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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0378
Introduced 1/21/2005, by Rep. Mike Boland SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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320 ILCS 25/3.15 |
from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15 |
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Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act concerning the pharmaceutical assistance program. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2006, "covered prescription drug" includes any agent or drug added by the Department of Revenue within the therapeutic categories of antipsychotics, antidepressants, and anticonvulsants.
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HB0378 |
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LRB094 06711 BDD 36809 b |
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons |
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| Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
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| Sec. 3.15. "Covered prescription drug" means (1) any |
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| cardiovascular agent
or drug; (2) any insulin or other |
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| prescription drug used in the treatment of
diabetes, including |
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| syringe and needles used to administer the insulin; (3)
any |
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| prescription drug used in the treatment of arthritis, (4) |
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| beginning on
January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in the |
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| treatment of cancer, (5)
beginning on January 1, 2001, any |
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| prescription drug used in the treatment of
Alzheimer's disease, |
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| (6) beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription drug
used in |
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| the treatment of Parkinson's disease, (7) beginning on January |
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| 1,
2001, any prescription drug used in the treatment of |
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| glaucoma, (8)
beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription |
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| drug used in the treatment of
lung disease and smoking related |
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| illnesses, (9) beginning on July 1,
2001, any prescription drug |
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| used in the treatment
of osteoporosis, and
(10) beginning
on |
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| January 1, 2004, any
prescription drug used in the treatment of |
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| multiple sclerosis, and (11) beginning on July 1, 2006, any |
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| agent or drug added by the Department within the therapeutic |
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| categories of antipsychotics, antidepressants, and |
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| anticonvulsants.
The
specific agents or products to be included |
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| under such categories shall be
listed in a handbook to be |
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| prepared and distributed by the Department. The
general types |
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| of covered prescription drugs shall be indicated by rule.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-10, eff. 6-11-01; 92-790, eff. 8-6-02; 93-528, |
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| eff.
1-1-04.)
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