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91_HB0805
LRB9101529SMpc
1 AN ACT to amend the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
2 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act by
3 changing Section 3.15.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
7 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is
8 amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
9 (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
10 Sec. 3.15. "Covered prescription drug" means any
11 product, except those products covered by the Illinois
12 Controlled Substances Act, which by federal law cannot be
13 dispensed unless ordered by a physician, dentist, or
14 podiatrist. The pharmacy formulary used by the Department
15 shall be adopted by rule and shall be no more restrictive
16 than the pharmacy formulary adopted by the Department of
17 Public Aid in its administration of Article V of the Illinois
18 Public Aid Code. (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2)
19 any insulin or other prescription drug used in the treatment
20 of diabetes, including syringe and needles used to administer
21 the insulin; and (3) any prescription drug used in the
22 treatment of arthritis. The specific agents or products to
23 be included under such categories shall be listed in a
24 handbook to be prepared and distributed by the Department.
25 The general types of covered prescription drugs shall be
26 indicated by rule.
27 (Source: P.A. 85-1176.)
28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
29 becoming law.