Sen. Andy Manar

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if a generic equivalent for a brand name drug is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, insurance companies with plans that provide coverage for prescription drugs through the use of a drug formulary that are amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in the State on or after January 1, 2021 shall immediately substitute the brand name drug with the generic equivalent or move the brand name drug to a formulary tier that reduces an enrollee's cost. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Insurance. Defines "brand name drug", "generic drug", and "formulary". Effective January 1, 2021.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that school districts may use school facility occupation tax revenue for school funding purposes if the board of a school district adopts a resolution providing that revenue may be used as such for the 3 levy years next following the adoption of a resolution. Provides that, if a school district adopts such a resolution, the district is subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law during that period. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code to make conforming changes.

Amends the State Finance Act. Modifies a Section concerning moneys in the Audit Expense Fund to provide for the transfer of moneys from specified funds into the Audit Expense Fund. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that "day care center" does not include certain programs or portions of programs that serve children who shall have attained the age of 2 years (rather than 3 years). Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a pharmacy benefit manager has a fiduciary duty to a third party with which the pharmacy benefit manager has entered into a contract to manage the pharmacy benefit plan of the third party and shall notify the third party in writing of an activity, policy, or practice of the pharmacy benefit manager that presents a conflict of interest that interferes with the ability of the pharmacy benefit manager to discharge its fiduciary duty. Allows the Director of Insurance to refuse to issue, suspend, or revoke a license or impose a fine if it is found that a pharmacy benefit manager has failed to adequately discharge its fiduciary duty to a third party. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires all Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse pharmacy provider dispensing fees and acquisition costs at no less than the amounts established under the fee-for-service program whether the Medicaid managed care organization directly reimburses pharmacy providers or contracts with a pharmacy benefit manager to reimburse pharmacy providers. Provides that the reimbursement requirement applies to all pharmacy services for persons receiving benefits under the Code including pharmacy services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that through June 30, 2022 (instead of June 30, 2020), an annuitant may accept employment as a teacher without impairing his or her retirement status if that employment is not within the school year during which service was terminated and does not exceed 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year. Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2021, the Board shall create a public institutions of higher education informational application for phones and tablets, and, in the Board's discretion, other electronic devices. Provides that the informational application shall include, but is not limited to, admission procedures, website links, and other information as determined by each public institution of higher education. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall be given access and control of its own content in the informational application and shall be responsible for updating its own information. Effective immediately.

Amends the Coal Mining Act. Provides that a coal mine operator must provide caches of additional self-contained self-rescuer devices along the mine's primary and secondary escape ways (rather than 30 self-contained self-rescuer devices in each cache located within a mine). Provides that each cache shall have a minimum of one self-contained self-rescuer device for every person who will be inby the cache. Provides that cache locations shall be spaced along each escape way at a 30-minute travel distance. Provides alternate distances for caches if an operator chooses not to use a walk study. Makes changes concerning the submission of a plan for approval concerning the construction and maintenance of rescue chambers to the Mining Board. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code to transfer the administration of the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to the State Board of Education. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code to make corresponding changes. Effective July 1, 2020.