(AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday ... top initiatives of last spring's legislation session, the Healthcare Protection Act, which outlaws step therapy, prior authorization for ...

In addition to passing a $55 billion state budget, the Illinois General Assembly passed and punted on various legislation ...

A state committee voted to push forward a bill that would let terminally ill patients request life-ending medication.

Hundreds of bills, covering topics ranging from senior driving eligibility to pharmacy benefit managers, are one signature away from becoming law.

In response to questions from Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Prime said that Level III trauma designations would be ...

LOMBARD, Ill. - Lombard resident Debra Robertson has been fighting for the right to die on her own terms for the last three ...

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws will go into effect on New ... Bills covering reproductive health care will also go into effect, and lawmakers even paved the way for students to have access to ...

Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session this week looking for ways to close a substantial gap in ...

A new year means new laws that have gone into effect here in Illinois. The state's health insurance industry has new restrictions to comply with. The Healthcare Protection Act is full of measures ...

Illinois U.S. congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh defends universal healthcare for illegal immigrants while challenging Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), Illinois enacted the Lawful Health Care Activity Act to ensure "that Illinois would remain a beacon of hope and an island for ...

The most far-reaching of the new laws is the Healthcare Protection Act, which was signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in July. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. That bill took a ...