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| consumer without insurance to cover the cost of the drug would |
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| pay for the drug. The "usual and customary" price does not |
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| include any discount that the pharmacy may offer to senior |
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| citizens or to other persons. |
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| (c) From the information reported by pharmacies under this |
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| Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall |
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| compile a list of the 50 most commonly prescribed drugs and |
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| their usual and customary prices. |
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| Section 15. Participating pharmacies. Any licensed |
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| pharmacist or pharmacy in the State may participate in the Drug |
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| Price Finder program. Pharmacies that do not participate in the |
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| program of medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois |
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| Public Aid Code ("non-Medicaid pharmacies") may voluntarily |
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| submit their usual and customary prices of prescription drugs |
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| to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The |
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| Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall make |
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| available to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services |
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| the licensure status of non-Medicaid pharmacies participating |
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| in the Drug Price Finder program. |
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| Section 20. Drug Price Finder web site. |
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| (a) The Drug Price Finder web site must contain at least |
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| the following information for each of the 50 most commonly used |
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| prescription drugs as determined by the Department of |
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| Healthcare and Family Services as provided in Section 10: |
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| (1) The drug's brand name. |
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| (2) The drug's usual and customary price. |
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| (3) The drug's generic name. |
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| (4) The drug's strength, based on a typical 30-day |
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| supply. |
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| (5) The quantity of the drug prescribed, based on a |
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| typical 30-day supply. |
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| (6) The condition or conditions for which the drug is |
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| typically prescribed as treatment. |
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| (b) The Drug Price Finder web site must be interactive and |
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| must allow a user to perform a variety of searches to obtain |
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| information concerning a particular prescription drug |
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| (including different drug strengths, if applicable), a |
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| particular pharmacy, or a particular geographic location in the |
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| State (including searches by county, municipality, or zip |
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| code). For each prescription drug listed in the Drug Price |
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| Finder, the search results shall identify the pharmacies that |
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| dispensed that drug during the applicable period and each such |
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| pharmacy's usual and customary price for the drug during that |
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| period. For each prescription drug listed in the Drug Price |
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| Finder, the web site must allow a user to access the |
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| information specified in subsection (a) of this Section. |
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| (c) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall |
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| update the information contained on the Drug Price Finder web |
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| site at least every 2 months and shall state on the web site |
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| the date of the last update. |
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| (d) The web site shall contain a disclaimer stating that |
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| prescription drug prices may vary if the individual purchasing |
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| a prescription drug is eligible for a discounted price under a |
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| discount card or program. The disclaimer may also contain a |
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| statement that the prices might not be the current prices |
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| charged for a prescription and that more current pricing |
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| information may be available from a pharmacy. |
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| (e) The web site shall include links to other web sites, |
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| including other State-sponsored prescription drug assistance |
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| web sites and, if available, pharmacy web sites providing drug |
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| pricing information. |
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| Section 25. Operation of program; evaluation and report. |
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| (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services must |
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| ensure that the Drug Price Finder program is fully operational |
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| within 9 months after the effective date of this Act. |
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| (b) Eighteen months after the Drug Price Finder program |
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| begins operation, the Department of Healthcare and Family |
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| Services shall evaluate the program and report its findings and |
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| recommendations to the General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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