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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4490 Introduced 1/31/2012, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that a health care institution may re-prescribe unused medications for use by a new patient receiving health care from the institution. Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions authorizes the re-prescription of any expired medication. Authorizes State regulatory oversight agencies to adopt rules to provide for the safe implementation of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4490 | | LRB097 19057 DRJ 64296 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended |
| 5 | | by adding Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 150/12 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12. Re-prescription of unused medications. |
| 8 | | (a) A health care institution may re-prescribe unused |
| 9 | | medications for use by a new patient receiving health care from |
| 10 | | the institution. |
| 11 | | (b) Nothing in this Section authorizes the re-prescription |
| 12 | | of any expired medication. |
| 13 | | (c) Any agency having regulatory oversight responsibility |
| 14 | | as described in Section 20 may adopt rules to provide for the |
| 15 | | safe implementation of this amendatory Act of the 97th General |
| 16 | | Assembly.
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| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 18 | | becoming law.
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