Sent to the governor!
We have been tracking several important pieces of legislation, and are delighted to report that these have made it to the governor's desk.
HB 2624 SA3 - The Short Term Limited Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act (sponsor: Heather Steans). Developed with help from Protect our Care Illinois in response to the Trump Administration's proposed regulations to expand short-term insurance terms from three months to a year and make them renewable. These insurance plans are not bound by ACA consumer protections and can deny coverage for pre-existing conditions; analysts warn extending their duration would undermine risk pools and cause Marketplace premiums to soar. The bill would limit these plans to 90 days, ban issuers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions, and require warnings that the plan may not provide all needed coverage.
Sent to the governor.
HB 4383 - Ensuring Patient Continuity of Care (sponsors: Feigenholtz/Steans).
The bill gives Medicaid managed care patients the
ability
to remain with their primary care provider if
he/she is no longer contracted with the patient's managed care organization (MCO).
Currently, in such cases, patient
s
are assigned a new
PCP
, often without the patient's knowledge or input with the effect of drastically
disrupting continuity of care.
Sent to the governor.
HB 4165 - The Do No Harm Healthcare Act (Sponsor: Greg Harris). The bill would prevent the State from applying for any federal waiver that would reduce or eliminate ACA-mandated protections or coverage that went into effect on January 1, 2017. The Rauner Administration is on record as opposing the bill. Sent to the governor.
HB 4096 - Medicaid single drug formulary (Sponsor: Greg Harris).
In an attempt to standardize drug coverage among Medicaid managed care patients, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services has mandated that MCOs use and not deviate from a standardized preferred drug formulary. HB 4096
amends the Public Aid Code to require that the State's preferred drug formulary would serve only as a minimum standard, not a restrictive list, thus allowing MCOs to provide stronger drug coverage if they chose.
Sent to the governor.
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