HB6787 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6787

Introduced 02/09/04, by Rosemary Mulligan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2305/7.5 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Provides that if, as part of its program of health benefits, the State of Illinois allows or provides incentives for State employees or State retirees to purchase prescription drugs from a pharmacist or other distributor located in a country other than the United States, then the Department of Public Health must develop and implement a certification program for those foreign drugs. Requires that this certification program must be designed to ensure the safety and efficacy of the drugs. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning prescription drugs.

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

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Act is amended by adding Section 7.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2305/7.5 new)

Sec. 7.5. Foreign medications certification. If, as part of its program of health benefits, the State of Illinois allows or provides incentives for State employees or State retirees to purchase prescription drugs from a pharmacist or other distributor located in a country other than the United States, then the Department must develop and implement a certification program for those foreign drugs. This certification program must be designed to ensure the safety and efficacy of the drugs.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.