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Bill	DHFS-PAYMNTS-BRAND NAME MEDS	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may by rule provide for reimbursement of the dispensing of a 90-day supply of a generic or brand name (rather than generic), non-narcotic maintenance medication in circumstances where it is cost effective.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2046	Illinois SB 2046 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2011-02-10	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/39d850a6-8016-48f6-813c-5239382f7244	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2046&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58193&SessionID=84&GA=97	002f5783bc6cd811c705684863d4f276212008940da0626c2c22293af11b9ea1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2046 (97th) — DHFS-PAYMNTS-BRAND NAME MEDS

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may by rule provide for reimbursement of the dispensing of a 90-day supply of a generic or brand name (rather than generic), non-narcotic maintenance medication in circumstances where it is cost effective.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dale A. Righter — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2011-02-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
• 2011-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 To Human Services Subcommittee on Special Issues
• 2011-03-10 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dale A. Righter
• 2011-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2011-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-03-15 Reported Back To Human Services; 003-000-000
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
• 2011-03-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
• 2011-04-14 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2011-04-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0426 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39d850a6-8016-48f6-813c-5239382f7244. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).