Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

305 ILCS 5/5-5.12

from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department shall not impose requirements for prior approval based on a preferred drug list for any short-acting beta agonists used as rescue therapy in the treatment of life-threatening conditions due to acute bronchospasm in patients with reversible obstructive airway disease that results from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema.

Fiscal Note (Department of Public Aid)

This bill will hamper the Department's ability to enact cost containment measures if prior approval, generic preference and formulary restrictions are exempt for clients diagnosed with a specific disease such as reversible obstructive airway disease. It is also difficult to link comprehensive drugs to a particular disease, since drug prescriptions do not include a diagnosis field. Computer system changes related to such diagnosis tracking will result in increased administrative costs and would need to conform to HIPAA requirements. Since the Department does not track Medicaid clients by their disease, fiscal impact cannot be determined at this time.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/5/2004	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner
2/5/2004	House	First Reading
2/5/2004	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/19/2004	House	Assigned to Human Services Committee
2/25/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
2/25/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
2/26/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
2/26/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
2/26/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
2/26/2004	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
2/26/2004	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
3/4/2004	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000
3/4/2004	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2004	House	Fiscal Note Filed
3/31/2004	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/31/2004	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2004	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2005	House	Session Sine Die

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