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Sen. Linda Holmes
Filed: 3/16/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 793
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 793 as follows:
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| 3 | | on page 1, immediately below line 3, by inserting the |
| 4 | | following:
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| 5 | | "Section 3. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
| 6 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 7 | | amended by changing Section 2310-252 as follows:
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| 8 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-252) |
| 9 | | Sec. 2310-252. Guidelines for needle disposal; education.
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| 10 | | (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health, in |
| 11 | | cooperation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, |
| 12 | | must create guidelines for the proper disposal of hypodermic |
| 13 | | syringes, needles, and other sharps used for |
| 14 | | self-administration purposes that are consistent with the |
| 15 | | available guidelines regarding disposal for home health care |
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| 1 | | products provided by the United States Environmental |
| 2 | | Protection Agency. In establishing these guidelines, the |
| 3 | | Department shall promote flexible and convenient disposal |
| 4 | | methods appropriate to the area and level of services available |
| 5 | | to the person disposing of the hypodermic syringe, needle, or |
| 6 | | other sharps. The Department guidelines shall encourage the use |
| 7 | | of safe disposal programs that include, but are not limited to, |
| 8 | | the following: |
| 9 | | (1) drop box or supervised collection sites; |
| 10 | | (2) sharps mail-back programs; |
| 11 | | (3) syringe exchange programs; and |
| 12 | | (4) at-home needle destruction devices. |
| 13 | | (b) The Illinois Department of Public Health must develop |
| 14 | | educational materials regarding the safe disposal of |
| 15 | | hypodermic syringes, needles, and other sharps and distribute |
| 16 | | copies of these educational materials to pharmacies and the |
| 17 | | public. The educational materials must include information |
| 18 | | regarding safer injection, HIV prevention, proper methods for |
| 19 | | the disposal of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other sharps, |
| 20 | | and contact information for obtaining treatment for drug abuse |
| 21 | | and addiction.
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| 22 | | (c) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this |
| 23 | | amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Department of |
| 24 | | Public Health shall review and, if necessary, revise the |
| 25 | | guidelines and educational materials developed pursuant to |
| 26 | | this Section so that those guidelines and materials inform |
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| 1 | | members of the public about the prohibitions under Section 56.1 |
| 2 | | of the Environmental Protection Act."; and |
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 94-641, eff. 8-22-05.)
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| 4 | | on page 5, in line 5, immediately after "mix", by inserting |
| 5 | | "household"; and
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| 6 | | on page 5, in line 13, immediately after "place", by inserting |
| 7 | | "household"; and
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| 8 | | by deleting line 25, on page 5, through line 25, on page 7.
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