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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB3097
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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215 ILCS 125/2-3.1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1405.1 |
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Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning drug products.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3097 |
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LRB096 09794 RPM 19957 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Health Maintenance Organization Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2-3.1 as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 125/2-3.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1405.1)
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| Sec. 2-3.1. (a) No health maintenance organization shall |
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| cause to be
dispensed any drug other than that
that prescribed |
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| by a physician. Nothing
herein shall prohibit drug product |
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| selection under Section 3.14 of the
"Illinois Food, Drug
and |
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| Cosmetic Act", approved June 29, 1967, as amended, and in |
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| accordance
with the requirements of Section 25 of the "Pharmacy |
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| Practice Act",
approved September 24, 1987, as amended. |
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| (b) No health maintenance organization shall include in any |
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| contract
with any physician providing for health care services |
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| any provision
requiring such physician to prescribe any |
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| particular drug product to any
enrollee unless the enrollee is |
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| a hospital in-patient where such drug product
may be permitted |
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| pursuant
to written guidelines or procedures previously |
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| established by a
pharmaceutical or therapeutics committee of a |
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| hospital, approved by the
medical staff of such hospital and |
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| specifically approved, in writing, by
the prescribing |
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| physician for his or her patients in such hospital, and
unless |