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Ill. Panel Lets State Extend Insurance Plans
CHICAGO (AP) -- A legislative panel has cleared the way for Illinois to extend temporary health insurance coverage for state employees through June 30.

The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability voted 8-1 Tuesday for the extension.

The state now must negotiate new contracts with health insurance companies.

The temporary contracts were set to expire Sept. 28 and were put in place as litigation over state health insurance plans works its way through the courts.

Illinois awarded new health insurance contracts for employees that were to begin July 1. But providers who were upset that they weren't chosen by the state filed a lawsuit challenging the new contracts.

An appeals court ruled earlier this month that the state must wait for the lawsuit to be resolved before making any permanent health coverage changes.

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