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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program | ||||||
3 | serves as a clinical tool to assist medical providers to better | ||||||
4 | serve their patients while maximizing safety; the Program, in | ||||||
5 | accordance with the enactment of Public Act 91-0576, began | ||||||
6 | electronically collecting information on controlled substances | ||||||
7 | dispensed in the State of Illinois on April 1, 2000; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The goal of the Illinois Prescription Monitoring | ||||||
9 | Program is to assist prescribers and pharmacists in the | ||||||
10 | effective treatment of patients seeking medical care, and the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program website allows | ||||||
12 | prescribers and pharmacists to view a current or prospective | ||||||
13 | patient's prescription history; and
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14 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program has | ||||||
15 | expanded its commitment to service and improved healthcare | ||||||
16 | outcomes by helping prevent the misuse, abuse, and diversion of | ||||||
17 | controlled substance medications; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program is a | ||||||
19 | component of and managed by the Illinois Department of Human | ||||||
20 | Services and, through the services of the Illinois Prescription | ||||||
21 | Monitoring Program, has improved the ability to serve | ||||||
22 | healthcare providers in augmenting the effectiveness of |
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1 | patient care while similarly successfully helping to reduce | ||||||
2 | healthcare costs and dramatically improve patient safety; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The access to the Illinois Prescription | ||||||
4 | Monitoring Program website is available to physicians, | ||||||
5 | pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, physician assistants, | ||||||
6 | and advanced practice nurses, as well as other prescribers and | ||||||
7 | dispensers; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Last year, the Illinois Prescription Monitoring | ||||||
9 | Program collected 16.4 million prescription records; 22,000 | ||||||
10 | prescribers and dispensers referred to its clinical data on a | ||||||
11 | regular basis; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Illinois is a participating state in the evolving | ||||||
13 | national program of Prescription Monitoring Program services | ||||||
14 | through the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to | ||||||
15 | facilitate interstate sharing of data with other participating | ||||||
16 | states on the "Interconnect"; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, Using the Illinois Prescription Monitoring | ||||||
18 | Program website is voluntary, free to registrants, provides | ||||||
19 | fully functional availability for mobile devices, and is | ||||||
20 | accessible 24 hours per day and 7 days a week to provide | ||||||
21 | immediate access to patient prescription history; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program is | ||||||
2 | built on the foundation of improving healthcare outcomes while | ||||||
3 | not denying information as needed to assist law enforcement and | ||||||
4 | placing paramount priority on HIPAA privacy requirements; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, The use of the Illinois Prescription Monitoring | ||||||
6 | Program in the evaluation of a patient's controlled substance | ||||||
7 | history is a tool for prescribers and dispensers to incorporate | ||||||
8 | into their daily practice to prevent the accidental overdose or | ||||||
9 | potential drug interactions; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the month of June | ||||||
13 | of 2014 as "Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program Month" in | ||||||
14 | the State of Illinois.
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