92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB1276
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Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON-HENDON-PARKER.

House Sponsors:
COULSON-BEAUBIEN-MULLIGAN-MCGUIRE-LYONS,JOSEPH

Short description: 
PHARMACEUTICAL ASSIST TERMS                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Senior Citizens  and  Disabled  Persons  Property  Tax      
   Relief  and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.  Makes a grammatical change      
   in the Section that defines "covered prescription drug".                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          320 ILCS 25/3.15                                                     
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          320 ILCS 25/9.2 new                                                  
        Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Senior        
   Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical        
   Assistance Act. Creates the Pharmaceutical Assistance Program Review        
   Committee. Provides that the Committee may conduct public hearings to       
   gather testimony from interested parties regarding the necessity for        
   pharmaceutical assistance for Illinois seniors including changes to         
   the pharmaceutical assistance program. Provides that the Committee          
   shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor annually or as        
   it deems necessary regarding changes to the pharmaceutical assistance       
   program and any associated costs of those changes. Repeals provisions       
   on July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.                                     
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        Adds the Director of Public Health or his or her designee  and  a      
   representative  of the Illinois State Medical Society to membership on      
   the Pharmaceutical Assistance Program Review Committee.                     
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Adds to the Pharmaceutical Assistance Program Review  Committee,       
   a  representative of the Illinois State Council of Senior Citizens and      
   a representative of the  Illinois  Association  of  Area  Agencies  on      
   Aging.                                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Adds to the Pharmaceutical Assistance Program Review Committee, a      
   representative of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association.                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

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


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