SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has ordered Gov. Pat Quinn's administration to wait before making sweeping changes to state employees' health insurance plans.

Under the ruling by the Fourth District Appellate Court, the state must not move forward until a lawsuit over the changes is resolved.

Illinois had 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, and a Sangamon County judge placed a stay on the changes. The decision handed down by the appeals court Wednesday upholds the lower court ruling.

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