Bill > HB5284

Introduced Session

Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. In the Illinois Insurance Code: deletes changes affecting menopause-related conditions; provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan must provide coverage for medically necessary hormonal and non-hormonal therapy to treat menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms or conditions if the therapy is recommended by a qualified health care provider and the therapy has been proven safe and effective in peer-reviewed scientific studies and is prescribed in accordance with current evidence-based guidelines; provides that coverage for therapy to treat menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms or conditions must include all federal Food and Drug Administration-approved modalities of hormonal and non-hormonal administration; and provides that coverage must include medications for menopause-related osteoporosis and non-hormonal therapies for vasomotor symptoms. In the Illinois Human Rights Act, removes menopause-related conditions from the definition of "unlawful discrimination". In the Employment Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act: provides that "reasonable accommodations" for pregnancy include flexible scheduling or modified work hours and temperature or climate-adjusted workspace; removes language providing that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to discriminate in any way or refuse or fail to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee because of a menopause-related condition; and provides that the notice summarizing the requirements of the Article must include information about the right to reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, which includes the right to reasonable accommodations for menopause-related conditions. Effective January 1, 2027, except that the changes to the Illinois Insurance Code take effect January 1, 2028.

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Kimberly Lightford (D)*,  Yolonda Morris (D)*,  Christopher Belt (D),  Diane Blair-Sherlock (D),  Amy Briel (D),  Terri Bryant (R),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Kelly Cassidy (D),  Cristina Castro (D),  Javier Cervantes (D),  Sharon Chung (D),  Lakesia Collins (D),  Michael Crawford (D),  Margaret Croke (D),  Lisa Davis (D),  William Davis (D),  Margaret DeLaRosa (D),  Eva-Dina Delgado (D),  Kimberly du Buclet (D),  Mary Edly-Allen (D),  Marcus Evans (D),  Paul Faraci (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Laura Fine (D),  Mary Gill (D),  Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D),  Jen Gong-Gershowitz (D),  Jehan Gordon-Booth (D),  Nicolle Grasse (D),  Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D),  Mike Halpin (D),  Sonya Harper (D),  Napoleon Harris (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Lisa Hernandez (D),  Norma Hernandez (D),  Maura Hirschauer (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Lilian Jiménez (D),  Tracy Katz Muhl (D),  Dave Koehler (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Meg Loughran Cappel (D),  Theresa Mah (D),  Natalie Manley (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Rita Mayfield (D),  Debbie Meyers-Martin (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Julie Morrison (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Suzanne Ness (D),  Sue Rezin (R),  Sue Scherer (D),  Elgie Sims (D),  Justin Slaughter (D),  Nick Smith (D),  Curtis Tarver (D),  Doris Turner (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ram Villivalam (D),  Ann Williams (D),  Omar Williams (D),  Janet Yang Rohr (D), 

Sent to the Governor (on 06/26/2026)

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