Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for its FY 18 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Creates the Illinois Diversity Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Makes various appropriations to the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018. Effective July 1, 2017.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning HVAC affiliate marketing.
Amends the Wind Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Property Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judges Retirement System for its FY 18 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission for its FY 18 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2018.
