94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0199

 

Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-5.12b new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the Medicaid program, the Department of Public Aid may not establish formulary limits on, or restrict by any prior authorization requirement, any prescription drug or laboratory or diagnostic test as prescribed and determined to be medically necessary for the treatment of patients diagnosed with hepatitis C. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning 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 adding Section 5-5.12b as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12b new)
7     Sec. 5-5.12b. Hepatitis C; no formulary limits or prior
8 authorization. The Department of Public Aid may not establish
9 formulary limits on, or restrict by any prior authorization
10 requirement, any prescription drug or laboratory or diagnostic
11 test as prescribed and determined to be medically necessary for
12 the treatment of patients diagnosed with hepatitis C. The
13 Department of Public Aid shall make all exemptions and
14 exclusions from formulary limitations identified in this
15 Section applicable to all agencies, departments, and programs
16 under its jurisdiction.
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.