Illinois Senate Bill 1844 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2018.

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Sen. John Cullerton [D]

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Sen. Dan McConchie [R]

Sen. Michael Connelly [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-01-06	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
2017-05-12	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
2017-05-05	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2017-04-25	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
2017-04-07	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-16	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Insurance
2017-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
215	5	512-11	New Code	See Bill Text
215	5	512-12	New Code	See Bill Text
215	5	512-13	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1844&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1844.htm