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IL SB3225
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Cristina Castro
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AI Summary
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Requires health benefit plans amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025 to prohibit certain restrictions on clinician-administered drugs, including requirements to use plan-selected pharmacies or incentives to steer patients to specific pharmacies.
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Prohibits health benefit plans from conditioning coverage, denying benefits, or imposing higher cost-sharing for clinician-administered drugs obtained from non-plan-selected providers or pharmacies.
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Prohibits health benefit plans from requiring enrollees to use home infusion pharmacies or including site of service in prior approval or medical necessity criteria for clinician-administered drugs.
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Defines "clinician-administered drug" as outpatient prescription drugs (excluding vaccines) that cannot be self-administered and are typically administered by authorized health care providers in clinical settings like physician offices or infusion centers.
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Applies requirements to health benefit plans under the State Employees Group Insurance Act, Counties Code, Illinois Municipal Code, School Code, Health Maintenance Organization Act, and Voluntary Health Services Plans Act; Department of Insurance may adopt implementing rules.
Legislative Description
INS-CLINICIAN ADMINISTER DRUG
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025