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HB1658 Engrossed                     LRB093 07000 DRJ 07150 b

 1        AN ACT concerning assistance to citizens.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Senior  Citizens  and  Disabled  Persons
 5    Property  Tax  Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance Act is
 6    amended by changing 3.15 as follows:

 7        (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
 8        Sec.   3.15.   Covered   Prescription   Drug.    "Covered
 9    prescription  drug"  means  (1)  any  cardiovascular agent or
10    drug; (2) any insulin or other prescription drug used in  the
11    treatment  of diabetes, including syringe and needles used to
12    administer the insulin; (3) any prescription drug used in the
13    treatment of arthritis, (4) beginning on January 1, 2001, any
14    prescription drug  used  in  the  treatment  of  cancer,  (5)
15    beginning  on  January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in
16    the  treatment  of  Alzheimer's  disease,  (6)  beginning  on
17    January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in the  treatment
18    of Parkinson's disease, (7) beginning on January 1, 2001, any
19    prescription  drug  used  in  the  treatment of glaucoma, (8)
20    beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription drug  used  in
21    the  treatment of lung disease and smoking related illnesses,
22    and (9) beginning on July 1, 2001, any prescription drug used
23    in the treatment of osteoporosis.   The  specific  agents  or
24    products to be included under such categories shall be listed
25    in   a  handbook  to  be  prepared  and  distributed  by  the
26    Department.  The general types of covered prescription  drugs
27    shall be indicated by rule.
28    (Source:  P.A.  91-699,  eff.  1-1-01;  92-10,  eff. 6-11-01;
29    92-790, eff. 8-6-02.)