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SB1109 Enrolled                      LRB093 06745 DRJ 06880 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 5-4.1 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
 7        Sec.  5-4.1.   Co-payments.   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 may not
10    exceed $3  for  brand  name  drugs,  $1  for  other  pharmacy
11    services  other than for generic drugs, and $2 for physicians
12    services, dental services,  optical  services  and  supplies,
13    chiropractic  services, podiatry services, and encounter rate
14    clinic services. There shall be  no  co-payment  for  generic
15    drugs.  Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital outpatient
16    and clinic services.  Provided, however, that any  such  rule
17    must  provide  that  no  co-payment requirement can exist for
18    renal dialysis, radiation therapy,  cancer  chemotherapy,  or
19    insulin,  and  other products necessary on a recurring basis,
20    the absence of which would  be  life  threatening,  or  where
21    co-payment   expenditures   for   required   services  and/or
22    medications for chronic diseases that the Illinois Department
23    shall by rule designate shall cause  an  extensive  financial
24    burden  on  the  recipient,  and provided no co-payment shall
25    exist for emergency room encounters  which  are  for  medical
26    emergencies.
27    (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
 
SB1109 Enrolled            -2-       LRB093 06745 DRJ 06880 b
 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.