(215 ILCS 5/513b2)

Sec. 513b2. Licensure requirements.

(a) Beginning on July 1, 2020, to conduct business in this State, a pharmacy benefit manager must register with the Director. To initially register or renew a registration, a pharmacy benefit manager shall submit:

(1) A nonrefundable fee not to exceed $500.

(2) A copy of the registrant's corporate charter, articles of incorporation, or other charter document.

(3) A completed registration form adopted by the Director containing:

(A) The name and address of the registrant.

(B) The name, address, and official position of each officer and director of the registrant.

(b) The registrant shall report any change in information required under this Section to the Director in writing within 60 days after the change occurs.

(c) Upon receipt of a completed registration form, the required documents, and the registration fee, the Director shall issue a registration certificate. The certificate may be in paper or electronic form, and shall clearly indicate the expiration date of the registration. Registration certificates are nontransferable.

(d) A registration certificate is valid for 2 years after its date of issue. The Director shall adopt by rule an initial registration fee not to exceed $500 and a registration renewal fee not to exceed $500, both of which shall be nonrefundable. Total fees may not exceed the cost of administering this Section.

(e) The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.

(f) On or before August 1, 2025, the pharmacy benefit manager shall submit a report to the Department that lists the name of each health benefit plan it administers, provides the number of covered individuals for each health benefit plan as of the date of submission, and provides the total number of covered individuals across all health benefit plans the pharmacy benefit manager administers. On or before September 1, 2025, a registered pharmacy benefit manager, as a condition of its authority to transact business in this State, must submit to the Department an amount equal to $15 or an alternate amount as determined by the Director by rule per covered individual enrolled by the pharmacy benefit manager in this State, as detailed in the report submitted to the Department under this subsection, during the preceding calendar year. On or before September 1, 2026 and each September 1 thereafter, payments submitted under this subsection shall be based on the number of covered individuals reported to the Department in Section 513b1.1.

(g) All amounts collected under this Section shall be deposited into the Prescription Drug Affordability Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. Of the amounts collected under this Section each fiscal year, at the direction of the Department, the Comptroller shall direct and the Treasurer shall transfer the first $25,000,000 into the DCEO Projects Fund for grants to support pharmacies under Section 605-60 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law; then, at the direction of the Department, the Comptroller shall direct and the Treasurer shall transfer the remainder of the amounts collected under this Section into the General Revenue Fund.

(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 7-1-25; 104-27, eff. 7-1-25.)