State releases report on improving behavioral health access and integration
Illinois’ Chief Behavioral Health Office released a framework Monday on how the state can improve access and integration to services.
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Aug 11, 2026 | Behavioral Health, Top Stories
Illinois’ Chief Behavioral Health Office released a framework Monday on how the state can improve access and integration to services.
Aug 11, 2026 | Legislature, Prescription Drugs, Top Stories
A coalition of drug manufacturers has sued the state of Illinois over the recently enacted law to reform the 340B program.
Aug 10, 2026 | Legislature, Top Stories
Efforts to strengthen patient protections and reporting measures were among the health-related bills signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Aug 10, 2026 | Legislature, Pharmacy, Top Stories
Proposals to reform and audit the 340B program were signed into law Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
Aug 7, 2026 | Health Systems, Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories
Emily Chase said becoming the inaugural president of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Comer Children’s Hospital is a “full circle experience.”
Aug 6, 2026 | Top Stories
Illinois is at work on a modernization of its child support technology system, which officials said will make it easier for families to find services.
Aug 6, 2026 | Federal Government, Top Stories
A bipartisan plan led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., to address a substance commonly used in youth suicides has passed the Senate.
Aug 6, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories
A lab owner pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the federal government out of hundreds of millions of dollars as part of a larger COVID-19 testing scheme tied to a former executive at Chicago’s Loretto Hospital.
Aug 5, 2026 | Medical Research, Top Stories
Researchers from Rosalind Franklin University and Old Dominion University have received just over $3.4 million in federal funds to address health challenges for military recruits, specifically bone-stress injuries.
Aug 5, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Carle Health has asked state regulators to sign off on a roughly $34.3 million plan to expand its Urbana hospital.
Aug 4, 2026 | Top Stories, Vaping
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Monday his office has reached a $20 million settlement with disposable vape company Posh over allegedly selling unauthorized flavored e-cigarettes and marketing them to youth.
Aug 4, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Emily Chase will serve as the inaugural president of Comer Children’s Hospital, the University of Chicago Medicine announced Tuesday.
Aug 4, 2026 | Hospitals, Top Stories
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago remain among the top 20 hospitals in the country, according to the latest rankings released Tuesday from the U.S. News and World Report.
Aug 3, 2026 | LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Top Stories
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a plan Friday that looks to crack down on how social media companies use “addictive algorithms” to keep kids using their platforms.
Aug 3, 2026 | ACA, Federal Government, Top Stories
Illinois joined 19 other Democratic states on Friday to sue the Trump administration over rules they say will “illegally undermine” the Affordable Care Act.
Aug 3, 2026 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories
Cook County Health expects to provide an additional $100 million in charity care in the coming fiscal year, an amount officials said Friday will be the largest amount in more than a decade.