[ Search ] [ Legislation ] [ Bill Summary ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
90_SB1077 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. LRB9003501SMdv LRB9003501SMdv 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.)