Bill Text: IL HB1569 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Access to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act. Provides that any health care provider in this State must provide a vaccination to a patient if: the patient has requested the specific vaccination to be administered; the health care provider has determined that the vaccination is medically necessary; and the health care provider has a stock of one or more doses of the vaccination that have not been reserved for another patient. Prohibits a health care provider from preventing a medically necessary vaccination from being administered to a patient by keeping separate stocks of the vaccination for patients with private insurance and stocks of the vaccination for patients with Medicaid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1569 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1569-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1569 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Access to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act. Provides that any health care provider in this State must provide a vaccination to a patient if: the patient has requested the specific vaccination to be administered; the health care provider has determined that the vaccination is medically necessary; and the health care provider has a stock of one or more doses of the vaccination that have not been reserved for another patient. Prohibits a health care provider from preventing a medically necessary vaccination from being administered to a patient by keeping separate stocks of the vaccination for patients with private insurance and stocks of the vaccination for patients with Medicaid.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Access
to Medically Necessary Vaccinations Act.
Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to allow
patients to receive medically necessary vaccinations while the
licensed health care facility retains a stock of the
vaccination, regardless of whether the patient has coverage
under a private insurance plan or Medicaid.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Health care provider" means any public or private
facility that is licensed to provide, on an inpatient or
outpatient basis, preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic,
convalescent, rehabilitation, mental health, or intellectual
disability services, including general or special hospitals,
skilled nursing homes, extended care facilities, intermediate
care facilities and mental health centers. "Health care
provider" includes any physician or other person that is
licensed or otherwise authorized to deliver health care
services, including the administration of vaccinations.
"Medically necessary vaccination" means a vaccination that

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will or is reasonably expected to (1) prevent the onset of an
illness, condition, injury, disease, or disability; (2) reduce
or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects
of an illness, condition, injury, disease, or disability; or
(iii) assist the achievement or maintenance of maximum
functional activity in performing daily activities.
"Patient" means any individual who has received or is
receiving medical care, treatment, or services from an
individual or institution licensed to provide medical care or
treatment in this State.
Section 15. Administration of medically necessary
vaccinations. A health care provider in this State must
provide a vaccination to a patient if:
(1) the patient has requested the specific vaccination
to be administered;
(2) the health care provider has determined that the
vaccination is a medically necessary vaccination; and
(3) the health care provider has a stock of one or more
doses of the vaccination that have not been reserved for
another named patient.
Section 20. Prohibition on separate stocks. A health care
provider shall not prevent a medically necessary vaccination
from being administered to a patient by keeping separate
stocks of the vaccination for patients with private insurance

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