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| 1 | AN ACT concerning aging.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Prescription Drug Discount
Program | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (320 ILCS 55/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 8 | "Authorized pharmacy" means any pharmacy registered in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | this State under the
the
Pharmacy Practice Act or approved by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | approved by the Department or its program
administrator. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | "AWP" or "average wholesale price" means the amount | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | determined from the
latest publication of the Red Book, a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | universally subscribed pharmacist
reference guide
annually | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | published by the Hearst Corporation. "AWP" or "average | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | wholesale
price"
may also be derived electronically from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | drug pricing database synonymous
with the
latest publication of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the Red Book and furnished in the National Drug Data File
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| 19 | (NDDF)
by First Data Bank (FDB), a service of the Hearst | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Corporation.
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| 21 | "Covered medication" means any medication included in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program.
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| 23 | "Department" means the Department of Healthcare and Family | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Services.
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| 2 | "Director" means the Director of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
| 3 | Services.
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| 4 | "Drug manufacturer" means any entity (1) that is located | ||||||
| 5 | within or outside
Illinois
that is engaged in (i) the | ||||||
| 6 | production, preparation, propagation, compounding,
conversion,
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| 7 | or processing of prescription drug products covered under the | ||||||
| 8 | program, either
directly or
indirectly by extraction from | ||||||
| 9 | substances of natural origin, independently by
means of
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| 10 | chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and | ||||||
| 11 | chemical synthesis or
(ii) the
packaging, repackaging, | ||||||
| 12 | leveling, labeling, or distribution of prescription
drug | ||||||
| 13 | products
covered under the program and (2) that elects to | ||||||
| 14 | provide prescription drugs
either directly
or under contract | ||||||
| 15 | with any entity providing prescription drug services on
behalf | ||||||
| 16 | of the
State of Illinois. "Drug manufacturer", however, does | ||||||
| 17 | not include a wholesale
distributor
of drugs or a retail | ||||||
| 18 | pharmacy licensed under Illinois law.
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| 19 | "Federal Poverty Limit" or "FPL" means the Federal Poverty | ||||||
| 20 | Income Guidelines published annually in the Federal Register.
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| 21 | "Prescription drug" means any prescribed drug that may be | ||||||
| 22 | legally dispensed
by
an authorized pharmacy.
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| 23 | "Program" means the Illinois Prescription Drug
Discount | ||||||
| 24 | Program created
under this Act.
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| 25 | "Program administrator" means the entity that is chosen by | ||||||
| 26 | the Department to
administer the program. The program | ||||||
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| 1 | administrator may, in this case, be the
Director or
a Pharmacy | ||||||
| 2 | Benefits Manager (PBM) chosen to subcontract with the Director.
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| 3 | "Rules" includes rules adopted and forms prescribed by the | ||||||
| 4 | Department.
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| 5 | (Source: P.A. 94-86, eff. 1-1-06; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07.)
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