SB1607ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

Filed: 6/25/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1607

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1607 by deleting line 18 on page 1 through line 3 on page 2; and

on page 2, by inserting immediately below line 13 the following:

"(c-5) Effective January 1, 2018, each prescriber possessing an Illinois controlled substances license shall register with the prescription monitoring program. Each prescriber or his or her designee shall also document an attempt to access patient information in the prescription monitoring program to assess patient access to controlled substances when providing an initial prescription for Schedule II narcotics such as opioids, except for prescriptions for oncology treatment or palliative care, or a 7-day or less supply provided by a hospital emergency department when treating an acute, traumatic medical condition. This attempt to access shall be documented in the patient's medical record. The hospital shall facilitate the designation of a prescriber's designee for the purpose of accessing the prescription monitoring program for services provided at the hospital."; and

on page 7, by inserting immediately below line 24 the following:

"Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2018.".