093_HB2650
LRB093 07568 DRJ 07744 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, and $2 for physicians services, dental services,
12 optical services and supplies, chiropractic services,
13 podiatry services, and encounter rate clinic services.
14 Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital outpatient and
15 clinic services. Provided, however, that any such rule must
16 provide that no co-payment requirement can exist for renal
17 dialysis, radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, treatment
18 of mental illnesses, or insulin, and other products necessary
19 on a recurring basis, the absence of which would be life
20 threatening, or where co-payment expenditures for required
21 services and/or medications for chronic diseases that the
22 Illinois Department shall by rule designate shall cause an
23 extensive financial burden on the recipient, and provided no
24 co-payment shall exist for emergency room encounters which
25 are for medical emergencies.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.