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91_SB1623
LRB9112638SMpk
1 AN ACT to amend the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
2 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act by
3 changing Section 3.15.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5 . The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
7 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
8 amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
9 (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
10 Sec. 3.15. "Covered prescription drug" means (1) any
11 cardiovascular agent or drug; (2) any insulin or other
12 prescription drug used in the treatment of diabetes,
13 including syringe and needles used to administer the insulin;
14 and (3) any prescription drug used in the treatment of
15 arthritis; and (4) beginning January 1, 2001, any
16 prescription drug used in the treatment of cancer. The
17 specific agents or products to be included under such
18 categories shall be listed in a handbook to be prepared and
19 distributed by the Department. The general types of covered
20 prescription drugs shall be indicated by rule.
21 (Source: P.A. 85-1176.)
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