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92_SB0475

 
                                              LRB9201031SMdvA

 1        AN ACT concerning pharmaceutical assistance.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Senior  Citizens  and Disabled Persons
 5    Property Tax Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:

 7        (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
 8        Sec.  3.15.   "Covered  prescription  drug" means (1) any
 9    cardiovascular agent  or  drug;  (2)  any  insulin  or  other
10    prescription   drug   used  in  the  treatment  of  diabetes,
11    including syringe and needles used to administer the insulin;
12    (3) any prescription drug used in the treatment of arthritis,
13    (4) beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription drug  used
14    in  the  treatment  of  cancer  and related chronic and acute
15    effects or conditions, (5) beginning on January 1, 2001,  any
16    prescription  drug  used  in  the  treatment  of  Alzheimer's
17    disease,  (6)  beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription
18    drug used  in  the  treatment  of  Parkinson's  disease,  (7)
19    beginning  on  January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in
20    the treatment of glaucoma, and (8) beginning  on  January  1,
21    2001,  any  prescription  drug  used in the treatment of lung
22    disease, and smoking related illnesses, and  related  chronic
23    and  acute  effects  or  conditions.   The specific agents or
24    products to be included under such categories shall be listed
25    in  a  handbook  to  be  prepared  and  distributed  by   the
26    Department.   The general types of covered prescription drugs
27    shall be indicated by rule. The Department of  Public  Health
28    shall  promulgate  a list of covered prescription drugs under
29    this program that meet the definition of a narrow therapeutic
30    index drug as described in subsection (f) of Section 4.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-699, eff. 1-1-01.)
 
                            -2-               LRB9201031SMdvA
 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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