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SB1109 Engrossed                     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  $2  $3  for  brand  name drugs, $1 for other pharmacy
11    services other than for generic drugs, and $2 for  physicians
12    services,  dental  services,  optical  services and supplies,
13    chiropractic services, podiatry services, and encounter  rate
14    clinic  services.  There  shall  be no co-payment for generic
15    drugs. Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital  outpatient
16    and  clinic  services.  Provided, however, that any such rule
17    must provide that no co-payment  requirement  can  exist  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, or where
21    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, and  provided  no  co-payment  shall
25    exist  for  emergency  room  encounters which are for medical
26    emergencies.
27    (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.