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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2781
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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305 ILCS 5/5-4.1 |
from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes
a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2781 |
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LRB096 09226 DRJ 19378 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-4.1 as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
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| Sec. 5-4.1. Co-payments. The
The Department may by rule |
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| provide that recipients
under any Article of this Code shall |
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| pay a fee as a co-payment for services.
Co-payments may not |
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| exceed $3 for brand name drugs, $1 for other pharmacy
services |
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| other than for generic drugs, and $2 for physicians services, |
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| dental
services, optical services and supplies, chiropractic |
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| services, podiatry
services, and encounter rate clinic |
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| services. There shall be no co-payment for
generic drugs. |
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| Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital outpatient and |
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| clinic
services. Provided, however, that any such rule must |
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| provide that no
co-payment requirement can exist
for renal |
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| dialysis, radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, or insulin, |
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| and
other products necessary on a recurring basis, the absence |
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| of which would
be life threatening, or where co-payment |
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| expenditures for required services
and/or medications for |
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| chronic diseases that the Illinois Department shall
by rule |
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| designate shall cause an extensive financial burden on the
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