Health insurance plans continue to deny critical treatment, even as Illinoisans face elevated levels of mental health and addiction challenges due to COVID-19, racial inequity, and general social/economic turmoil:
Updating Illinois law with clear and commonsense definitions and standards of mental health care will save lives, reduce homelessness, and decrease costs to the state, communities, and taxpayers.
It’s mental health care everyone can agree on.
If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Crisis Text Line also provides free, 24/7, confidential support via text message to people in crisis when they text HOME to 741741.