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Public Act 1269 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-1269

HB5871 Enrolled LRB096 18826 KTG 34212 b

    AN ACT concerning public aid.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-5.12 as follows:

    (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12)
    Sec. 5-5.12. Pharmacy payments.
    (a) Every request submitted by a pharmacy for reimbursement
under this Article for prescription drugs provided to a
recipient of aid under this Article shall include the name of
the prescriber or an acceptable identification number as
established by the Department.
    (b) Pharmacies providing prescription drugs under this
Article shall be reimbursed at a rate which shall include a
professional dispensing fee as determined by the Illinois
Department, plus the current acquisition cost of the
prescription drug dispensed. The Illinois Department shall
update its information on the acquisition costs of all
prescription drugs no less frequently than every 30 days.
However, the Illinois Department may set the rate of
reimbursement for the acquisition cost, by rule, at a
percentage of the current average wholesale acquisition cost.
    (c) (Blank).
    (d) The Department shall not impose requirements for prior
approval based on a preferred drug list for anti-retroviral,
anti-hemophilic factor concentrates, or any atypical
antipsychotics, conventional antipsychotics, or
anticonvulsants used for the treatment of serious mental
illnesses until 30 days after it has conducted a study of the
impact of such requirements on patient care and submitted a
report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate.
    (e) When making determinations as to which drugs shall be
on a prior approval list, the Department shall include as part
of the analysis for this determination, the degree to which a
drug may affect individuals in different ways based on factors
including the gender of the person taking the medication.
(Source: P.A. 93-106, eff. 7-8-03; 94-48, eff. 7-1-05.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/26/2010

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