Illinois House Bill 23

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to conduct a study on managed care pharmacy access standards. Provides that the study shall review the current access standards, with a focus on disproportionately impacted areas. Requires the Department to seek input from consumers of pharmacy services. Requires the Department to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2024 and to publish the report on the Department's website. Provides that any retail pharmacy that is enrolled as an eligible retail pharmacy provider in the medical assistance program and is not sanctioned under investigation for fraud, waste, or abuse shall provide retail pharmacy services to any medical assistance recipient who resides in the same zip code as the pharmacy, regardless of whether the retail pharmacy is contracted to provide pharmacy services for the managed care organization that the recipient is enrolled with. Requires the managed care organization to pay the retail pharmacy the managed care organization's standard contractual rate. Effective immediately.

MEDICAID-PHARMACY SERVICES

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-10	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
2023-03-09	House	To Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Pension Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Judicial Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Correctional Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2023-02-21	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-12	House	First Reading
2022-12-05	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-5.12f	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=23&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB0023.htm