CROTTY-MOFFITT-MCCARTHY-LANG-BRADLEY, GARRETT, HOFFMAN, SCULLY, BROSNAHAN, FOWLER, FRANKS, HOLBROOK, FLOWERS, HARRIS, DAVIS,MONIQUE, MCKEON, DAVIS,STEVE, MAUTINO, GIGLIO, LOPEZ, GILES, CURRY,JULIE, O'BRIEN, GASH, CAPPARELLI, OSTERMAN, SHARP, HOWARD, ACEVEDO, LYONS,JOSEPH, MCGUIRE AND BOLAND. 320 ILCS 25/3.15 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.15 320 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404 320 ILCS 25/5 from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 405 Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall develop a procedure for the coverage of brand name drugs if, at the discretion of the physician, a brand name drug is the only appropriate alternative. Provides that after an individual beneficiary receives $2,500 (now, $800) in pharmaceutical assistance benefits during a State fiscal year, that beneficiary shall also be charged 20% of the cost of each prescription for which payments are made by the program during the remainder of the fiscal year. Provides that, for the 2000 grant year and thereafter, to be eligible for the pharmaceutical assistance program a household must have a maximum income of less than $20,000 for a one-person household and less than $25,000 for a 2-person or more household (now, less than $16,000 for all households). Provides that nothing in the application process for pharmaceutical assistance shall delay the processing of an application for an identification card upon the applicant's change in income. 00-02-04 H FILED WITH CLERK 00-02-04 H FIRST READING 00-02-04 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GARRETT 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOFFMAN 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR REITZ 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOWLER 00-02-08 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS 00-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOLBROOK 00-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS 00-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HARRIS 00-02-15 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOVAK 00-02-17 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE 00-02-22 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCKEON 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BRADLEY 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAUTINO 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GIGLIO 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOLARD 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CURRY,JULIE 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CAPPARELLI 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHARP 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ACEVEDO 00-02-23 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH 00-03-01 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCGUIRE 00-03-01 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT 00-03-02 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOFFITT 00-03-03 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND 01-01-09 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary