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SB 2677

Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; define requirements for pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations.

2025 Regular Session

SB 2677 would require bold expiration dates on FOID cards and separate expiry dates for combined FOID/CC cards, and add PBM rules capping patient charges to pharmacy-retained amounts.

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2677

SB 2677 — Bill Summary

Status: Died in committee (legislative record)
Introduced: March 13, 2025
Primary sponsor: Sen. Terri Bryant (co‑sponsor listed: DeCoite)
Subject areas: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency; Public Health and Welfare; State Affairs
Related/companion: HB 700 (companion)

Note on record: The bill text and legislative history in the provided file include inconsistent and overlapping entries (parts that amend the Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act and separate amendments addressing pharmacy benefit managers). The summary below captures both substantive components shown in the document and flags procedural inconsistencies in the record.

Main purpose / intent

The bill, as drafted, would have two principal elements:
1. Amend the Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID) Act to require clearer display of expiration dates on FOID cards and combined FOID/concealed carry cards and to clarify related card content and renewal procedures.
2. (By committee amendment) Add requirements applicable to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and third‑party payers, including a definition of “plan sponsors” and a limit on amounts PBMs or third‑party payers can charge patients relative to amounts retained by pharmacies.

Key provisions

Firearm Owner’s Identification Card Act amendments
- Require the expiration date of any FOID issued on or after the bill’s effective date to be “boldly and conspicuously displayed” on the face of the card.
- For combined FOID/concealed carry cards issued on or after the effective date, require the card to clearly and conspicuously show both:
- the expiration date of the FOID, and
- the expiration date of the concealed carry license.
- Preserve/clarify existing provisions about using digital photographs/signatures from Illinois driver’s licenses or ID cards (with fraud exceptions), and a provision that when a photograph exemption applies a card may contain fingerprints.
- Require Illinois State Police rulemaking to implement combined‑card procedures, renewal timing where a person obtains a concealed carry license, and to ensure FOID continuity if concealed carry status changes (e.g., suspension/revocation).

Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) provisions (from Amendment No. 2)
- Define “plan sponsors” to mean employers, insurance companies, unions, and HMOs that contract (directly or indirectly) with a PBM.
- Add a consumer protection rule: “A pharmacy benefit manager or third‑party payer shall not charge or cause a patient to pay an amount that exceeds the total amount retained by the pharmacy.” (This limits patient charges relative to what the pharmacy actually retains.)

Who would be affected

  • Illinois FOID holders and concealed carry applicants (cards would display clearer expiration information; combined‑card holders would see separate expiration dates).
  • Illinois State Police (rulemaking and implementation responsibility).
  • Pharmacies, PBMs, third‑party payers, and plan sponsors: the PBM provision would affect how PBMs set patient charges and reimbursements and could alter billing/contracting practices.
  • Patients/consumers: the PBM provision aims to prevent patients from being charged more than the net amount pharmacies retain.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • The bill was filed March 13, 2025 and shows several committee activities and hearings in spring 2025 in the provided record.
  • The official status in the materials supplied states: Died In Committee (March 4, 2025). The chronology contains inconsistent date entries; users should consult the official legislative clerk or the General Assembly’s online bill status page for a final authoritative record.
  • A committee substitute (amendment) was adopted that added PBM‑related language.

Implementation & enforcement

  • FOID provisions require administrative rulemaking by the Illinois State Police to change card design and procedures.
  • PBM provisions would likely require enforcement via regulatory authorities (e.g., Illinois Department of Insurance or Attorney General) or private causes of action depending on final statutory language and where enforcement authority is placed.

Bottom line

SB 2677 combined technical FOID card‑format reforms (clearer display of expiration dates and combined‑card rules) with a late committee amendment introducing PBM consumer protection language (limiting patient charges relative to pharmacy retention). According to the supplied record, the bill did not advance out of committee.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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