Sharing some good news: Illinois has removed testosterone from its prescription monitoring database, effective immediately
This past Sunday, Illinois' Governor Pritzker signed HB 4384 into law, removing testosterone from the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill also prevents the addition of estrogen, mifepristone, and misoprostol to the monitoring program. More than 60% of states in the US use prescription monitoring programs to track information about prescriptions and treatments - by preventing these medications from being tracked, the state of Illinois prevents the misuse of information regarding gender-related and reproductive care.
This is a big win for people receiving HRT and reproductive care in Illinois, especially for people prescribed testosterone. Governor Pritzker also signed two more bills into law, effective January 2027, that will further enshrine protections for trans Illinoisans: HB 5095, enshrining the self-selection process for gender markers on IDs, and HB 5492, requiring insurance companies to cover up to six-month supplies of HRT.