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92_HB3197
LRB9205576DJdv
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 (other
9 than group care recipients) shall pay a fee as a co-payment
10 for services. Co-payments may not exceed $1 one dollar for
11 pharmacy services, 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 three dollars for hospital
15 outpatient and clinic services. Notwithstanding any other
16 provision of this Section, co-payments for generic
17 prescription drugs may not exceed $0.50 per prescription.
18 Provided, however, that any such rule must provide that no
19 co-payment requirement can exist for renal dialysis,
20 radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, or insulin, and other
21 products necessary on a recurring basis, the absence of which
22 would be life threatening, or where co-payment expenditures
23 for required services and/or medications for chronic diseases
24 that the Illinois Department shall by rule designate shall
25 cause an extensive financial burden on the recipient, and
26 provided no co-payment shall exist for emergency room
27 encounters which are for medical emergencies.
28 (Source: P.A. 82-664.)