Illinois Senate Bill 2148 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall (rather than may) provide by rule that any recipient of medical assistance, with the exception of those classes of recipients identified in a specified provision of the Illinois Administrative Code, shall pay a fee as a co-payment for services. Provides that co-payments shall be maximized to the extent permitted by federal law, except that the Department shall impose a co-pay of $2 on generic drugs and a nominal co-pay of at least $3.90 for each physician or clinic visit, each emergency room visit in a non-emergency, each day of an inpatient hospital visit, and for each brand name prescription.

MEDICAID-CO-PAYS FOR SERVICES

Sen. Chapin Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-07	Senate	Postponed - Health; Subcommittee on Medicaid
2021-03-24	Senate	To Subcommittee on Medicaid
2021-03-16	Senate	Assigned to Health
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-4.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2148&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB2148.htm