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92_SB0199

 
                                               LRB9203934SMdv

 1        AN ACT concerning pharmaceutical assistance.

 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 Section 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"  means  (1)  any
 9    cardiovascular  agent  or  drug;  (2)  any  insulin  or other
10    prescription  drug  used  in  the  treatment   of   diabetes,
11    including syringe and needles used to administer the insulin;
12    (3) any prescription drug used in the treatment of arthritis,
13    (4)  beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used
14    in the treatment of cancer, (5) beginning on January 1, 2001,
15    any prescription drug used in the  treatment  of  Alzheimer's
16    disease,  (6)  beginning on January 1, 2001, any prescription
17    drug used  in  the  treatment  of  Parkinson's  disease,  (7)
18    beginning  on  January 1, 2001, any prescription drug used in
19    the treatment of glaucoma, and (8) beginning  on  January  1,
20    2001,  any  prescription  drug  used in the treatment of lung
21    disease and smoking related illnesses, and (9)  beginning  on
22    January  1, 2002, any prescription drug used in the treatment
23    of urinary incontinence.  The specific agents or products  to
24    be  included  under  such  categories  shall  be  listed in a
25    handbook to be prepared and distributed  by  the  Department.
26    The  general  types  of  covered  prescription drugs shall be
27    indicated by rule. The  Department  of  Public  Health  shall
28    promulgate  a  list  of covered prescription drugs under this
29    program that meet the  definition  of  a  narrow  therapeutic
30    index drug as described in subsection (f) of Section 4.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-699, eff. 1-1-01.)
 
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 1        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
 2    January 1, 2002.

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