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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
| 5 | Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
| 6 | amended by adding Section 2310-735 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-735 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2310-735. Nonopioid alternatives pamphlet. The | ||||||
| 9 | Department may develop and publish on its website an | ||||||
| 10 | educational pamphlet regarding the use of nonopioid | ||||||
| 11 | alternatives for the treatment of acute nonoperative, acute | ||||||
| 12 | perioperative, subacute, or chronic pain. The pamphlet may | ||||||
| 13 | conform with the United States Department of Health and Human | ||||||
| 14 | Services' Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task | ||||||
| 15 | Force recommendations and shall include: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) information on available nonopioid alternatives | ||||||
| 17 | for the treatment of pain, including available nonopioid | ||||||
| 18 | medicinal drugs or drug products and nonpharmacological | ||||||
| 19 | therapies; and | ||||||
| 20 | (2) the advantages and disadvantages of the use of | ||||||
| 21 | nonopioid alternatives. | ||||||
| 22 | Section 10. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
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| 1 | adding Section 370c.3 as follows: | ||||||
| 2 | (215 ILCS 5/370c.3 new) | ||||||
| 3 | Sec. 370c.3. Parity for coverage for nonopioid medications | ||||||
| 4 | to treat acute pain. | ||||||
| 5 | (a) Beginning January 1, 2027, a health insurance issuer | ||||||
| 6 | shall develop a plan to provide adequate coverage and access | ||||||
| 7 | to a broad spectrum of pain management services, including, | ||||||
| 8 | but not limited to, nonopioid, nonnarcotic pain management | ||||||
| 9 | services and non-medication pain management services that | ||||||
| 10 | serve as alternatives to the prescribing of opioid or narcotic | ||||||
| 11 | drugs in accordance with guidelines developed by the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Insurance. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) A health insurance issuer shall file the plan required | ||||||
| 14 | under subsection (a) with the Department of Insurance and | ||||||
| 15 | shall post information about the pain management plan on the | ||||||
| 16 | insurer's publicly accessible website. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
| 18 | adding Section 5-58 as follows: | ||||||
| 19 | (305 ILCS 5/5-58 new) | ||||||
| 20 | Sec. 5-58. Illinois Medicaid Preferred Drug List; | ||||||
| 21 | nonopioid drugs. In establishing and maintaining the Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | Medicaid Preferred Drug List as described in Section 5-30.14, | ||||||
| 23 | the Department shall ensure that nonopioid drugs on the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department's preferred drug list, and approved by the U.S. | ||||||
| 2 | Food and Drug Administration, for the treatment or management | ||||||
| 3 | of pain shall not be disadvantaged or discouraged with respect | ||||||
| 4 | to coverage relative to any opioid or narcotic drug for the | ||||||
| 5 | treatment or management of acute pain as long as the | ||||||
| 6 | Department retains its authority to manage the Preferred Drug | ||||||
| 7 | List process pursuant to State or federal law, rules, | ||||||
| 8 | regulations, and policies and the Department's authority over | ||||||
| 9 | the Preferred Drug List process is not undermined or | ||||||
| 10 | compromised. | ||||||