Environmental Health Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 26, 2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 658 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 658 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 17.9 as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/17.9 new)

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    Sec. 17.9. Collaborative on Environmentally Safe Disposal 
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of Pharmaceuticals. 
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    (a) The Medication Education Disposal Solutions (MEDS) 
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collaborative is established for the purpose of partnering with 
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public and private sector constituents to promote the 
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environmentally responsible disposal of unwanted and expired 
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medications.
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    (b) The collaborative shall consist of the Director of the 
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or his or her designee 
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and volunteer persons and organizations that have expressed an 
 


 






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interest in contributing to the development of programs that 
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(i) educate the public on the safe disposal of unwanted or 
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expired medications and (ii) establish an expanded network of 
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secure pharmaceutical collection centers throughout the State.  
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Members of the collaborative may organize themselves as they 
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deem necessary. The collaborative shall focus on the 
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development of an organization that will produce educational 
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materials for the public and assist in promoting the expansion 
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of a network of secure pharmaceutical collection centers 
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throughout the State.  In developing and evaluating proposals to 
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achieve these objectives, the Agency and MEDS shall:
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        (1) Develop, for placement on the Medication Disposal 
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    page of the Agency's Web site, additional information 
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    regarding best practices for the disposal of 
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    pharmaceuticals.
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        (2) Develop proposals that will expand opportunities 
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    for the safe disposal of pharmaceuticals and personal care 
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    products.
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        (3) Develop relationships with local health 
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    departments, local governments, pharmacies, police 
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    departments, and similar organizations to establish 
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    programs that will promote and enhance the safe disposal of 
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    pharmaceuticals.
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        (4) Develop educational materials that can be 
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    distributed to the public, schools, and various 
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    participating organizations.
 


 






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        (5) Review and adapt information from the USEPA and the 
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    USGS to inform and educate the public and further refine 
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    the Illinois pharmaceutical disposal program.
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        (6) Actively support supervised pharmaceutical 
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    collection, including Household Hazardous Waste collection 
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    events, at various locations around the State.
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        (7) Develop additional activities that further support 
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    environmentally safe disposal of pharmaceuticals. 
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    (c) No later than December 31, 2010, the MEDS collaborative 
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shall submit a report on its program development and 
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recommendations for furthering environmentally safe disposal 
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of pharmaceuticals.  The Agency shall post the report and any 
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other relevant findings on its Web site. 
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    (d) This Section is repealed July 1, 2011. 

 

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