103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3281

 

Introduced 2/7/2024, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 375/6.17 new

    Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that if a prescription drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of a mental illness is removed or substituted on the drug formulary and that prescription drug has been prescribed to an employee, retired employee, annuitant, or beneficiary covered under the Act and has been successfully treating the employee, retired employee, annuitant, or beneficiary for 6 or more months, the program of health benefits shall continue to provide coverage to that individual for that prescription drug as though the prescription drug had not been removed or substituted on the drug formulary.


LRB103 38837 MXP 68974 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3281LRB103 38837 MXP 68974 b

1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5is amended by adding Section 6.17 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 375/6.17 new)
7    Sec. 6.17. Prescription drugs; mental illness. If a
8prescription drug approved by the federal Food and Drug
9Administration for the treatment of a mental illness is
10removed or substituted on the drug formulary and that
11prescription drug has been prescribed to an employee, retired
12employee, annuitant, or beneficiary covered under this Act and
13has been successfully treating the employee, retired employee,
14annuitant, or beneficiary for 6 or more months, the program of
15health benefits shall continue to provide coverage to that
16individual for that prescription drug as though the
17prescription drug had not been removed or substituted on the
18drug formulary.