New Illinois healthcare laws 2027: taking effect in 2027

• 1 January 2027

  HB 3796: INSURANCE-PROVIDER PANELS

  Requires health insurance carriers offering provider panels to file notice with the Department of Public Health, notify enrollees and providers of terminations with at least 60 days notice, and permit terminated providers to continue treating certain patients.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4464: INS-DENTAL COVERAGE REIMBURSE

  Insurers and dental plan carriers cannot require dental providers to accept only credit card or electronic funds transfer payments, and must provide one hundred percent of contracted payment amounts starting 1 January 2027.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4477: EMS SYSTEMS-VARIOUS

  Requires the Department of Public Health to publish a Just Culture Matrix for evaluating EMS personnel performance and recommends EMS Systems include it in their program plans for fairly applying suspensions.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4643: DHS-OIG INVESTIGATIONS

  Expands what constitutes material obstruction of Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General investigations, including intentional failure to timely report allegations and interference with investigations by employees.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4714: CHILDREN'S MENTAL HLTH ACT

  Requires the Children's Mental Health Partnership to review needs assessments, monitor policy development, and analyze data on children's behavioral health services to guide system improvements.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4757: HEALTH CARE FACILITY PLANNING

  Requires persons establishing, constructing, or modifying health care facilities to obtain Board approval through certificate of need permits or exemptions based on their qualifications and community health needs.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4793: PHARMACIST DISPENSING ABILITY

  Allows pharmacists to add missing medical devices or equipment to prescriptions and complete missing prescription information when evidence supports the change, and prohibits payors from reimbursing pharmacies below fair market value including dispensing costs.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 4953: DRUG DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS

  Requires manufacturers and wholesale drug distributors to deliver prescription drugs only to licensed business addresses, authorized health care entity addresses, or authorized agents at the distributor's premises.

• 1 January 2027

  HB 5193: EMS MENTAL FACILITY TRANSPORT

  Removes the requirement that patients must not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol for EMS personnel to transport them to approved mental health facilities instead of emergency departments.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 3211: TELEDENTISTRY EXAMINATIONS

  Requires dentists to define teledentistry as the use of telehealth systems and methodologies in dentistry for patient diagnosis and related services.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 3517: INS-GROUND AMBULANCE SERVICE

  Requires health insurers to limit cost sharing for emergency ground ambulance services provided by nonparticipating providers to the amount required for in-network providers.

• 1 January 2027

  SB 3926: VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION

  Creates the Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention Program Advisory Council within the Department of Public Health to advise on medication-assisted therapies and training for veterans.

• 1 July 2027

  HB 4112: ID/DD COMMUNITY CARE ADMIN

  Requires administrators of intellectual and developmental disability community care facilities to complete at least 20 hours of training every 2 years, effective 1 July 2027.

• 1 July 2027

  HB 5295: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRIVACY

  Requires electronic health networks to prevent disclosure of patients' abortion-related and gender dysphoria health information to out-of-state entities without explicit patient consent.

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