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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Modern medicine offers patients and their
3 families new hope to treat diseases and conditions that
4 formerly were untreatable; and
5 WHEREAS, New medicines allow doctors to offer patients
6 choices in their recovery from serious illness or injury, in
7 suppressing symptoms, and improving the quality and enjoyment
8 of life for those with chronic conditions; and
9 WHEREAS, Patients and their families must be able to
10 trust that the doctor is acting with the highest professional
11 and ethical standards in recommending a treatment for the
12 patient's disease or condition; and
13 WHEREAS, Prior authorization requirements and
14 restrictions on drug choice disrupt the clinical relationship
15 between doctor and patient and cause doctors, pharmacists,
16 patients and their families to waste time, money, and worry;
17 and
18 WHEREAS, Appeals mechanisms delay treatment and cause
19 patients and their families anxiety about whether they are
20 receiving the medical care the doctor thinks is best or only
21 the medical care that their health plan will allow;
22 therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we support legislation to prohibit prior authorization
26 requirements, formularies, financial incentives, and other
27 impediments that attempt to control the doctor's
28 recommendation and patient's choice of a particular drug or
29 course of treatment to meet the patient's needs; and be it
30 further
31 RESOLVED, That we support legislation in other states
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1 based on the same premise of allowing doctors to make the
2 appropriate recommendation for prescription drugs based on
3 patient's needs.