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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 adding Section 17.9 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/17.9 new)
7     Sec. 17.9. Collaborative on Environmentally Safe Disposal
8 of Pharmaceuticals.
9     (a) The Medication Education Disposal Solutions (MEDS)
10 collaborative is established for the purpose of partnering with
11 public and private sector constituents to promote the
12 environmentally responsible disposal of unwanted and expired
13 medications.
14     (b) The collaborative shall consist of the Director of the
15 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or his or her designee
16 and volunteer persons and organizations that have expressed an
17 interest in contributing to the development of programs that
18 (i) educate the public on the safe disposal of unwanted or
19 expired medications and (ii) establish an expanded network of
20 secure pharmaceutical collection centers throughout the State.
21 Members of the collaborative may organize themselves as they
22 deem necessary. The collaborative shall focus on the
23 development of an organization that will produce educational

 

 

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1 materials for the public and assist in promoting the expansion
2 of a network of secure pharmaceutical collection centers
3 throughout the State. In developing and evaluating proposals to
4 achieve these objectives, the Agency and MEDS shall:
5         (1) Develop, for placement on the Medication Disposal
6     page of the Agency's Web site, additional information
7     regarding best practices for the disposal of
8     pharmaceuticals.
9         (2) Develop proposals that will expand opportunities
10     for the safe disposal of pharmaceuticals and personal care
11     products.
12         (3) Develop relationships with local health
13     departments, local governments, pharmacies, police
14     departments, and similar organizations to establish
15     programs that will promote and enhance the safe disposal of
16     pharmaceuticals.
17         (4) Develop educational materials that can be
18     distributed to the public, schools, and various
19     participating organizations.
20         (5) Review and adapt information from the USEPA and the
21     USGS to inform and educate the public and further refine
22     the Illinois pharmaceutical disposal program.
23         (6) Actively support supervised pharmaceutical
24     collection, including Household Hazardous Waste collection
25     events, at various locations around the State.
26         (7) Develop additional activities that further support

 

 

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1     environmentally safe disposal of pharmaceuticals.
2     (c) No later than December 31, 2010, the MEDS collaborative
3 shall submit a report on its program development and
4 recommendations for furthering environmentally safe disposal
5 of pharmaceuticals. The Agency shall post the report and any
6 other relevant findings on its Web site.
7     (d) This Section is repealed July 1, 2011.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.