New bills would ban school fines, provide working moms paid time to breastfeed
Illinois lawmakers introduce bills to help breastfeeding mothers, eliminate fines as punishment for student behavior.
Medicaid
‘Blatantly unlawful’ federal spending freeze sends state scrambling
Illinois officials react to the Trump Administration’s pause on federal funding for many programs.
With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services
Government-funded health program will cover ‘social determinants of health’
As Medicaid redeterminations restart, about 73% of state’s recipients remain enrolled
About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Capitol Briefs: Pritzker executive order creates advisory council for affordable sickle cell treatment
Council to recommend how the Illinois Medicaid program can cover new, expensive therapies
Expected cost for Illinois’ noncitizen health care program grows to $1.1 billion
The estimated cost for Illinois to continue providing health care coverage to noncitizens who are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid benefits ...
Medicaid renewals resume for first time since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic
Medicaid recipients in Illinois should be on the lookout for correspondence from the state regarding their coverage as the normal ...
After Pritzker’s budget address, lawmakers jockey for their own spending priorities
Even factoring in the possibility of a “mild recession” this year, the proposed budget Gov. JB Pritzker laid out on ...
Impending Medicaid changes could leave hundreds of thousands uninsured
As many as 700,000 Illinoisans may lose Medicaid coverage in the months following March 31, but the Department of Healthcare ...
New law provides $700 million for nursing home staffing
Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they ...
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