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92_HB0665 LRB9204864DJmg 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 (other 9 than group care recipients) shall pay a fee as a co-payment 10 for services. Co-payments may not exceed $1one dollarfor 11 pharmacy services, physicians services, dental services, 12 optical services and supplies, chiropractic services, 13 podiatry services, and encounter rate clinic services. 14 Co-payments may not exceed $3three dollarsfor hospital 15 outpatient and clinic services. Provided, however, that any 16 such rule must provide that no co-payment requirement can 17 exist for renal dialysis, radiation therapy, cancer 18 chemotherapy, or insulin, and other products necessary on a 19 recurring basis, the absence of which would be life 20 threatening, or where co-payment expenditures for required 21 services and/or medications for chronic diseases that the 22 Illinois Department shall by rule designate shall cause an 23 extensive financial burden on the recipient, and provided no 24 co-payment shall exist for emergency room encounters which 25 are for medical emergencies. 26 (Source: P.A. 82-664.)