receipt of a written request for an exemption at the regional intake entity. During that 10 days, no claims may be filed against the insurance plan or policy. If the exemption is granted, it shall be noted on the individualized family service plan, and the family and the providers serving the family shall be notified in writing of the exemption.(c) An exemption may be granted on the basis of material risk of loss of coverage only if the family submits documentation with its request for an exemption that establishes (i) that the insurance plan or policy covering the child is an individually purchased plan or policy and has been purchased by a head of a household that is not eligible for a group medical insurance plan, (ii) that the policy or plan has a lifetime cap that applies to one or more specific types of early intervention services specified in the family's individualized family service plan, and that coverage could be exhausted during the period covered by the individualized family service plan, or (iii) proof of another risk that the lead agency, in its discretion, may have additionally established and defined as a ground for exemption by rule.(d) An exemption under this Section based on material risk of loss of coverage may apply to all early intervention services and all plans or policies insuring the child, may be limited to one or more plans or policies, or may be limited to one or more types of early intervention services in the child's individualized family services plan. P.A. 92-307, eff. 8/9/2001.