Public Act 93-0593

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    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 Section 5-4.1 as follows:

    (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
    Sec.  5-4.1.   Co-payments.   The  Department may by rule
provide that recipients under any Article of this Code  shall
pay  a fee as a co-payment for services.  Co-payments may not
exceed $3  for  brand  name  drugs,  $1  for  other  pharmacy
services  other than for generic drugs, and $2 for physicians
services, dental services,  optical  services  and  supplies,
chiropractic  services, podiatry services, and encounter rate
clinic services. There shall be  no  co-payment  for  generic
drugs.  Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital outpatient
and clinic services.  Provided, however, that any  such  rule
must  provide  that  no  co-payment requirement can exist for
renal dialysis, radiation therapy,  cancer  chemotherapy,  or
insulin,  and  other products necessary on a recurring basis,
the absence of which would  be  life  threatening,  or  where
co-payment   expenditures   for   required   services  and/or
medications for chronic diseases that the Illinois Department
shall by rule designate shall cause  an  extensive  financial
burden  on  the  recipient,  and provided no co-payment shall
exist for emergency room encounters  which  are  for  medical
emergencies.
(Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/25/2003