A bill that would ban time limits on anesthesia now sits on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, WAND News reported June 23.
The legislation was introduced in January by Republican state Rep. Bill Hauter, MD, in response to a proposed policy from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. The policy, floated in November 2024, would have placed time limits on anesthesia use in procedures in Missouri, New York and Connecticut. Anthem withdrew the proposal after pushback from patients, physicians and industry groups.
The bill passed unanimously in the state Senate in late May.
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