Illinois

In Review: The legislature is on Spring break this week, and no official business is scheduled. The Governor’s office is working on changes to the initial draft of the PBM legislation and has changed the legislative vehicle to SB 709.

In Review: PCMA met with the Governor’s Office and the Department of Insurance (DOI) on April 1 to discuss PCMA’s concerns and suggested changes to the Governor’s PBM bill. The Governor’s office did not accept any of PCMA’s suggested changes.

In Review: PCMA is meeting with the Governor’s office and the Department of Insurance on Tuesday, April 1, to discuss PCMA’s concerns with the original draft of SB 1390. During a previous meeting on Sunday, March 23, we were not

In Review: Last week, the PBM bills were not called by the Committee chairs as scheduled and planned. Later that evening, PCMA counsel was contacted by the Governor’s office to schedule a meeting to go over PCMA’s concerns with the

In Review: Today, the anti-PBM legislation draft introduced three weeks ago by the Governor and the Department of Insurance was officially assigned as HB 3705. The bill is receiving a hearing this Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. in the House Executive Committee. PCMA

In Review: Last Wednesday, Pritzker’s Department of Insurance released a legislative draft of the Prescription Drug Affordability Act. Some of the provisions include: a ban on spread pricing, a ban on steering, a ban on qualifying anything as a “specialty

In Review: Last week, Governor JB Pritzker (D) used his State of the State Address to blame PBMs for the high costs of prescription drugs. PCMA responded immediately with a press release correcting the record and defending the industry. The governor also released his legislative proposal dubbed the “Prescription

In Review: Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) is scheduled to give his State of the State Speech on Wednesday, February 19. It is expected that PBM reform will be highlighted as part of his prepared remarks. PCMA will share the legislative

In Review: The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) did not introduce its PBM bill before the legislation filing deadline, which was Friday, February 7. DOI does have three shell bills that we assume are reserved spots for PBM legislation, HB

In Review: The new legislative session started on January 8. The Department of Insurance (DOI) has not yet released its 2025 legislative agenda, but we do know that a PBM bill is the DOI’s top priority. HB1159 is an anti-PBM