Sen. Melinda Bush
Filed: 4/20/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1466




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1466, AS AMENDED, 
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:


 
 
5    "Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Lali's Law.
 
6    Section 5. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended  by adding 
7Section 19.1 as follows:
 
8    (225 ILCS 85/19.1 new)
9    Sec. 19.1. Dispensing of naloxone antidotes. 
10    (a) Due to the recent rise in opioid-related deaths in 
11Illinois and the existence of an opioid antidote that can 
12reverse the deadly effects of overdose, the General Assembly 
13finds that in order to avoid further loss where possible, it is 
14responsible to allow greater access of such an antidote to 
15those populations at risk of overdose.
 
 
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1    (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the 
2contrary, a licensed pharmacist may dispense an opioid antidote 
3in accordance with written, standardized procedures or 
4protocols developed by the Department with the Department of 
5Public Health and the Department of Human Services if the 
6procedures or protocols are filed at the pharmacy before 
7implementation and are available to the Department upon 
8request.
9    (c) Before dispensing an opioid antidote pursuant to this 
10Section, a pharmacist shall complete a training program 
11approved by the Department of Human Services pursuant to 
12Section 5-23 of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and 
13Dependency Act. The training program shall include, but not be 
14limited to, proper documentation and quality assurance.
15    (d) For the purpose of this Section, "opioid antidote" 
16means a dose of naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly 
17acting and equally safe drug approved by the United States Food 
18and Drug Administration.
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
20becoming law.".