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.