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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0646 Introduced 1/31/2019, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 305 ILCS 5/5-4.1 | from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes
a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB0646 | | LRB101 04390 KTG 49398 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, |
| 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
The Department may by rule |
| 8 | | provide that recipients
under any Article of this Code shall |
| 9 | | pay a fee as a co-payment for services.
Co-payments shall be |
| 10 | | maximized to the extent permitted by federal law, except that |
| 11 | | the Department shall impose a co-pay of $2 on generic drugs. |
| 12 | | Provided, however, that any such rule must provide that no
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| 13 | | co-payment requirement can exist
for renal dialysis, radiation |
| 14 | | therapy, cancer chemotherapy, or insulin, and
other products |
| 15 | | necessary on a recurring basis, the absence of which would
be |
| 16 | | life threatening, or where co-payment expenditures for |
| 17 | | required services
and/or medications for chronic diseases that |
| 18 | | the 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 |