Bill Title: Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. In provisions concerning transition of services, provides that the health care plan shall not modify an enrollee's coverage of a drug during the plan year if the drug has been previously approved for coverage by the plan for a medical condition, the plan's prescribing provider continues to prescribe the drug for the medical condition, and the patient continues to be an enrollee of the health care plan. Provides specific prohibited modifications of drug coverage in the health plan. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit a health care plan from requiring a pharmacist to effect generic substitutions of prescription drugs. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the addition of prescription drugs to a health care plan's list of covered drugs during the coverage year. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a health care plan as defined in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 or medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 83-15)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1052 [HB4146 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2018-05-31	109	0	2	0	111	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2018-05-25	49	0	10	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2018-04-26	71	27	11	1	110	Passed	Link	View
House	Motion in House	2018-04-26	61	44	3	1	109	Passed	Link	View

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