New legislation will change healthcare and health insurance practices in Illinois. The Healthcare Protection Act will make health care more accessible and transparent for Illinoisans according to State Senator Robert Peters.
The new law is set to ban step therapy, prior authorization for mental health crises, and junk insurance. Senator Peters went on to say that the new rules will also improve network adequacy by addressing ghost networks and ending unchecked rate increases for large-group insurance companies.
The Healthcare Protection Act, House Bill 5395, was signed into law on Wednesday.
