Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
Filed: 3/19/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3922
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3922 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing
Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (320 ILCS 50/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review | ||||||
8 | Committee.
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9 | (a) The Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Review Committee | ||||||
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created. The Committee shall consist of 17 members as | ||||||
11 | follows:
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12 | (1) Twelve members appointed as follows: 2 members of | ||||||
13 | the General
Assembly and 1 member of the general public, | ||||||
14 | appointed by the President of the
Senate; 2 members of the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly and 1 member of the general public,
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16 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; 2 members | ||||||
17 | of the General
Assembly and 1 member of the general public, | ||||||
18 | appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives; | ||||||
19 | and 2 members of the General Assembly and 1 member of
the | ||||||
20 | general public, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
21 | House of
Representatives.
These members shall serve at the | ||||||
22 | pleasure of the appointing authority.
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23 | (2) The Director of Aging or his or her designee.
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24 | (3) The Director of Revenue or his or her designee.
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1 | (4) The Director of Public Aid or his or her designee.
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2 | (5) The Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||||||
3 | designee.
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4 | (6) The Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
5 | designee.
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6 | (b) Members appointed from the general public shall | ||||||
7 | represent the
following associations, organizations, and | ||||||
8 | interests: statewide
membership-based senior advocacy | ||||||
9 | organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers,
pharmacists,
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10 | dispensing pharmacies, physicians, and providers of services | ||||||
11 | to senior
citizens.
No single organization may have more than | ||||||
12 | one representative appointed as a
member from the general | ||||||
13 | public.
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14 | (c) The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of
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15 | Representatives shall each designate one member of the | ||||||
16 | Committee to serve as
co-chairs.
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17 | (d) Committee members shall serve without compensation or
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18 | reimbursement for expenses.
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19 | (e) The Committee shall meet at the call of the co-chairs, | ||||||
20 | but at
least quarterly.
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21 | (f) The Committee may conduct public hearings to gather | ||||||
22 | testimony
from interested parties regarding pharmaceutical | ||||||
23 | assistance for Illinois
seniors, including changes to existing | ||||||
24 | and proposed programs.
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25 | (g) The Committee may advise appropriate State agencies | ||||||
26 | regarding
the establishment of proposed programs or changes to | ||||||
27 | existing programs. The
State agencies shall take into | ||||||
28 | consideration any recommendations made by the
Committee.
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29 | (h) The Committee shall report to the General Assembly and | ||||||
30 | the
Governor annually or as it deems necessary regarding | ||||||
31 | proposed or recommended
changes to pharmaceutical assistance | ||||||
32 | programs that benefit Illinois seniors and
any associated costs | ||||||
33 | of those changes.
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34 | (i) In the event that a prescription drug benefit is added |
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1 | to the federal
Medicare
program, the Committee shall make | ||||||
2 | recommendations for the realignment of State-operated senior | ||||||
3 | prescription drug programs so
that Illinois residents qualify | ||||||
4 | for at least substantially the same level of benefits
available | ||||||
5 | to them prior
to implementation of the Medicare prescription | ||||||
6 | drug benefit, provided that a resident remains eligible for | ||||||
7 | such a State-operated program. The Committee shall report its | ||||||
8 | recommendations to the General
Assembly and
the Governor by | ||||||
9 | January 1, 2005.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 92-594, eff. 6-27-02.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
12 | becoming law.".
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