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Rep. Laura Fine
Filed: 3/6/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4146
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4146 on page 3, by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 8 through 12 with the following:
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| 4 | | "This paragraph (3) does not prohibit a health care |
| 5 | | plan, by contract, written policy or procedure, or any |
| 6 | | other agreement or course of conduct, from requiring a |
| 7 | | pharmacist to effect substitutions of prescription drugs |
| 8 | | consistent with Section 19.5 of the Pharmacy Practice Act, |
| 9 | | under which a pharmacist may substitute an interchangeable |
| 10 | | biologic for a prescribed biologic product, and Section 25 |
| 11 | | of the Pharmacy Practice Act, under which a pharmacist may |
| 12 | | select a generic drug determined to be therapeutically |
| 13 | | equivalent by the United States Food and Drug |
| 14 | | Administration and in accordance with the Illinois Food, |
| 15 | | Drug and Cosmetic Act.".
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