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HB5284 - 104th General Assembly
HUMAN RIGHTS-MENOPAUSE CARE
Last Action
House Sponsors
Rep. Yolonda Morris - Lisa Davis - Nicolle Grasse - Kelly M. Cassidy - Camille Y. Lilly, Michael Crawford, Jawaharial Williams, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Margaret Croke, Maura Hirschauer, Anna Moeller, Suzanne M. Ness, Debbie Meyers-Martin, Theresa Mah, William "Will" Davis, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Laura Faver Dias, Natalie A. Manley, Joyce Mason, Mary Gill, Margaret A. DeLaRosa, Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Kimberly Du Buclet, Ann M. Williams, Barbara Hernandez, Amy Briel, Sue Scherer, Michelle Mussman, Curtis J. Tarver, II, Nicholas K. Smith, Tracy Katz Muhl, Lilian Jiménez, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Eva-Dina Delgado, Sharon Chung, Sonya M. Harper, Rita Mayfield, Norma Hernandez, Mary Beth Canty, Janet Yang Rohr, Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez and Justin SlaughterSenate Sponsors
(Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford - Mattie Hunter - Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Terri Bryant, Sue Rezin, Meg Loughran Cappel, Julie A. Morrison, Paul Faraci, Lakesia Collins, Suzy Glowiak Hilton, Doris Turner, Ram Villivalam, Christopher Belt, Javier L. Cervantes, Sara Feigenholtz, Michael W. Halpin, Laura Fine, Celina Villanueva, Cristina Castro, Mary Edly-Allen, David Koehler and Napoleon Harris, III)Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 2310/750 new
215 ILCS 5/356g.5-5 new
225 ILCS 60/20from Ch. 111, par. 4400-20
775 ILCS 5/1-103from Ch. 68, par. 1-103
Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Illinois Menopause Equity and Care Act. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Requires the Department of Public Health to create educational materials regarding menopause, including symptoms, treatment options, and patient rights for distribution to the public online. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that on or after January 1, 2028, all individual and group health insurance policies issued, renewed, or amended must provide coverage for medically necessary evaluation and treatment of perimenopause and menopause as determined by a licensed health care provider using evidence-based guidelines. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides if a licensee treats or evaluates patients suffering from menopause-related conditions, 5 hours of the required 50 hours must include continuing education on menopause care, including management of symptoms, hormonal and non-hormonal therapies, and bone health. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines "menopause-related condition" includes perimenopause, menopause, and associated medical or symptomatic conditions, including, but not limited to, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disruption, cognitive or mood changes, and osteoporosis-related changes. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to unlawfully discriminate because of a menopause-related condition or fail or refuse to provide reasonable accommodations.
House Floor Amendment No. 1
Deletes reference to:
20 ILCS 2310/750 new
Adds reference to:
20 ILCS 2310/2310-750 new
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Illinois Menopause Equity and Care Act. Provides that the purpose of this Act is to improve awareness, understanding, and quality of care for individuals experiencing menopause. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and make publicly available educational materials about menopause, including symptoms, evidence-based treatment options, and patient rights. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires that any individual or group plan of accident or health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2028 to provide coverage for medically necessary evaluation and treatment of menopause and perimenopause conditions as determined by a licensed health care provider in accordance with current evidence-based guidelines. Provides that covered treatment includes, but is not limited to: (i) hormone therapy; (ii) non-hormonal therapies for vasomotor symptoms; (iii) medications for menopause-related osteoporosis; or (iv) other treatments as recommended by a licensed health care provider. Allows insurers to voluntarily report menopause-related claims to the Department of Insurance for policy analysis. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to make voluntary educational resources available to support clinicians in providing patient-based care, but participation in these resources is voluntary and is not required for licensure, certification, or professional compliance. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Defines a menopause-related condition to mean perimenopause, menopause, and associated medical or symptomatic conditions that includes, but is not limited to, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disruption, cognitive or mood changes, and osteoporosis-related changes. Provides that 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 is a civil rights violation under this Act. Reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to, flexible scheduling or modified work hours; temperature control or climate-adjusted workspace; private spaces for rest or symptom management; remote work options; and light-duty assignments if safe and feasible. Employers must engage in a timely, good-faith interactive process with employees who request accommodations under this subsection. Employers must post notices of the rights provided in this subsection and provide them to employees on beginning employment or on request. Provides a severability clause.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4
Deletes reference to:
215 ILCS 5/356g.5-5 new
Adds reference to:
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. 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.
Actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/05/2026 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 2/06/2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis |
| 2/06/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford |
| 2/10/2026 | House | First Reading |
| 2/10/2026 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/25/2026 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 3/25/2026 | House | Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Civil Committee; Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 3/25/2026 | House | Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 075-037-000 |
| 3/26/2026 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000 |
| 3/27/2026 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2026 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2026 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/14/2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 4/14/2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/14/2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 4/15/2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000 |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret A. DeLaRosa |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr |
| 4/15/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez |
| 4/17/2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/17/2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/17/2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-032-000 |
| 4/17/2026 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 4/21/2026 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/21/2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/21/2026 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 4/21/2026 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/21/2026 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/28/2026 | Senate | Assigned to Insurance |
| 4/29/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 4/29/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/01/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 5/01/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/05/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), the following amendments will remain in the Committee on Assignments |
| 5/05/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Insurance |
| 5/05/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/05/2026 | Senate | Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/08/2026 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026 |
| 5/12/2026 | Senate | Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/12/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/15/2026 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2026 |
| 5/18/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 5/18/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/19/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Insurance |
| 5/19/2026 | Senate | Do Pass Insurance; 010-000-000 |
| 5/19/2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2026 |
| 5/20/2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 5/20/2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/20/2026 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/20/2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2026 |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Recalled to Second Reading |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted; Lightford |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 051-004-000 |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine |
| 5/21/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva |
| 5/21/2026 | House | Arrived in House |
| 5/21/2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 4 |
| 5/22/2026 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Yolonda Morris |
| 5/22/2026 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/25/2026 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 5/25/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro |
| 5/27/2026 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-004-000 |
| 5/28/2026 | House | Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 House Concurs 078-033-000 |
| 5/28/2026 | House | House Concurs |
| 5/28/2026 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/30/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. |
| 5/31/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen |
| 5/31/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 6/01/2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III |