FRANKS-CROTTY-HOFFMAN-MAY-DAVIS,MONIQUE, ACEVEDO, DART, FORBY, GRANBERG, HOLBROOK, JONES,LOU, MORROW, REITZ, SCULLY, MCKEON, FOWLER, MCCARTHY, LYONS,JOSEPH, MCGUIRE, MILLER, GILES, BRADLEY, BUGIELSKI, CAPPARELLI, HARTKE, SCOTT, YOUNGE, MENDOZA, SMITH,MICHAEL, BOLAND, HOWARD AND MURPHY. (SILVERSTEIN) 305 ILCS 5/11-26.1 from Ch. 23, par. 11-26.1 305 ILCS 5/12-4.25d new Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a Medicare beneficiary or a beneficiary of pharmaceutical assistance under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is entitled to obtain prescription drugs at prices based on a pharmacy's Medicaid reimbursement rates. Requires that pharmacies implement this prescription drug discount benefit as a condition of participating in the Medicaid program. Requires the Department of Public Aid to make certain reports to the General Assembly and to execute necessary interagency agreements with the Department on Aging and the Department of Revenue. Provides for evaluation of the prescription drug discount benefit if prescription drugs are covered by Medicare. Repeals these provisions on July 1, 2005. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Aid) The estimated fiscal impact to the Department of Public Aid is $1.8 million. FISCAL NOTE (Department on Aging) The Department estimates that it would cost about $15,600 for an additional part-time person for the Department's HelpLine, $5,000 for prescription drug program brochures and their mail- ing costs, and $7,000 to conduct a satellite training session on the prescription drug discount benefits program. The total for the Department to implement this program would be $27,600. FEB-23-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOFFMAN FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAY FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ACEVEDO FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DART FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FORBY FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GRANBERG FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,LOU FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MORROW FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REITZ FEB-23-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY FEB-23-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-23-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-27-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGING FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MILLER FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK MAR-01-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES MAR-01-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADLEY MAR-01-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI MAR-01-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CAPPARELLI MAR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HARTKE MAR-07-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN MAR-15-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT MAR-16-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-001 HAGI MAR-16-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YOUNGE MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MENDOZA MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KENNER MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MURPHY MAR-21-2001 H FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED BLACK MAR-21-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-26-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-26-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-26-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-29-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 MAR-30-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAR-30-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-02 MAR-30-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN MAR-30-2001 S FIRST READING MAR-30-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES APR-04-2001 S ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary