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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2402
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Denny Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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215 ILCS 125/2-3.1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1405.1 |
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Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Adds a caption to a Section
concerning drug products.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2402 |
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LRB093 20538 SAS 46345 b |
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| AN ACT concerning insurance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Health Maintenance Organization Act is |
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| amended by changing
Section 2-3.1 as follows:
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| (215 ILCS 125/2-3.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1405.1)
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| Sec. 2-3.1. Dispensing of drug products.
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| (a) No health maintenance organization shall cause to be
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| dispensed any drug other than that prescribed by a physician. |
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| Nothing
herein shall prohibit drug product selection under |
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| Section 3.14 of the
"Illinois Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act", |
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| approved June 29, 1967, as amended, and in accordance
with the |
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| requirements of Section 25 of the "Pharmacy Practice Act of |
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| 1987",
approved September 24, 1987, as amended.
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| (b) No health maintenance organization shall include in any |
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| contract
with any physician providing for health care services |
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| any provision
requiring such physician to prescribe any |
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| particular drug product to any
enrollee unless the enrollee is |
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| a hospital in-patient where such drug product
may be permitted |
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| pursuant
to written guidelines or procedures previously |
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| established by a
pharmaceutical or therapeutics committee of a |
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| hospital, approved by the
medical staff of such hospital and |
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| specifically approved, in writing, by
the prescribing |
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| physician for his or her patients in such hospital, and
unless |
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| it is compounded, dispensed or sold by a
pharmacy located in a |
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| hospital, as defined in Section 3 of the Hospital
Licensing Act |
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| or a hospital organized under "An Act in relation to the
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| founding and operation of the University of Illinois Hospital |
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| and the
conduct of University of Illinois health care |
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| programs", approved July 3,
1931, as amended.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1246.)
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