99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1466
 
Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
225 ILCS 85/19.1 new

     Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows a licensed pharmacist to dispense an opioid antagonist in accordance with written, standardized procedures or protocols developed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation  with the Department of Public Health, if such procedures or protocols are filed at the pharmacist's place of practice and with the Board of Pharmacy before implementation. Requires the pharmacist to complete a training program approved by the Department of Human Services under the Drug Overdose Prevention Program authorized under Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Defines "opioid antagonist". Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 19.1 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 85/19.1 new)
7    Sec. 19.1. Dispensing opioid antagonists. 
8    (a) Due to the recent rise in opioid-related deaths in 
9Illinois and the existence of an opioid antagonist that can 
10reverse the deadly effects of overdose, the General Assembly 
11finds that in order to avoid further loss where possible, it is 
12responsible to allow greater access of such an antidote to 
13those populations at risk of overdose.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the 
15contrary, a licensed pharmacist may dispense an opioid 
16antagonist in accordance with written, standardized procedures 
17or protocols developed by the Department, in consultation with 
18the Department of Public Health, if such procedures or 
19protocols are filed at the pharmacist's place of practice and 
20with the Board before implementation.
21    (c) Before dispensing an opioid antagonist pursuant to this 
22Section, a pharmacist shall complete a training program 
23approved by the Department of Human Services under the Drug 
 
 
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1Overdose Prevention Program authorized under Section 5-23 of 
2the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. The 
3training program shall include, but not be limited to, proper 
4documentation and quality assurance.
5    (d) For the purpose of this Section, "opioid antagonist" 
6means a dose of naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly 
7acting and equally safe drug approved by the United States Food 
8and Drug Administration.
 
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.