(a) Any agreement or contract entered into in this State between the administrator of a program and a pharmacy shall include a statement of the method and amount of reimbursement to the pharmacy for services rendered to persons enrolled in the program, the frequency of payment by the program administrator to the pharmacy for those services, and a method for the adjudication of complaints and the settlement of disputes between the contracting parties.
     (b)(1) A program shall provide an annual period of at
    
least 30 days during which any pharmacy licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act may elect to participate in the program under the program terms for at least one year.
        (2) If compliance with the requirements of this
    
subsection (b) would impair any provision of a contract between a program and any other person, and if the contract provision was in existence before January 1, 1990, then immediately after the expiration of those contract provisions the program shall comply with the requirements of this subsection (b).
        (3) This subsection (b) does not apply if:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 215 ILCS 5/512-7

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

             (A) the program administrator is a licensed
        
health maintenance organization that owns or controls a pharmacy and that enters into an agreement or contract with that pharmacy in accordance with subsection (a); or
            (B) the program administrator is a licensed
        
health maintenance organization that is owned or controlled by another entity that also owns or controls a pharmacy, and the administrator enters into an agreement or contract with that pharmacy in accordance with subsection (a).
            (4) This subsection (b) shall be inoperative
        
after October 31, 1992.
    (c) The program administrator shall cause to be issued an identification card to each person enrolled in the program. The identification card shall include:
         (1) the name of the individual enrolled in the
    
program; and
        (2) an expiration date if required under the
    
contractual arrangement or agreement between a provider of pharmaceutical services and prescription drug products and the third party prescription program administrator.
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