92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
RAUSCHENBERGER AND TROTTER.

Short description: 
HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLE                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Drug Paraphernalia  Control  Act  and  the  Hypodermic      
   Syringes  and  Needles  Act.   Authorizes  a person who is at least 18      
   years of age to purchase up  to  10  sterile  hypodermic  syringes  or      
   needles at a pharmacy without a prescription.  Authorizes a pharmacist      
   to  sell  up  to 10 sterile hypodermic syringes or needles to a person      
   who is  at  least  18  years  of  age.   Provides  that  the  Illinois      
   Department   of  Public  Health  must  develop  educational  materials      
   regarding safer injection, HIV prevention, syringe disposal, and  drug      
   treatment and make copies of those materials available to pharmacists.      
   Provides  that  pharmacists  must  make  those  educational  materials      
   available to persons who purchase syringes. Repeals the Section in the      
   Hypodermic  Syringes  and  Needles  Act requiring a person who sells a      
   syringe,  needle,  or  instrument  to  keep  a  record  of  the  sale.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Moves a subsection added by the bill to the end of the Section in      
   the Drug Paraphernalia Control  Act  that  exempts  a  person  from  a      
   violation who is legally authorized to possess hypodermic syringes and      
   needles under the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act.                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 635/2.6 new                                                 
        Provides that the provision  permitting a person who is at  least      
   18  years  of  age  to purchase from a pharmacy and have in his or her      
   possession up  to  10  sterile  hypodermic  syringes  or   needles  is      
   inoperative  after  January  1,  2006. Provides that the Department of      
   Public Health shall conduct a study on the effects of this  amendatory      
   Act  of the 92nd General Assembly on the reduction in the incidents of      
   Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and hepatitis  B  and  shall      
   report  its  findings  and  recommendations  to  the  Governor and the      
   General Assembly by January 1, 2005.                                        
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   2


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