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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5383 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Mary Gill SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act. Requires the State Employees Group Insurance Program to provide coverage for all FDA-approved treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's Disease or another related dementia, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that diagnostic testing necessary for a physician to determine the appropriate use of treatments or medications shall be covered by the State Employees Group Insurance Program. |
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| | HB5383 | | LRB103 36852 MXP 66964 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 |
| 5 | | is amended by adding Section 6.11D as follows:
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| 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/6.11D new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 6.11D. Coverage for treatments to slow the |
| 8 | | progression of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. |
| 9 | | Beginning on January 1, 2025, the State Employees Group |
| 10 | | Insurance Program shall provide coverage for all FDA-approved |
| 11 | | treatments or medications prescribed to slow the progression |
| 12 | | of Alzheimer's Disease or another related dementia, as |
| 13 | | determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all |
| 14 | | its branches. Any diagnostic testing necessary for a physician |
| 15 | | to determine the appropriate use of these treatments or |
| 16 | | medications shall be covered by the State Employees Group |
| 17 | | Insurance Program. |