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92_SB2201enr SB2201 Enrolled LRB9212584DJgc 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 Sections 5-5.12 and 9A-11.5 as follows: 6 (305 ILCS 5/5-5.12) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12) 7 Sec. 5-5.12. Pharmacy payments. 8 (a) Every request submitted by a pharmacy for 9 reimbursement under this Article for prescription drugs 10 provided to a recipient of aid under this Article shall 11 include the name of the prescriber or an acceptable 12 identification number as established by the Department. 13 (b) Pharmacies providing prescription drugs under this 14 Article shall be reimbursed at a rate which shall include a 15 professional dispensing fee as determined by the Illinois 16 Department, plus the current acquisition cost of the 17 prescription drug dispensed. The Illinois Department shall 18 update its information on the acquisition costs of all 19 prescription drugs no less frequently than every 30 days. 20 However, the Illinois Department may set the rate of 21 reimbursement for the acquisition cost, by rule, at a 22 percentage of the current average wholesale acquisition cost. 23 (c) The Department shall not impose requirements for 24 prior approval based on a preferred drug list for 25 anti-retroviral or any atypical antipsychotics, conventional 26 antipsychotics, or anticonvulsants used for the treatment of 27 serious mental illnesses until 30 days after it has conducted 28 a study of the impact of such requirements on patient care 29 and submitted a report to the Speaker of the House of 30 Representatives and the President of the Senate. 31 (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-673, eff. 8-14-96.) SB2201 Enrolled -2- LRB9212584DJgc 1 (305 ILCS 5/9A-11.5) 2 Sec. 9A-11.5. Investigate child care providers. Any 3 child care provider receiving funds from the child care 4 assistance program under this Code who is not required to be 5 licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall, as a 6 condition of eligibility to participate in the child care 7 assistance program under this Code, authorize in writing on a 8 form prescribed by the Department of Children and Family 9 Services, periodic investigationsan investigationof the 10 Central Register, as defined in the Abused and Neglected 11 Child Reporting Act, to ascertain if the child care provider 12 has been determined to be a perpetrator in an indicated 13 report of child abuse or neglect. 14 The Department of Children and Family Services shall 15 conduct an investigation of the Central Register at the 16 request of the Department. The Department shall request the 17 Department of Children and Family Services to conduct 18 periodic investigationsan investigationof the Central 19 Register. The Department shall by rule determine when 20 payment to an unlicensed child care provider may be withheld 21 if there is an indicated finding against the provider in the 22 Central Register. 23 (Source: P.A. 90-684, eff. 7-31-98.) 24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 25 becoming law.