Only three new state laws take effect in 2021, plus minimum wage goes up again A new Illinois law caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 per month for all patients using a state-regulated insurance plan. Associated Press, 2019 Megan Blair, a 27-year-old diabetes patient from Harristown, talks about her struggle to keep up with the rising cost of insulin during a news conference in 2019. Democratic state Reps. Sue Scherer, from left, and Stefanie Kifowit and Sen. Andy Manar were among the sponsors of a law taking effect New Year s Day that caps out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply. Peter Hancock/Capitol News Illinois
New laws for 2021 in Mo., Ill., Ky.
New laws go into effect in the Heartland on Jan. 1 By Marsha Heller | January 1, 2021 at 1:15 PM CST - Updated January 1 at 4:27 PM
(KFVS) - With the arrival of 2021 new laws and policies in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky will go into effect.
The list of new laws are few compared to past years.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic cut short spring sessions and kept lawmakers out of chambers.
The following is a list of new laws:
Illinois:
SB 0667- Caps co-pays for insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply.
HB 2708- Makes two amendments to the Missing Persons Identification Act: Law enforcement agencies can collect DNA samples of a missing person and their family members and share the DNA with the national Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs legislation that caps the out-of-pocket cost of prescription insulin for many people in Illinois during a ceremony Jan. 24, 2020, at the Central Counties Health Centers in Springfield. The law is one of only three that go into effect Jan. 1. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Minimum wage increase to $11/hour will also be in effect
By SARAH MANSUR
smansur@capitolnewsillinois.com
When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
2021 is the most highly anticipated year ever. The thought of not being in the year 2020 anymore just sounds like a dream. But when the clock strikes midnight on New Year s Eve, there s some more going on than just one giant sigh of relief.
A new year means new laws. For Illinois, there actually aren t that many new laws going into effect at the start of 2021. There s only three new laws and a minimum wage increase happening.
So here s three new laws going into effect January 1st in Illinois according to SJR -
Insulin costs cap - Senate Bill 667 (Public Act 101-0625) amends the Illinois Insurance Code to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $100 per month for all patients using a state regulated insurance plan, regardless of the amount of insulin or type of covered prescription insulin drug used to fill the insured patient’s prescription.