SB0595eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0595 Engrossed LRB095 09779 CMK 29989 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by adding Section 4.08 as follows:

(20 ILCS 105/4.08 new)

Sec. 4.08. Medication management program. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall establish a program to assist persons 60 years of age or older in managing their medications through agreements with local case coordination units. The case coordination units may contract with various community agencies or programs for medication management services, including but not limited to home health agencies, facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, public health departments, or hospitals. The Department shall establish guidelines and standards for the program by rule. The program may include but not be limited to the use of a licensed health care professional to provide such services as medication reminders, medication monitoring, medication set-up, and storage of medication. The licensed health care professional may also interface with the client's caregivers, pharmacist, and physicians. For the purposes of this Section, "licensed health care professional" means a registered professional nurse, an advanced practice nurse who has a collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes medication management in this setting, a physician assistant authorized by a supervising physician to provide medication management in this setting, or a pharmacist.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.