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91_SB1708

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Senior Citizens and Disabled  Persons
 2    Property  Tax  Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance Act by
 3    changing Section 3.15.

 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:

 6        Section  5.   The  Senior  Citizens  and Disabled Persons
 7    Property Tax Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance  Act  is
 8    amended by changing Section 3.15 as follows:

 9        (320 ILCS 25/3.15) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15)
10        Sec. 3.15.  Covered prescription drug.
11        (a)  Before  January 1, 2001, "covered prescription drug"
12    means (1) any cardiovascular agent or drug; (2)  any  insulin
13    or other prescription drug used in the treatment of diabetes,
14    including syringe and needles used to administer the insulin;
15    and  (3)  any  prescription  drug  used  in  the treatment of
16    arthritis.  The specific agents or products  to  be  included
17    under  such  categories  shall  be listed in a handbook to be
18    prepared  and distributed by  the  Department.   The  general
19    types  of  covered  prescription  drugs shall be indicated by
20    rule.
21        (b)  Beginning  on  January  1,  2001   and   thereafter,
22    "covered prescription drug" means all prescription drugs.
23    (Source: P.A. 85-1176.)

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