AACVPR is a leading advocate for the practice of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and has a long history of challenging legislation and regulation that negatively impacts the care of patients. Our advocacy efforts are varied to ensure that the interests of our members are made known to a wide array of decision makers.
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https://www.aacvpr.org/Advocate
ISCHR Letter on SB1418-April 2025
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SB1418 (215 ILCS 5/356z.80)
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after January 1, 2026 must provide coverage, no less than once every 12 months, for a peripheral artery disease screening test for any at-risk individual. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage under those provisions.
ISCHR ADVOCACY IN ACTION
ISCHR President, Christine Bryant, recently went to the Illinois State Capital to support and Illinois state bill to mandate PAD screening in state-regulated insurance and the state's Medicaid system. This something that is extremely important to the ISCHR Board of Directors and are in full support of. While there she met a few other professionals there for the same reason: Dr. Abdul Hafiz, SIU Medicine; Dr. Shadi Halabi, Powers Health and Indiana University School of Medicine; and Dan Johnson, with Lobbying for Improvements and lobbyist for the Illinois Chapter of American College of Cardiology. Awesome job Christine!!
Dr. Abdul Hafiz, Christine Bryant, Dr. Shadi Halabi, and Dan Johnson