Illinois House Bill 6277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall ensure that any required copayment or coinsurance applicable to drugs on a specialty tier does not exceed $100 per month for up to a 30-day supply of any single drug and a beneficiary's annual out-of-pocket expenditures for prescription drugs are limited to no more than fifty percent of the dollar amounts in effect under specified provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act. Provides that a health plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs and uses a tiered formulary shall implement an exceptions process that allows enrollees to request an exception to the tiered cost-sharing structure. Provides that a health plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall not place all drugs in a given class on a specialty tier. Effective January 1, 2015.

INS CD-PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE

Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]	Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Rep. Marcus Evans [D]
Rep. Christian Mitchell [D]	Rep. Derrick Smith [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Gregory Harris [D]
Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]	Rep. Edward Acevedo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-08-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
2014-05-27	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-05-27	House	First Reading
2014-05-27	House	Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2014-05-27	House	Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
2014-05-27	House	Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2014-05-27	House	Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith
2014-05-27	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
2014-05-27	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2014-05-27	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
2014-05-27	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2014-05-27	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	356z.22	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6277&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB6277.htm