Illinois House Bill 2456

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for the purpose of removing barriers to the timely treatment of serious mental illnesses, prior authorization mandates and utilization management controls shall not be imposed under the fee-for-service and managed care medical assistance programs on any FDA-approved prescription drug that is recognized by a generally accepted standard medical reference as effective in the treatment of conditions specified in the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. Provides that the following shall be permitted for prescription drugs covered under the amendatory Act: (i) clinically appropriate drug utilization review (DUR) edits, including, but not limited to, drug-to-drug, drug-age, and drug-dose; (ii) generic drug substitution if a generic drug is available for the prescribed medication in the same dosage and formulation; and (iii) any utilization management control that is necessary for the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to comply with any current consent decrees or federal waivers. Defines "serious mental illness".

DHFS-SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]	Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]	Rep. Maurice West [D]	Rep. Nicholas Smith [D]
Rep. Aaron Ortiz [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Yolanda Morris [D]
Rep. William Hauter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
2024-03-07	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
2024-02-26	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2023-05-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2023-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
2023-03-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
2023-03-10	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
2023-03-09	House	To Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommittee
2023-03-01	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-03-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2023-02-28	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
2023-02-27	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2023-02-15	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-02-15	House	First Reading
2023-02-15	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-5.12f	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2456&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2456.htm