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92_HB4001
LRB9212397SMdv
1 AN ACT concerning prescription drugs.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
5 Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended
6 by adding Section 405-195 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 405/405-195 new)
8 Sec. 405-195. Prescription Drug Purchasing Policy
9 Office. The Department shall establish a Prescription Drug
10 Purchasing Policy Office. The Office shall determine and
11 implement strategies for best price purchasing practices for
12 State agencies that pay for prescription drugs by direct
13 purchase or by other arrangements. This may include
14 establishing a central State purchasing policy, entering into
15 cooperative agreements with other states or other public or
16 private entities that may enable the State to reduce its
17 prescription drug costs, and establishing any other State
18 agency policies and practices that may enable the State to
19 reduce its costs.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.