HB3388 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3388

Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 51/17 new
225 ILCS 85/19.7 new

Amends the Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider License Act and the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires a home medical equipment and services provider that provides or a pharmacist that dispenses pressurized oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient to inform the municipal fire department or fire protection district that serves the patient of the patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider License Act is amended by adding Section 17 as follows:

(225 ILCS 51/17 new)

Sec. 17. Providing oxygen. Upon providing pressurized oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient, the home medical equipment and services provider shall contact the municipal fire department or fire protection district that serves the patient to inform it of the patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire.

Section 10. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding Section 19.7 as follows:

(225 ILCS 85/19.7 new)

Sec. 19.7. Dispensing oxygen. Upon dispensing pressurized oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient, the pharmacist shall contact the municipal fire department or fire protection district that serves the patient to inform it of the patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire.