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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1109
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1109, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 5-4.1 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/5-4.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1)
8 Sec. 5-4.1. Co-payments. The Department may by rule
9 provide that recipients under any Article of this Code shall
10 pay a fee as a co-payment for services. Co-payments may not
11 exceed $3 for brand name drugs, $1 for other pharmacy
12 services other than for generic drugs, and $2 for physicians
13 services, dental services, optical services and supplies,
14 chiropractic services, podiatry services, and encounter rate
15 clinic services. There shall be no co-payment for generic
16 drugs. Co-payments may not exceed $3 for hospital outpatient
17 and clinic services. Provided, however, that any such rule
18 must provide that no co-payment requirement can exist for
19 renal dialysis, radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, or
20 insulin, and other products necessary on a recurring basis,
21 the absence of which would be life threatening, or where
22 co-payment expenditures for required services and/or
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1 medications for chronic diseases that the Illinois Department
2 shall by rule designate shall cause an extensive financial
3 burden on the recipient, and provided no co-payment shall
4 exist for emergency room encounters which are for medical
5 emergencies.
6 (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 6-28-02.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.".