Illinois House Bill 5518

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that "State-regulated health plan" means any health insurance plan issued by an insurer regulated by the State or health insurance plan operated and administered by the State, including, but not limited to, the medical assistance program under the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code, fee-for-service plans, and managed care organizations. Provides that for every State-regulated health plan, an information packet on all insurance products offered to enrollees must be made available to the public, which must be viewable before choosing a health plan, that includes specified information concerning the plan's drug formulary and the costs for drugs. Provides that the information packet must be made available both online in any patient portal and in a printed format. Provides that the information packet must be updated within 7 days after any change to the drug formulary, and notice of the change to the drug formulary and change to drug costs must be sent to beneficiaries by mail or electronically.

INS-DRUG FORMULARY POSTING

Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass [D]	Rep. Sue Scherer [D]	Rep. Gregg Johnson [D]	Rep. Terra Costa Howard [D]
Rep. Barbara Hernandez [D]	Rep. Suzanne Ness [D]	Rep. Harry Benton [D]	Rep. Dagmara Avelar [D]
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2024-03-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
2024-03-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
2024-03-12	House	Assigned to Insurance Committee
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	155.37a	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5518&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5518.htm