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90_HB1038
305 ILCS 5/5-5.12 from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois
Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in provisions
regarding payments by the Department of Public Aid to
pharmacies.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 5-5.12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 5-5.12 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12)
8 Sec. 5-5.12. Pharmacy payments.
9 (a) Every request submitted by a pharmacy for
10 reimbursement under this Article for prescription drugs
11 provided to a recipient of aid under this Article shall
12 include the name of the prescriber or an acceptable
13 identification number as established by the Illinois
14 Department.
15 (b) Pharmacies providing prescription drugs under this
16 Article shall be reimbursed at a rate which shall include a
17 professional dispensing fee as determined by the Illinois
18 Department, plus the current acquisition cost of the
19 prescription drug dispensed. The Illinois Department shall
20 update its information on the acquisition costs of all
21 prescription drugs no less frequently than every 30 days.
22 However, the Illinois Department may set the rate of
23 reimbursement for the acquisition cost, by rule, at a
24 percentage of the current average wholesale acquisition cost.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-673, eff. 8-14-96.)