093_HB0239

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning prescription drugs.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Department of Central Management Services
 5    Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  is  amended
 6    by adding Section 405-195 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 405/405-195 new)
 8        Sec.   405-195.    Prescription  Drug  Purchasing  Policy
 9    Office.  The Department shall establish a  Prescription  Drug
10    Purchasing  Policy  Office.   The  Office shall determine and
11    implement strategies for best price purchasing practices  for
12    State  agencies  that  pay  for  prescription drugs by direct
13    purchase  or  by  other  arrangements.   This   may   include
14    establishing a central State purchasing policy, entering into
15    cooperative  agreements  with other states or other public or
16    private entities that may enable  the  State  to  reduce  its
17    prescription  drug  costs,  and  establishing any other State
18    agency policies and practices that may enable  the  State  to
19    reduce its costs.

20        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
21    becoming law.