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SB1258 • 2026

PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

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Sponsor
Graciela Guzmán
Last action
2026-03-27
Official status
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Effective date
Not listed

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PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

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  • PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  2. 2026-03-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  3. 2026-03-13 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026

  4. 2026-03-03 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance

  5. 2026-02-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

  6. 2026-02-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  7. 2026-01-27 Illinois General Assembly

    Re-assigned to Insurance

  8. 2025-05-09 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  9. 2025-04-11 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 9, 2025

  10. 2025-04-04 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025

  11. 2025-03-21 Illinois General Assembly

    Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025

  12. 2025-03-12 Illinois General Assembly

    Assigned to Insurance

  13. 2025-03-04 Illinois General Assembly

    Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

  14. 2025-01-28 Illinois General Assembly

    Filed with Secretary by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

  15. 2025-01-28 Illinois General Assembly

    First Reading

  16. 2025-01-28 Illinois General Assembly

    Referred to Assignments

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1258

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmán

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

215 ILCS 200/52 new

Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Provides that a health
insurance issuer may not require prior authorization for: a prescription
drug prescribed to a patient by a health care professional for 6 or more
consecutive months, regardless of whether the prescription drug is a
non-preferred medication pursuant to the patient's health insurance
coverage; the following prescription drugs or the therapeutic equivalent
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration: insulin; human
immunodeficiency virus prevention medication; human immunodeficiency virus
treatment medication; viral hepatitis medication; estrogen; and
progesterone; or human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and
post-exposure prophylaxis drugs approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration; Truvada; Harvoni; Descovy; and Apretude.
LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b

A BILL FOR

SB1258
LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b
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AN ACT concerning regulation.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Prior Authorization Reform Act is amended
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by adding Section 52 as follows:

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(215 ILCS 200/52 new)
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Sec. 52.
Prior authorization prohibited.
A health
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insurance issuer may not require prior authorization for:
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(1) a prescription drug prescribed to a patient by a
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health care professional for 6 or more consecutive months,
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regardless of whether the prescription drug is a
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non-preferred medication pursuant to the patient's health
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insurance coverage;
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(2) the following prescription drugs or the
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therapeutic equivalent approved by the United States Food
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and Drug Administration: insulin; human immunodeficiency
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virus prevention medication; human immunodeficiency virus
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treatment medication; viral hepatitis medication;
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estrogen; and progesterone; or
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(3) human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure
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prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis drugs approved
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by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
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Truvada; Harvoni; Descovy; and Apretude.

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