MEDICAID-RX DRUG PRIOR APPROVE Senate SponsorsSen. Kwame Raoul-Iris Y. Martinez and Dave Syverson 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die 305 ILCS 5/5-5.12from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.12Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the Medicaid program, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may not impose requirements for prior approval based on a preferred drug list for anti-retroviral, anti-hemophilic factor concentrates, or any atypical antipsychotics, conventional antipsychotics, or anticonvulsants used for the treatment of serious mental illnesses (instead of providing that the Department may not impose such requirements until 30 days after it has conducted a study of the impact of such requirements on patient care and submitted a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate). Effective immediately. 1/18/2006SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton 1/18/2006SenateFirst Reading 1/18/2006SenateReferred to Rules 1/19/2006SenateAssigned to Health & Human Services 1/31/2006SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez 1/31/2006SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson 2/1/2006SenatePostponed - Health & Human Services 2/7/2006SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul 2/8/2006SenatePostponed - Health & Human Services 2/16/2006SenateTo Subcommittee 2/17/2006SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die