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Creates the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program. Provides that the Department shall implement the program by: contracting with one or more prescription drug wholesalers and Canadian suppliers to import prescription drugs and provide prescription drug cost savings to consumers in this State; developing a registration process for health benefit plan issuers, health care providers, and pharmacies to obtain and dispense prescription drugs imported under the program; developing a list of prescription drugs, including the prices of those drugs, that meet certain requirements set forth under the Act and publishing the list on the Department's website; establishing an outreach and marketing plan to generate program awareness; ensuring the program and the prescription drug wholesalers that contract with this State comply with certain federal tracking, tracing, verification, and identification requirements; and other actions. Sets forth eligibility criteria for prescription drugs that may be imported into the State under the program. Contains provisions concerning anticompetitive behavior monitoring; program funding; program expansion; audit procedures; annual reporting requirements; the adoption of rules to implement the Act; and federal waiver or authorization requirements. Effective July 1, 2025.
Introduced
Jan 28, 2025
Last Action
Feb 17, 2026
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
Maurice A. West, II