HB0346 Summary

• Expands medical assistance (Medicaid) covered services to include chiropractic care performed by licensed chiropractic physicians, including chiropractic manipulative treatment and services within their scope of practice.

• Removes the provision that eliminated adult chiropractic services as a covered service under the medical assistance program, effectively restoring coverage for adults.

• Amends Section 5-5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code to add chiropractic physician services as item (16.5) to the list of covered medical services.

• Amends Section 5-5f to strike language that previously excluded adult chiropractic services from coverage, allowing the service to be covered for eligible medical assistance recipients.