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215 ILCS 5/512-3

(215 ILCS 5/512-3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.59-3)

Sec. 512-3. Definitions.

For the purposes of this Article, unless the
context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
ascribed
to them herein:

(a) "Third party prescription program" or "program" means any system of
providing for the reimbursement of pharmaceutical services and prescription
drug products offered or operated in this State under a contractual arrangement
or agreement between a provider of such services and another party who is
not the consumer of those services and products.  Such programs may include, but need not be limited to, employee benefit
plans whereby a consumer receives prescription drugs or other pharmaceutical
services and those services are paid for by
an agent of the employer or others.

(b) "Third party program administrator" or "administrator" means any person,
partnership or corporation who issues or causes to be issued any payment
or reimbursement to a provider for services rendered pursuant to a third
party prescription program,  but does not include the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or any agent authorized by
the Director to reimburse a provider of services rendered pursuant to a
program of which the Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the third party.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)