Date	Chamber	Action
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

225 ILCS 85/3

225 ILCS 85/19.7 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the prescribing and dispensing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives. Defines "hormonal contraceptive patch" as a transdermal patch applied to the skin of a patient, by the patient or by a practitioner, that releases a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and "self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive" as a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and that the patient to whom the drug is prescribed may take orally. Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives to a person over 18 years of age and a person under 18 years of age only if the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care or a women's health care practitioner. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives. Provides requirements for the rules to be adopted by the Department. Provides that all State and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive drugs and products shall apply to the provisions.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/16/2018	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman
2/16/2018	House	First Reading
2/16/2018	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2018	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
3/8/2018	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
4/3/2018	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
4/11/2018	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die

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