97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4490

 

Introduced 1/31/2012, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 150/12 new

    Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that a health care institution may re-prescribe unused medications for use by a new patient receiving health care from the institution. Provides that nothing in the amendatory provisions authorizes the re-prescription of any expired medication. Authorizes State regulatory oversight agencies to adopt rules to provide for the safe implementation of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


LRB097 19057 DRJ 64296 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4490LRB097 19057 DRJ 64296 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended
5by adding Section 12 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 150/12 new)
7    Sec. 12. Re-prescription of unused medications.
8    (a) A health care institution may re-prescribe unused
9medications for use by a new patient receiving health care from
10the institution.
11    (b) Nothing in this Section authorizes the re-prescription
12of any expired medication.
13    (c) Any agency having regulatory oversight responsibility
14as described in Section 20 may adopt rules to provide for the
15safe implementation of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
16Assembly.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.