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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2036
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Kevin Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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320 ILCS 25/3.15 |
from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15 |
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Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
prescription drugs covered under the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2036 |
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LRB094 02653 DRJ 32654 b |
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| AN ACT concerning aging.
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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 Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons |
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| Property Tax Relief and
Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
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| Sec. 3.15. "Covered prescription drug" means (1) any |
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| cardiovascular agent
or drug; (2) any insulin or other |
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| prescription drug used in the
the treatment of
diabetes, |
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| including syringe and needles used to administer the insulin; |
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| (3)
any prescription drug used in the treatment of arthritis, |
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| (4) beginning on
January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in |
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| the treatment of cancer, (5)
beginning on January 1, 2001, any |
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| prescription drug used in the treatment of
Alzheimer's disease, |
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| (6) beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription drug
used in |
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| the treatment of Parkinson's disease, (7) beginning on January |
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| 1,
2001, any prescription drug used in the treatment of |
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| glaucoma, (8)
beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription |
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| drug used in the treatment of
lung disease and smoking related |
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| illnesses, (9) beginning on July 1,
2001, any prescription drug |
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| used in the treatment
of osteoporosis, and
(10) beginning
on |
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| January 1, 2004, any
prescription drug used in the treatment of |
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| multiple sclerosis.
The
specific agents or products to be |
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| included under such categories shall be
listed in a handbook to |
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| be prepared and distributed by the Department. The
general |
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| types of covered prescription drugs shall be indicated by rule. |
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| (Source: P.A. 92-10, eff. 6-11-01; 92-790, eff. 8-6-02; 93-528, |
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| eff.
1-1-04.)
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