101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3097

 

Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.52 new

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop in collaboration with an academic institution a program designed to provide prescribing physicians under the medical assistance program with an evidence-based, non-commercial source of the latest objective information about pharmaceuticals. Provides that the prescriber education program shall consist of a web-based curriculum and an academic educator outreach and shall contract with clinical pharmacists to provide scheduled visits with prescribing physicians to update them on the latest research concerning medication usage and new updates on disease states in an unbiased manner. Provides that education provided under the prescriber education program shall include disease-based educational modules on the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain, diabetes, hypertension, and other specified diseases and that such modules shall be reviewed and updated on an annual or as-needed basis. Provides that additional resources provided under the prescribing education program shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a drug information response center available to prescribing physicians that provides thorough and timely in-depth answers to any questions a prescribing physician may have within 48 hours after a question is received; and (ii) information on drug utilization trends within individual and group practices.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 12-4.52 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.52 new)
7    Sec. 12-4.52. Prescriber education.
8    (a) The Department of Human Services shall develop in
9collaboration with an academic institution a program designed
10to provide prescribing physicians under the medical assistance
11program with an evidence-based, non-commercial source of the
12latest objective information about pharmaceuticals.
13Information shall be presented to prescribing physicians by
14specially trained pharmacists, nurses, or other health
15professionals to assist prescribing physicians in making
16appropriate therapeutic recommendations.
17    (b) The prescriber education program shall consist of 2
18components: a web-based curriculum and an academic educator
19outreach. The program shall contract with clinical pharmacists
20to provide scheduled visits with prescribing physicians to
21update them on the latest research concerning medication usage
22and new updates on disease states in an unbiased manner.
23    (c) Education provided under the prescriber education

 

 

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1program shall include, but not be limited to, disease-based
2educational modules on the treatment of chronic non-cancer
3pain, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, respiratory
4syncytial virus, and nicotine dependence. New modules may be
5created periodically as needed and existing module content
6shall be reviewed and updated on an annual or as-needed basis.
7Educational modules provided under the program shall provide
8prescribing physicians with continuing medical education
9credit.
10    (d) Additional resources provided under the prescriber
11education program shall include, but not be limited to, the
12following:
13        (1) a drug information response center available to
14    prescribing physicians that provides thorough and timely
15    in-depth answers to any questions a prescribing physician
16    may have within 48 hours after a question is received; and
17        (2) information on drug utilization trends within
18    individual and group practices.