# Illinois HB0767: REGULATION-TECH Illinois HB0767, REGULATION-TECH, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-12-02 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0439); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB0767-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB0767 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: REGULATION-TECH - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-17 - Last action: 2025-12-02, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0439 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: executive, assignments - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (153 yes, 65 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 14 ## Summary Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower drug payments at the pharmacy: benefit, medium. For a covered drug, your payment cannot exceed the lowest applicable plan cost sharing, uninsured retail price, or qualifying discount. A manufacturer voucher, no-cost drug program, or discounted health care services plan price counts when presented at sale. The rule covers affected insurer plans a… - More protection for your pharmacy choice: benefit, medium. Insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and their affiliates cannot use prohibited steering practices to direct patients toward affiliated pharmacies. These practices include cost-increasing plan designs and paying another pharmacy less than their own affiliate. They also cannot misuse a specialty-dru… - More no-cost preventive care coverage: benefit, medium. Covered group and individual policies must cover state-recommended vaccines and medical countermeasures without copays, coinsurance, or deductibles. Coverage generally continues through the plan year when the recommendation applies at its start. Coverage can end sooner for a D-rated recommendation,… - More pharmacy staff can give vaccines: benefit, medium. Pharmacists can vaccinate patients age 3 and older under a prescription or standing order. They cannot give children under 7 vaccines required by Illinois school immunization rules. Pharmacists can also give COVID-19 and flu vaccines without an order when federal authorization and state or federal… - No-cost coverage for three respiratory vaccines: benefit, medium. Policies amended, delivered, issued, or renewed beginning January 1, 2026 must cover COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines. Coverage includes administration fees without copays, coinsurance, or deductibles. Vaccines must have FDA authorization or licensing and follow Illinois guid… - New grants for eligible Illinois pharmacies: benefit, medium. Subject to appropriation, Illinois funds pharmacy-access grants through a statewide retail association representing pharmacies. Eligible applicants include critical access care pharmacies, qualifying independent pharmacies, and pharmacies in specified lower-population or underserved areas. Another… - More treatment options at Illinois pharmacies: benefit, low. Actively licensed Illinois pharmacists can give medicines through the nose within the pharmacy practice settings listed in law. Trained technicians and student pharmacists can give COVID-19 treatments using the method allowed by the FDA authorization, approval, or license. Their authority is no lon… - Illinois strengthens expert guidance on vaccines: benefit, low. Illinois must publish disease-prevention guidelines grounded in evidence, safety, disease burden, effectiveness, costs, and practical use. Guidelines must identify recommended populations, precautions, and known adverse events, and cannot significantly depart from accepted evidence-based practice.… - Drug middlemen can seek limited refunds: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, pharmacy benefit managers can request refunds for factual, calculation, or Illinois-law interpretation errors. They must submit a revised report and explanation by December 1 of the year the report was due. The Director may approve eligible refunds, but cash refunds are unav… - Health plans gain drug pricing oversight: benefit, low. Contracts with pharmacy benefit managers must require maximum allowable cost price updates at least every 7 calendar days. Network pharmacies gain real-time list access, clear pricing criteria, and an appeals process with 14-day filing and response windows. Successful pricing appeals require retroa… - Retail groups gain development funding access: benefit, low. Retail associations can receive state grants, loans, or contracts for municipal development projects through the DCEO Projects Fund. They join existing local-government, economic-development, and nonprofit recipient groups. Funding requires an appropriation, and project purposes must follow the ter… - Drug middlemen pay resident-based state fees: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, pharmacy benefit manager fees are calculated using covered Illinois residents, not the broader membership count. Annual payments begin September 1, 2025, at $15 per resident or another amount set by rule. Initial resident counts are due August 1, 2025; certain reports need r… - Pharmacy protections expand, with plan exclusions: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Illinois pharmacy benefit rules reach qualifying self-funded employee plans and members living outside Illinois. Non-governmental self-funded multiemployer plans, workers' compensation, specified federal and Medicare plans, TRICARE, and certain Medicare-Medicaid programs are… - Public employee pharmacy protections have limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, self-funded state and local government plans receive these pharmacy protections only through their organizing state law. That law must incorporate the pharmacy benefit rules by reference. For joint self-insurance pools, this test applies separately to each member government.… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Bob Morgan (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cristina Castro (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: David Koehler (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Graciela Guzmán (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Janet Yang Rohr (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Joyce Mason (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie A. Morrison (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Laura Faver Dias (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mattie Hunter (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-10-30 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 40 | 18 | | | 2025-10-29 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; | pass | 9 | 4 | | | 2025-10-28 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 74 | 38 | | | 2025-10-28 | House | Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-10-28 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-10-28 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; | pass | 8 | 5 | | | 2025-03-12 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (52) - 2025-12-02: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0439 (House) - 2025-12-02: Effective Date January 1, 2026; some provisions (House) - 2025-12-02: Effective Date December 2, 2025; some provisions (House) - 2025-12-02: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-12-01: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison (Senate) - 2025-11-21: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-10-31: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-10-30: Third Reading - Passed; 040-018-000 (Senate) - 2025-10-30: 3/5 Vote Required (Senate) - 2025-10-30: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason (House) - 2025-10-29: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading October 30, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Do Pass Executive; 009-004-000 (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Waive Posting Notice (Senate) - 2025-10-29: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-10-28: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr (House) - 2025-10-28: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias (House) - 2025-10-28: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-038-000 (House) - 2025-10-28: 3/5 Vote Required (House) - 2025-10-28: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 008-005-000 (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-10-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan (House) - 2025-10-28: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-10-28: Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000 (House) - 2025-10-28: Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Bob Morgan (House) - 2025-05-31: Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-04-11: Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-27: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** (House) - 2025-03-27: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** (House) - 2025-03-12: Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-04: Assigned to Executive Committee (House) - 2025-01-09: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-01-09: First Reading (House) - 2024-12-17: Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767ham001.pdf) - House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767ham002.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767ham001.pdf) - [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767ham002.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0767.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB0767-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).