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Rep. Ron Stephens
Filed: 4/7/2005
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09400HB2768ham002 |
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LRB094 07808 RAS 44587 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2768
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2768 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended by |
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| adding Section 24.5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 85/24.5 new) |
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| Sec. 24.5. Sale of prescription drugs at best price. If a |
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| wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy benefit manager has |
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| entered into a contract with the State to sell or negotiate the |
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| sale of a prescription drug to the State at a particular price, |
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| then, upon the request of any pharmacy domiciled in this State, |
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| the wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy benefit manager must |
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| disclose that price and make that prescription drug available |
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| to the pharmacy at that same price during the period that the |
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| contract with the State is in effect, regardless of the |
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| quantity of the drug purchased by the pharmacy. This Section |
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| applies only to contracts for the sale of prescription drugs |
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| entered into between a pharmacy and a wholesale drug |
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| distributor or pharmacy benefit manager on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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