Illinois · Senate Bill 55 · 104th General Assembly

INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH PARITY

SB 55 Sponsored by Karina Villa In committee

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 13, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 or for any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer. Requires a group or…

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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Establishes reimbursement rates for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services for all group or individual policies of accident and health insurance or managed care plans that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 or for any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 or any contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer to cover certain medically necessary mental health and substance use disorder treatment services. Provides that, if the Department of Insurance determines that an insurer or a contracted third party administering the behavioral health benefits for the insurer has violated a provision concerning mental health and substance use parity, the Department shall by order assess a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation. Excludes certain health care plans serving Medicaid populations who are enrolled under the Illinois Public Aid Code or under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act from provisions concerning mental health and substance use parity. Requires the Department to review the impact of the proposed mental health and substance abuse mandate on network adequacy for mental health and substance use disorder treatment and access to affordable mental health and substance use care. Permits the Department to examine out-of-network utilization and out-of-pocket costs for insureds for mental health and substance use treatment and services for all plans to compare with in-network utilization. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code to require coverage under those provisions. Effective immediately.

Every action

34 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Karina Villa
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  5. SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
  6. SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  8. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  9. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
  10. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
  11. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
  12. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
  13. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker
  14. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
  15. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
  16. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
  17. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
  18. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
  19. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
  20. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
  21. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
  22. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
  23. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
  24. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  25. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
  26. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
  1. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss
  2. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
  3. SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
  4. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
  5. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
  6. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
  8. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 31 cosponsors: 27 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

All 31 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.