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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2288 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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305 ILCS 5/5-4.1 | from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1 |
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Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections who is eligible for medical assistance to pay a fee as a co-payment for services.
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| | HB2288 | | LRB101 10560 KTG 55666 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5-4.1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-4.1. Co-payments. The Department may by rule provide |
| 8 | | that recipients
under any Article of this Code shall pay a fee |
| 9 | | as a co-payment for services.
Co-payments shall be maximized to |
| 10 | | the extent permitted by federal law, except that the Department |
| 11 | | shall impose a co-pay of $2 on generic drugs. Provided, |
| 12 | | however, that any such rule must provide that no
co-payment |
| 13 | | requirement can exist
for renal dialysis, radiation therapy, |
| 14 | | cancer chemotherapy, or insulin, and
other products necessary |
| 15 | | on a recurring basis, the absence of which would
be life |
| 16 | | threatening, or where co-payment expenditures for required |
| 17 | | services
and/or medications for chronic diseases that the |
| 18 | | Illinois Department shall
by rule designate shall cause an |
| 19 | | extensive financial burden on the
recipient, and provided no |
| 20 | | co-payment shall exist for emergency room
encounters which are |
| 21 | | for medical emergencies. The Department shall seek approval of |
| 22 | | a State plan amendment that allows pharmacies to refuse to |
| 23 | | dispense drugs in circumstances where the recipient does not |