94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1476

 

Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new

    Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Department of Public Aid, through an inter-agency agreement with the Department of Central Management Services, the Department on Aging, the Department of Public Health, and the Division of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall: (1) coordinate each State pharmaceutical or medical assistance program with the Medicare Part D benefit so that Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for or enrolled in State pharmaceutical or medical assistance programs maintain their current pharmaceutical coverage to the extent allowed under federal law; and (2) coordinate each State pharmaceutical or medical assistance program with Medicare Part D to maximize pharmaceutical coverage for individuals, to minimize disruption in enrollment and eligibility for state and federal programs, to minimize out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries and to maximize federal funding for pharmaceutical coverage. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil
5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6 2205-15 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new)
8     Sec. 2205-15. Implementation of Medicare Part D
9 pharmaceutical coverage.
10     (a) The Medicare Modernization Act of 2004 created a new
11 Medicare benefit, Medicare Part D, to provide pharmaceutical
12 coverage to Medicare beneficiaries beginning on January 1,
13 2006. The General Assembly recognizes that Medicare Part D may
14 impact eligibility and coverage for the following State
15 pharmaceutical or medical assistance programs: (i) medical
16 assistance, or Medicaid, under Article V of the Illinois Public
17 Aid Code; (ii) SeniorCare, under Section 5-5.12a of the
18 Illinois Public Aid Code; (iii) the State Pharmaceutical
19 Assistance Program, under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
20 Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act;
21 (iv) the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug
22 Discount Program, under the Senior Citizens and Disabled
23 Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Act; (v) the
24 Comprehensive Health Insurance Program, under the
25 Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act; and (vi) the Aids Drug
26 Assistance Program, under the authority of Section 2310-315 of
27 the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
28 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. As used in this Section,
29 "State pharmaceutical or medical assistance programs" means
30 the programs described in items (i) through (vi).
31     (b) The Illinois Department of Public Aid, through an
32 inter-agency agreement with the Department of Central

 

 

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1 Management Services, the Department on Aging, the Department of
2 Public Health, and the Division of Insurance of the Department
3 of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall do the
4 following:
5         (1) Coordinate each State pharmaceutical or medical
6     assistance program with the Medicare Part D benefit so that
7     Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for or enrolled in
8     State pharmaceutical or medical assistance programs
9     maintain their current pharmaceutical coverage to the
10     extent allowed under federal law.
11         (2) Coordinate each State pharmaceutical or medical
12     assistance program with Medicare Part D to maximize
13     pharmaceutical coverage for individuals, to minimize
14     disruption in enrollment and eligibility for State and
15     federal programs, to minimize out-of-pocket costs for
16     Medicare beneficiaries, and to maximize federal funding
17     for pharmaceutical coverage.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.