Congratulates Colin Dobson on co-authoring A Guide to Finding Birds Along the Illinois River Flyway, a guide to Illinois River birdwatching.
Declares April 2019 as Ambucs Appreciation Month in the State of Illinois.
Condemns restrictive speech policies at institutions of higher education and urges those institutions with such policies in place to reverse their decisions.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Pharmacy Practice Act, and the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Prohibits the licensure, transference, use, or sale of any records relative to prescription information containing patient-identifiable or prescriber-identifiable data by any licensee or registrant of the Acts for commercial purposes.
Congratulates the Pike County Softball All-Stars 12U on their recent success.
Mourns the death of Captain Jake Ringering of Godfrey.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, gender reassignment surgery, including, but not limited to, genital or breast-related surgery for persons diagnosed with gender dysphoria, shall not be a covered service under the medical assistance program.
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Adds language affording a secondary contact or the purchaser of a microchip (if the purchaser is a nonprofit organization, animal shelter, animal control facility, pet store, breeder, or veterinary office) the right to reclaim a dog or cat prior to adoption, transfer, or euthanization if the microchipped dog or cat's primary contact cannot be located or refuses to reclaim the animal.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall construct a private entrance on Business Route 72, west of Woods Lane, east of State Route 104, on the south side of the road. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates the Pharmacy Benefit Managers Article. Provides that upon request by a party contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager, a pharmacy benefit manager shall disclose any rebate amounts provided to the pharmacy benefit manager by a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Provides that upon request by a party contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager, a pharmacy benefit manager shall disclose the actual amounts paid by the pharmacy benefit manager to the pharmacy. Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager shall provide notice to the party contracting with the pharmacy benefit manager of any consideration that the pharmacy benefit manager receives from the manufacturer for dispense as written prescriptions once a generic or biologically similar product becomes available. Provides that any provision of a contract entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act that is contrary is unenforceable.
