093_SB1109
LRB093 06745 DRJ 06880 b
1 AN ACT in relation to public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5-4.1 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
7 Sec. 5-4.1. Co-payments. The Department may by rule
8 provide that recipients under any Article of this Code shall
9 pay a fee as a co-payment for services. Co-payments may not
10 exceed $3 for brand name drugs, $1 for other pharmacy
11 services other than prescription drugs, and $2 for
12 physicians services, dental services, optical services and
13 supplies, chiropractic services, podiatry services, and
14 encounter rate clinic services. Co-payments may not exceed
15 $3 for hospital outpatient and clinic services. Provided,
16 however, that any such rule must provide that no co-payment
17 requirement can exist (i) for prescription drugs, (ii) for
18 renal dialysis, radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, or
19 insulin, and other products necessary on a recurring basis,
20 the absence of which would be life threatening, (iii)or
21 where co-payment expenditures for required services and/or
22 medications for chronic diseases that the Illinois Department
23 shall by rule designate shall cause an extensive financial
24 burden on the recipient, or (iv)and provided no co-payment
25 shall exist for emergency room encounters which are for
26 medical emergencies.
27 (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.