104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1258 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmn 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 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1258 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 200/52 new 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 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1258 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 200/52 new 215 ILCS 200/52 new 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 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b A BILL FOR SB1258LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b SB1258 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b SB1258 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Prior Authorization Reform Act is amended 5 by adding Section 52 as follows: 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1258 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 215 ILCS 200/52 new 215 ILCS 200/52 new 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 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b A BILL FOR 215 ILCS 200/52 new LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b SB1258 LRB104 08130 BAB 18176 b