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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, During the 97th General Assembly, the Department |
| 3 | | of Insurance was tasked pursuant to House Resolution 450 with |
| 4 | | (1) determining the impact a
designed benefit plan that |
| 5 | | implements coinsurance for
prescription medications has on |
| 6 | | individuals and employer
health plans; (2) studying the |
| 7 | | availability of manufacturer
discounts and assistance plans to |
| 8 | | individuals and employers for
specialty-tier medications; (3) |
| 9 | | determining the percentage of
small group and large group |
| 10 | | health plans in this State
providing prescription drug benefits |
| 11 | | and identifying plan options
used by employer health plans and |
| 12 | | individuals to assist them to
contain the costs of their |
| 13 | | specialty drug benefits; and (4)
identifying and evaluating |
| 14 | | options for reducing any negative impacts
of cost sharing, |
| 15 | | coinsurance, and specialty-tier pricing; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Further work is needed on these issues; therefore, |
| 17 | | be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 19 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | the Department of Insurance's study of these issues is |
| 21 | | extended; and be it further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Insurance shall submit a |