Illinois Senate Bill 1359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-10 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
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 Patient Protection 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, 2016.

INS CD-PRESCRIPTION COVERAGE

Sen. Linda Holmes [D]

Sen. Emil Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-10	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2015-10-10	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2015-05-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2015-05-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015
2015-04-24	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2015
2015-03-27	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2015
2015-03-19	Senate	To Subcommittee on Insurance Mandates and Special Issues
2015-03-11	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
2015-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2015-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
2015-02-25	Senate	Assigned to Insurance
2015-02-18	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2015-02-18	Senate	First Reading
2015-02-18	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	356z.23	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1359&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB1359.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/SB/09900SB1359sam001.htm