Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

5 ILCS 80/4.28

5 ILCS 80/4.30

225 ILCS 85/25

from Ch. 111, par. 4145

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that if a physician or other authorized prescriber does not prohibit drug product substitution, a pharmacist shall dispense a brand name drug product as a substitute for an unavailable nonbrand name drug product specified in the prescription. Provides that if the substitute drug product has a unit price greater than the unavailable drug product specified in the prescription, then the pharmacist shall dispense that substitute drug product at the lesser unit price of the drug product specified in the prescription. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal date for the Pharmacy Practice Act to January 1, 2020. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/9/2017	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Nybo
2/9/2017	Senate	First Reading
2/9/2017	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/9/2017	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2/28/2017	Senate	Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions
3/17/2017	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
3/29/2017	Senate	Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
4/6/2017	Senate	Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
4/7/2017	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
11/15/2018	Senate	Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
1/9/2019	Senate	Session Sine Die

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