Section 4515.110 State-Provided Education Course Curriculum

TITLE 50: INSURANCE

CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE

SUBCHAPTER ww: HEALTH CARE SERVICE PLANS

PART 4515 NAVIGATOR, IN-PERSON COUNSELOR AND CERTIFIED APPLICATION COUNSELOR CERTIFICATION

SECTION 4515.110 STATE-PROVIDED EDUCATION COURSE CURRICULUM

Section 4515.110  State-Provided

Education Course Curriculum

a)         Applicants and certificate holders seeking

to satisfy initial or continuing education requirements for the applicable

certification through GCILMS must demonstrate successful completion of

Director-prescribed courses to increase their knowledge and understanding of

private and public insurance principles, QHP options, applicable laws and

regulations governing insurance affordability programs, eligibility, and

benefits, Marketplace and Medicaid policies and operations, and outreach and

education skills. Consistent with 45 CFR 155.210, 155.215, and 155.225, the

curriculum for Navigators and In-Person Counselors will, and the curriculum for

Certified Application Counselors may, contain modules covering topics that

include, but are not limited to:

1)         the

needs of underserved and vulnerable populations;

2)         eligibility

and enrollment rules and procedures;

3)         the

range of QHP options and affordability programs; and

4)         privacy and security of personally

identifiable information applicable under 45 CFR 155.260 (Sep. 6, 2016) (no

later editions or amendments).

b)         Each course in GCILMS will:

1)         require

an examination at its end;

2)         allow the student to go back and review any

unit at any time before, but not during, the examination; and

3)         require each student to affirm that the

student, and only that same student, completed the course.

c)         No credit will be given for a course if the

student does not demonstrate successful completion of the examination.

(

Source:  Section repealed at 43 Ill. Reg. 422, effective

December 21, 2018; new Section added at 49 Ill.

Reg. 12657, effective September

26, 2025)