Bill Text: IL HR1361 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the study concerning specialty-tier medications tasked to the Department of Insurance during the 97th General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1361 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1361-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, During the 97th General Assembly, the Department | ||||||
| 3 | of Insurance was tasked pursuant to House Resolution 450 with | ||||||
| 4 | (1) determining the impact a
designed benefit plan that | ||||||
| 5 | implements coinsurance for
prescription medications has on | ||||||
| 6 | individuals and employer
health plans; (2) studying the | ||||||
| 7 | availability of manufacturer
discounts and assistance plans to | ||||||
| 8 | individuals and employers for
specialty-tier medications; (3) | ||||||
| 9 | determining the percentage of
small group and large group | ||||||
| 10 | health plans in this State
providing prescription drug benefits | ||||||
| 11 | and identifying plan options
used by employer health plans and | ||||||
| 12 | individuals to assist them to
contain the costs of their | ||||||
| 13 | specialty drug benefits; and (4)
identifying and evaluating | ||||||
| 14 | options for reducing any negative impacts
of cost sharing, | ||||||
| 15 | coinsurance, and specialty-tier pricing; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Further work is needed on these issues; therefore, | ||||||
| 17 | be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | the Department of Insurance's study of these issues is | ||||||
| 21 | extended; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Insurance shall submit a | ||||||
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| 1 | report, as established in its authorizing resolution, on or | ||||||
| 2 | before November 1, 2013; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That with this reporting extension, the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Insurance shall continue to operate pursuant to | ||||||
| 5 | its enabling resolution.
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