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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB6726
Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Flider SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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30 ILCS 540/8 new |
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305 ILCS 5/5-5.12b new |
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Amends the State Prompt Payment Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse qualified providers of prescription drugs to persons presumed eligible for medical assistance under an expanded program of medical assistance that was the subject of an injunction issued by the Circuit Court of Cook County. Requires the Department to give priority in processing claims for reimbursement from those qualified providers. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB6726 |
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LRB095 22752 DRJ 53175 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 8 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 540/8 new) |
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| Sec. 8. Qualified providers of prescription drugs under the |
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| Illinois Public Aid Code; priority of payment. |
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| (a) In this Section, "qualified provider" means a pharmacy |
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| qualified under the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide |
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| prescription drugs to recipients of medical assistance under |
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| Article V of that Code who is entitled to reimbursement for |
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| prescription drugs provided to persons under Section 5-5.12b of |
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| that Code. |
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| (b) Except as provided in
subsection (c), if a qualified |
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| provider provides prescription drugs to a person presumed |
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| eligible for medical assistance under the expanded program of |
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| medical assistance described in Section 5-5.12b of the Illinois |
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| Public Aid Code and submits to the Department of Healthcare and |
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| Family Services a bill or invoice for those prescription drugs, |
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| then the Department must give priority to processing that bill |
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| or invoice for payment. Any bill or invoice meeting these |
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| criteria that is submitted to the Department must be processed |