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91_HR0751
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The United States Justice Department and state
3 attorneys general are investigating drug industry pricing
4 practices that result in the Medicare and Medicaid programs
5 substantially overpaying for certain prescription drugs; and
6 WHEREAS, The Justice Department hopes to set up a new
7 pricing system for some drugs that lists prices that state
8 Medicaid fraud investigators have determined are closer to
9 what medical providers actually pay for those drugs;
10 therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
13 the House of Representatives directs the Attorney General of
14 Illinois to report to the General Assembly on the status of
15 the investigation of drug industry pricing practices and the
16 steps being taken by this State to avoid overpaying for
17 prescription drugs provided under the Medicaid program; and
18 be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives directs the
20 Inspector General within the Department of Public Aid to
21 review the results of the investigation of drug industry
22 pricing practices and report to the General Assembly on the
23 investigation's implications for the Medicaid program in this
24 State; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives directs the
26 Department of Public Aid to identify, based on the results of
27 the investigation of drug industry pricing practices,
28 overpayments made by the Department for prescription drugs
29 under the Medicaid program and report to the General Assembly
30 on corrective actions taken; and be it further
31 RESOLVED, That each of the reports required under this
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1 Resolution shall be submitted to the General Assembly not
2 later than October 1, 2000; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded to
4 the Attorney General, the Inspector General within the
5 Department of Public Aid, and the Director of Public Aid.