(305 ILCS 5/5-18.7)

Sec. 5-18.7. Standing recommendations. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health may establish standing recommendations to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered maternal and reproductive health supports and services, such as, but not limited to, doulas, lactation consultants, home visitors, community health workers, and 1115 Waiver services. No employee of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Public Health issuing a standing recommendation in accordance with this Section shall, as a result of the employee's acts or omissions in issuing the standing recommendation, be subject to (i) any disciplinary or other adverse action under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, (ii) any civil liability, or (iii) any criminal liability.

(Source: P.A. 104-9, eff. 6-16-25.)