Rep. Ron Stephens
Filed: 4/7/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2768
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2768 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 24.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 85/24.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 24.5. Sale of prescription drugs at best price. If a | ||||||
8 | wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy benefit manager has | ||||||
9 | entered into a contract with the State to sell or negotiate the | ||||||
10 | sale of a prescription drug to the State at a particular price, | ||||||
11 | then, upon the request of any pharmacy domiciled in this State, | ||||||
12 | the wholesale drug distributor or pharmacy benefit manager must | ||||||
13 | disclose that price and make that prescription drug available | ||||||
14 | to the pharmacy at that same price during the period that the | ||||||
15 | contract with the State is in effect, regardless of the | ||||||
16 | quantity of the drug purchased by the pharmacy. This Section | ||||||
17 | applies only to contracts for the sale of prescription drugs | ||||||
18 | entered into between a pharmacy and a wholesale drug | ||||||
19 | distributor or pharmacy benefit manager on or after the | ||||||
20 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
21 | Assembly.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.".
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