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SB3707 - 104th General Assembly

VISION BENEFIT MANAGERS
Last Action
5/31/2026 - Senate: Passed Both Houses
Senate Sponsors
Sen. Cristina Castro, Michael W. Halpin and Jil Tracy

House Sponsors
(Rep. Jeff Keicher - Travis Weaver)
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIC heading new
215 ILCS 5/513c1 new
215 ILCS 5/513c2 new
215 ILCS 161/1
215 ILCS 161/1.5 new
215 ILCS 161/5
215 ILCS 161/10
215 ILCS 161/15
215 ILCS 161/20
215 ILCS 161/25
215 ILCS 161/30
215 ILCS 161/35
215 ILCS 161/40
215 ILCS 161/45 new
215 ILCS 161/50 new
215 ILCS 161/55 new
215 ILCS 161/60 new
215 ILCS 161/65 new
215 ILCS 161/70 new
215 ILCS 161/75 new
215 ILCS 161/80 new
815 ILCS 505/2CCCC
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Vision Benefit Managers Article. Beginning on July 1, 2026, requires a vision benefit manager to be registered with the Department of Insurance, as specified, to conduct business in the State. Requires amounts collected under provisions concerning vision benefit manager registration requirements to be deposited into the Low-Income Student Vision Examination Fund, which is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Grants the Director or the Director's designee the authority to examine a registered vision benefit manager related to all of its lines of business. Amends the Vision Care Plan Regulation Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Vision Benefit Manager Regulation Act. Establishes the legislative intent of the Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Throughout the Act, replaces references to vision care plans with vision benefit plans and vision benefit discount plans and vision care organizations with vision benefit managers. Sets forth provisions concerning required actions for noncovered services; fee schedules for eye care providers; reimbursement paid by a vision benefit manager to an eye care provider; application of the Act to a specified limited health service organization; an eye care provider's choice of vendors and affiliations; the modification of a plan; audits of an eye care provider; prohibited conduct impacting patient access and choice; credentialing; termination of agreements; prohibition on security interests; arbitration costs; nonretaliation; and private rights of action. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIC heading new
215 ILCS 5/513c1 new
215 ILCS 5/513c2 new
215 ILCS 161/1
215 ILCS 161/1.5 new
215 ILCS 161/25
215 ILCS 161/30
215 ILCS 161/60 new
215 ILCS 161/65 new
215 ILCS 161/70 new
215 ILCS 161/75 new
215 ILCS 161/80 new
815 ILCS 505/2CCCC
Adds reference to:
215 ILCS 161/17 new
215 ILCS 161/18 new
815 ILCS 505/2CCCC rep.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Vision Care Plan Regulation Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning defined terms and noncovered services. Requires a vision care organization, before entering into a provider agreement, to inform the eye care provider on how to access the fee schedule using the specified methods. Requires a vision care organization to make an updated copy of a fee schedule available to the eye care provider every calendar quarter. Provides that a vision care organization shall not prohibit an eye care provider from offering a cash payment option to the enrollee if the cash payment option is less costly to the enrollee than the total out-of-pocket cost of the covered service or covered material. Sets forth provisions concerning vision care plan benefits, misrepresentation, modification of a provider agreement, and medical plan preconditions. Provides that a vision care organization shall not require an eye care provider to contract for services under a vision care discount plan as a condition of contracting for services under a provider agreement. Prohibits a vision care organization from requiring an eye care provider to establish a security interest in any property or assets of the eye care provider. Prohibits a vision care organization from retaliating against an eye care provider for exercising any rights under the Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Repeals a provision that construes a violation of the Vision Care Plan Regulation Act to be an unlawful practice under the Act. Effective January 1, 2027.
Actions
Date Chamber Action
2/05/2026 Senate Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
2/05/2026 Senate First Reading
2/05/2026 Senate Referred to Assignments
3/04/2026 Senate Assigned to Executive
3/13/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
3/25/2026 Senate Postponed - Executive
3/27/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
4/08/2026 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
4/24/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
5/15/2026 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
5/15/2026 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
5/15/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
5/19/2026 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
5/20/2026 Senate Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
5/20/2026 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
5/20/2026 Senate Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000
5/20/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 21, 2026
5/22/2026 Senate Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
5/25/2026 Senate Second Reading
5/25/2026 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2026
5/28/2026 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
5/28/2026 House Arrived in House
5/28/2026 House Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
5/28/2026 House First Reading
5/28/2026 House Referred to Rules Committee
5/29/2026 House Assigned to Insurance Committee
5/29/2026 House Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2026
5/29/2026 House Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Insurance Committee; Rep. Katie Stuart
5/29/2026 House Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 074-038-001
5/29/2026 House Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
5/29/2026 House Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 016-000-000
5/29/2026 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
5/29/2026 House Second Reading - Short Debate
5/29/2026 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
5/31/2026 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/31/2026 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
5/31/2026 Senate Passed Both Houses