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Public Act 92-0825
SB2201 Enrolled LRB9212584DJgc
AN ACT in relation to 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 Sections 5-5.12 and 9A-11.5 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) The Department shall not impose requirements for
prior approval based on a preferred drug list for
anti-retroviral 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.
(Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-673, eff. 8-14-96.)
(305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5)
Sec. 9A-11.5. Investigate child care providers. Any
child care provider receiving funds from the child care
assistance program under this Code who is not required to be
licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall, as a
condition of eligibility to participate in the child care
assistance program under this Code, authorize in writing on a
form prescribed by the Department of Children and Family
Services, periodic investigations an investigation of the
Central Register, as defined in the Abused and Neglected
Child Reporting Act, to ascertain if the child care provider
has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated
report of child abuse or neglect.
The Department of Children and Family Services shall
conduct an investigation of the Central Register at the
request of the Department. The Department shall request the
Department of Children and Family Services to conduct
periodic investigations an investigation of the Central
Register. The Department shall by rule determine when
payment to an unlicensed child care provider may be withheld
if there is an indicated finding against the provider in the
Central Register.
(Source: P.A. 90-684, eff. 7-31-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly June 02, 2002.
Approved August 21, 2002.
Effective August 21, 2002.
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