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5 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 375/6.4. Prescription drugs; cancer treatment: State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 – Illinois

Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1993
Year Amended: 2009
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If the program of health benefits provides coverage for prescribed drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of certain types of cancer, it may not exclude coverage of any drug on the basis that the drug has been prescribed for the treatment of a type of cancer for which the drug has not been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Any coverage required by this Section shall also include those medically necessary services associated with the administration of a drug.


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