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 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status