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ERISA: Supreme Court Holds ERISA Does Not Preempt Illinois Independent Review Law—Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2021
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References
1 122 S. Ct. 2151 (2002).
2 Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461 (2000).
3 Illinois Health Maintenance Organization Act, 215 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN. 125/4-10 (2000).
4 See Befort, Stephen F. & Kopka, Christopher J., The Sounds of Silence: The Libertarian Ethos of ERISA Preemption, 52 FLA. L. REV. 1, 36 (2000)Google Scholar.
5 Id.
6 Section 514(a) provides that ERISA “shall supercede any and all State laws insofar as they … relate to any employee benefit plan” covered by the statute. 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a).
7 Moran, 122 S. Ct. at 2158.
8 215 ILL. COMP. STAT. ANN. 125/4-10.
9 Moran, 122 S. Ct. at 2156.
10 Id. at 2156-57.
11 Id. at 2159.
12 Id.
13 Id.
14 Id.
15 Id.
16 15 U.S.C. §§ 1011-1015 (2000).
17 Moran, 122 S. Ct. at 2159-61.
18 Id.
19 Id. at 2159.
20 Id. at 2160-61.
21 Id.
22 Id.
23 Id. at 2162.
24 Id. at 2163.
25 Id. at 2162.
26 Id. at 2163-64.
27 29 U.S.C. § 1144(b)(2)(A).
28 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a).
29 Moran, 122 S. Ct. at 2162.
30 Id.
31 See id. at 2165-67 (discussing Rush's reliance on Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 481 U.S. 41 (1987)).
32 Id.
33 Id. at 2167-69.
34 Id.
35 Id.
36 Id.
37 Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, S. 1052, 107th Cong. (2001); Bipartisan Patient Protection Act, H.R. 2563, 107th Cong. (2001).
38 See generally, Mariner, Wendy K., State Regulation of Managed Care and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 335 NEW ENG. J. MED. 1986 (1996)CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed (discussing ERISA's lack of substantive regulation and obstruction of certain state regulation).
39 Linda Greenhouse, Court, 5-4, Upholds Authority of States to Protect Patients, N.Y. TIMES, June 21, 2002, at A1.
40 Id.
41 Id.
42 Moran, 122 S. Ct. at 2162.