Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 126 - THE ILLINOIS PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM › Subpart A - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 126.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following terms have the following meanings:
"Act" means the Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program
				  Act [320 ILCS 55 ].
"Authorized Pharmacy" means any pharmacy registered in this
				  State under the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 or approved by the Department of
				  Financial and Professional Regulation and approved by the Department or its
				  Program Administrator.
"AWP" or "Average Wholesale Price" means the amount
				  determined from the latest publication of the Red Book, a universally
				  subscribed pharmacist reference guide annually published by the Hearst
				  Corporation. AWP may also be derived electronically from the drug pricing
				  database synonymous with the latest publication of the Red Book and furnished
				  in the National Drug Data File (NDDF) by First Data Bank (FDB), a service of
				  the Hearst Corporation.
"Cardholder" means an eligible Illinois citizen who has
				  enrolled in the program.
"Citizen" means a resident of the State of Illinois.
"Covered medication" means any medication included in the
				  Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program.
"Department" or "HFS" means the Department of Healthcare and
				  Family Services.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Healthcare
				  and Family Services.
"Drug Manufacturer" means any entity that is located within
				  or outside Illinois that is engaged in:
the production, preparation, propagation, compounding,
				  conversion, or processing of prescription drug products covered under the
				  program, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural
				  origin, independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of
				  extraction and chemical synthesis; or
the packaging, repackaging, leveling, labeling, or
				  distribution of prescription drug products covered under the program and that
				  elects to provide prescription drugs either directly or under contract with any
				  entity providing prescription drug services on behalf of the State of
				  Illinois.
Drug manufacturer, however, does not include a wholesale
				  distributor of drugs or a retail pharmacy licensed under Illinois law.
"Eligible Enrollee" means an eligible Illinois resident, with
				  a household income equal to or less than 300 percent of the Federal Poverty
				  Level (FPL), and who has paid the enrollment fee.
"Federal Poverty Level" or "FPL" means the Federal Poverty
				  Income Guidelines published annually in the Federal Register.
"Income" means household income equal to or less than 300
				  percent of the FPL.
"Participating Pharmacy" means any pharmacy that complies
				  with the requirements of the Illinois Prescription Drug Discount
				  Program.
"Prescription Drug" means any prescribed drug that may be
				  legally dispensed by an authorized pharmacy.
"Program" means the Illinois Rx Buying Club created under the
				  Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program Act.
"Program Administrator" means the entity that is chosen by
				  the Department to administer the program, consistent with the requirements of
				  the Illinois Prescription Drug Discount Program and this Part
				  126.