republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-471.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "NETWORK ADEQUACY/TRANSPARENCY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews group accident and health policies providing coverage for hospital or medical treatment or services for illness entered into on or after January 1, 2022 shall ensure that the insured have timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions. Provides that network adequacy standards for timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions must satisfy specified minimum requirements. Provides that if there is no in-network facility or provider available for an insured to receive timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions in accordance with the minimum network adequacy standards, the insurer shall provide necessary exceptions to its network to ensure admission and treatment with a provider or at a treatment facility in accordance with those network adequacy standards. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 471"
citation: "Illinois SB 471 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Fine", "Lindsey LaPointe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d9ae20-9409-40bb-99c0-ea95c3ffe581"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=471&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=132865&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "3ba3d5a59aa3052d9100c348738b2b9eeb024075368ef23165b1b853ab465186"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 471 (102nd) — NETWORK ADEQUACY/TRANSPARENCY

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews group accident and health policies providing coverage for hospital or medical treatment or services for illness entered into on or after January 1, 2022 shall ensure that the insured have timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions. Provides that network adequacy standards for timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions must satisfy specified minimum requirements. Provides that if there is no in-network facility or provider available for an insured to receive timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorders or conditions in accordance with the minimum network adequacy standards, the insurer shall provide necessary exceptions to its network to ensure admission and treatment with a provider or at a treatment facility in accordance with those network adequacy standards. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0471.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0471eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0471sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0471enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `filing`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2021-03-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-03-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2021-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2021-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Do Pass as Amended Insurance; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2021-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Insurance Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0144 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d9ae20-9409-40bb-99c0-ea95c3ffe581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).