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Full Text of SB1466 99th General Assembly

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SB1466sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sen. Melinda Bush
Filed: 3/17/2015

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1466
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1466 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Lali's Law.

5     Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding
6 Section 19.1 as follows:

7     (225 ILCS 85/19.1 new)
8     Sec. 19.1. Dispensing naloxone antidotes.
9     (a) Due to the recent rise in opioid-related deaths in
10 Illinois and the existence of an opioid antidote that can
11 reverse the deadly effects of overdose, the General Assembly
12 finds that in order to avoid further loss where possible, it is
13 responsible to allow greater access of such an antidote to
14 those populations at risk of overdose.
15     (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the

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1 contrary, a licensed pharmacist may dispense an opioid
2 antagonist in accordance with written, standardized procedures
3 or protocols developed by the Department with the Department of
4 Public Health and the Department of Human Services, if such
5 procedures or protocols are filed at the pharmacist's place of
6 practice and with the Board before implementation.
7     (c) A health care practitioner may prescribe naloxone
8 antidotes in the name of a licensed pharmacist for use in
9 accordance with this Act, and pharmacists may dispense opioid
10 antidotes pursuant to a prescription issued in the name of an
11 authorized entity. Such prescriptions shall be valid for a
12 period of 2 years.
13     (d) Before dispensing an opioid antidote pursuant to this
14 Section, a pharmacist shall complete a training program
15 approved by the Department of Human Services pursuant to
16 Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and
17 Dependency Act. The training program shall include, but not be
18 limited to, proper documentation and quality assurance.
19     (e) For the purpose of this Section:
20     "Health care practitioner" means a physician licensed to
21 practice medicine in all its branches, dentist, veterinarian,
22 podiatric physician, optometrist, physician assistant, or an
23 advanced practice nurse.
24     "Opioid antidote" means a dose of naloxone hydrochloride or
25 any other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by
26 the United States Food and Drug Administration.

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

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