Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Home Health and Hospice Drug Dispensation and Administration Act. Allows home and community support services agencies and their employees who are registered nurses or advanced practice nurses to purchase, store, or transport certain drugs for the purpose of administering the drugs to home health or hospice patients of the agencies. Requires an agency that purchases, stores, or transports these drugs to establish policies and procedures concerning proper storage, transportation, temperature stability, removal from container on physician's order, administration of the drug, and the maintenance of written records. Provides that an agency or its authorized nursing employee may administer the drug only in the patient’s residence under physician's orders. Sets forth procedures for agency handling of physician oral orders and pharmacy dispensation of the drugs. Provides that upon a home health agency's administration or dispensation of a specific drug to a patient, that agency shall be reimbursed the cost of that specific drug by the Department of Public Aid. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/26/2005	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine; Prefiled on December 8, 2004
1/26/2005	Senate	First Reading
1/26/2005	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/3/2005	Senate	Assigned to Health & Human Services
3/18/2005	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
1/9/2007	Senate	Session Sine Die

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