Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 2917

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Changes defined terms. Makes numerous changes relating to the scheduling, prescribing, and dispensing of controlled substances. Changes the list of anabolic steroids. Adds various substances to the Schedules. Permits an authorized prescriber to issue electronic prescriptions for Schedule II through V controlled substances if done in accordance with federal rules. Makes changes relating to the Prescription Monitoring Program; combines the Schedule II and Schedule III though V monitoring programs into a single program. Defines and prohibits medication shopping and pharmacy shopping. Makes other substantive and technical changes. Effective January 1, 2012.

Changes references from "civil fine" to "fine". Eliminates reference to the Prescription Monitoring Program in association with its Advisory Committee and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in relation to possible erroneous association of prescriptions to any licensed prescriber or end user . Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to limit the authority of a hospital pursuant to the Nurse Practice Act to grant hospital clinical privileges to an individual advanced practice nurse to select, order or administer medications, including controlled substances to provide services within a hospital. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of an ambulatory surgical treatment center pursuant to the Nurse Practice Act to grant ambulatory surgical treatment center clinical privileges to an individual advanced practice nurse to select, order or administer medications, including controlled substances to provide services within an ambulatory surgical treatment center.

Deletes from the definition of "controlled substance" a drug or other substance, or immediate precursor, included in schedule I, II, III, IV, or V of 21 U.S.C. 352 (part B). Provides that an electronic prescription for a Schedule II, II, IV, or V controlled substance may be issued if done in accordance with the federal rules for electronic prescriptions, as amended. Provides that: a Chief of Investigations of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's Division of Professional Regulation appointed by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is a conservator of the peace and as such has all the powers possessed by policemen in municipalities and by sheriffs, except that he or she may exercise such powers anywhere in the State; and any other employee of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation appointed by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation or by the Director of Professional Regulation on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not a conservator of the peace.

Date	Chamber	Action
8/12/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0334

Date	Chamber	Action
2/22/2011	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2/23/2011	House	First Reading
2/23/2011	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/28/2011	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/2/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
3/2/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/2/2011	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
3/3/2011	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
3/7/2011	House	Re-assigned to Human Services Committee
3/7/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
3/16/2011	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
3/16/2011	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000
3/16/2011	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/31/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
3/31/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
4/4/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
4/5/2011	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/5/2011	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote
4/5/2011	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/6/2011	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000
4/7/2011	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/7/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011
4/7/2011	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
4/8/2011	Senate	First Reading
4/8/2011	Senate	Referred to Assignments
5/4/2011	Senate	Assigned to Human Services
5/10/2011	Senate	Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000
5/10/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
5/12/2011	Senate	Second Reading
5/12/2011	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
5/17/2011	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
5/17/2011	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
5/17/2011	House	Passed Both Houses
6/15/2011	House	Sent to the Governor
8/12/2011	House	Governor Approved
8/12/2011	House	Effective Date January 1, 2012
8/12/2011	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0334