Advocates hope newly passed bill will inspire more Illinois therapists to take private health insurance

In recent years, many therapists have stopped taking insurance because of what they describe as low payment rates and administrative hoops that can make it difficult to treat patients — a situation that has left many patients either skipping behavioral health care or paying entirely out of pocket. The newly passed bill aims to address those issues by setting into law a formula outlining how much insurers must pay therapists for their services.

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