92nd General Assembly
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House Sponsors:
DANIELS-MADIGAN,MJ-COULSON-DAVIS,MONIQUE-MOORE, BASSI, 
   BELLOCK, BERNS, BIGGINS, BLACK, BOST, BRADY, COWLISHAW, 
   DURKIN, HASSERT, HOEFT, HULTGREN, JOHNSON, JONES,JOHN, 
   KOSEL, KRAUSE, KURTZ, LAWFER, LEITCH, LINDNER, 
   MATHIAS, MCAULIFFE, MEYER, MITCHELL,BILL, MITCHELL,JERRY, 
   MULLIGAN, MYERS,RICHARD, O'CONNOR, OSMOND, PANKAU, PARKE, 
   POE, RIGHTER, RUTHERFORD, RYDER, SAVIANO, SCHMITZ, 
   STEPHENS, TENHOUSE, TURNER,JOHN, WAIT, WINKEL, WINTERS, 
   WOJCIK, ZICKUS, FLOWERS, BOLAND, HOLBROOK AND REITZ.

Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD-WALSH,L-OBAMA

Short description: 
CIRCUIT BREAKER-EXPAND                                                     

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Senior Citizens  and  Disabled  Persons  Property  Tax      
   Relief  and  Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.  Defines "drug used in the      
   treatment of" to mean (i) a drug used to treat a specified disease  or      
   illness  or  secondary conditions caused by the disease or illness and      
   (ii) a drug used to treat side effects resulting from  the  use  of  a      
   drug used to treat the disease or illness. Defines "disease" to mean a      
   chronic  and  possibly  recurrent  illness of long duration, including      
   pneumonia, bronchitis, or other similar illness.  Adds osteoporosis as      
   a covered illness. Increases the income  eligibility  level  for  both      
   circuit  breaker and  pharmaceutical  assistance  to (i) $28,000 for a      
   household  containing  one  person,  (ii)  $35,000  for  a   household      
   containing 2 persons, or (iii) $42,000 for a household containing 3 or      
   more  persons  for  the  2001  grant  year and thereafter. Changes the      
   $2,000 benefit cap per State  fiscal  year  under  the  pharmaceutical      
   assistance program to a $2,000 benefit cap per calendar year beginning      
   January  1,  2002.   Changes the coverage year for beneficiaries under      
   the pharmaceutical assistance program from an annual renewal based  on      
   the  application  date of each beneficiary to a calendar coverage year      
   for  all  beneficiaries  beginning   January   1,   2002.    Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          320 ILCS 25/3.18 new                                                 
          320 ILCS 25/3.19 new                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          320 ILCS 25/Act title                                                
          320 ILCS 25/1                   from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401            
          320 ILCS 25/2                   from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402            
          320 ILCS 25/9                   from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409            
          320 ILCS 25/3.14 rep.                                                
        Deletes everything.  Amends  the  Senior  Citizens  and  Disabled      
   Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Changes      
   the  title  of  the  Act to the Senior Citizens, Disabled Persons, and      
   Working Families Circuit Breaker and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act and      
   provides that the Act applies to all persons domiciled in Illinois who      
   are within the income eligibility level.  Changes  the  drugs  covered      
   under  the  Pharmaceutical  Assistance  program to any product, except      
   those products covered by the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, that      
   by federal law cannot be dispensed  unless  ordered  by  a  physician,      
   dentist,  or podiatrist.  Provides that the pharmacy formulary used by      
   the Department of Revenue shall be adopted by rule  and  shall  be  no      
   more restrictive than the pharmacy formulary adopted by the Department      
   of  Public Aid in its administration of the medical assistance Article      
   of the Illinois Public Aid Code.   Increases  the  income  eligibility      
   level  for  both  circuit breaker and pharmaceutical assistance to (i)      
   28,000 for a household containing  one  person,  (ii)  $35,000  for  a      
   household  containing  2  persons,  or  (iii)  $42,000 for a household      
   containing 3 or more persons for the 2001 grant year  and  thereafter.      
   Changes  the  $2,000  benefit  cap  per  State  fiscal  year under the      
   pharmaceutical assistance program to a $2,000 benefit cap per calendar      
   year beginning  January  1,  2002.   Changes  the  coverage  year  for      
   beneficiaries  under  the  pharmaceutical  assistance  program from an      
   annual renewal based on the application date of each beneficiary to  a      
   calendar  coverage  year  for  all  beneficiaries beginning January 1,      
   2002. Effective January 1, 2002.                                            
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          320 ILCS 25/Act title           from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 401            
          320 ILCS 25/1                                                        
          320 ILCS 25/2                   from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 402            
          320 ILCS 25/9                   from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 409            
          320 ILCS 25/3.14 rep.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          320 ILCS 25/3.18 new                                                 
          320 ILCS 25/3.19 new                                                 
        Deletes the enacting clause and  everything  after  the  enacting      
   clause.   Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but without      
   the enacting clause.                                                        
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   0


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