Rep. Jack McGuire

Filed: 4/26/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2277

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2277 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Prescription and Consumer Drug Disposal Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
7     (a) "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
8 Agency.
9     (b) "Consumer" means an individual purchaser or owner of a
10 drug. "Consumer" does not include a business, corporation,
11 limited partnership, or any entity involved in a wholesale
12 transaction between a distributor and retailer.
13     (c) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as provided
14 in subsection (f) of Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled
15 Substances Act.
16     (d) "Drug" means any of the following:

 

 

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1         (1) Articles recognized in the official United States
2     Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement thereof, the official
3     National Formulary, or any supplement thereof, or the
4     official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States,
5     or any supplement thereof.
6         (2) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure,
7     mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans
8     or other animals.
9         (3) Articles, excluding food, intended to affect the
10     structure or any function of the body of humans or other
11     animals.
12         (4) Articles intended for use as a component of any
13     article specified in items (1), (2), or (3) of this
14     subsection.
15     (e) "Pharmacy" or "authorized pharmacy" means any pharmacy
16 registered in this State under the Pharmacy Practice Act of
17 1987.
18     (f) "Sale" includes, but is not limited to, transactions
19 conducted through sales outlets, catalogs, the Internet, or any
20 other similar electronic means. "Sale" does not include any
21 sale that is a wholesale transaction involving a distributor or
22 retailer.
 
23     Section 10. Prescription and Consumer Drug Disposal Pilot
24 Program. To reduce the improper disposal of prescription and
25 consumer drugs in this State, the Agency, in collaboration with

 

 

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1 the Department of Public Health and the Department of Financial
2 and Professional Regulation, shall implement a Prescription
3 and Consumer Drug Disposal Pilot Program through which
4 prescription and consumer drugs may be disposed of by safe and
5 environmentally sound methods. The Agency, by rule, shall
6 determine which drugs are eligible for the take-back disposal
7 program. The pilot program shall be conducted for a period of
8 at least one year in at least 2 counties in the State.
9     Upon termination of the pilot program under this Section,
10 the Agency may adopt additional rules to extend, indefinitely,
11 the Prescription and Consumer Drug Disposal Program to
12 additional counties in the State.
 
13     Section 15. Collection and disposal.
14     (a) Beginning July 1, 2008 and continuing through July 1,
15 2009, each authorized pharmacy and retail establishment that
16 contains an authorized pharmacy located in a county that is
17 participating in the pilot program shall have in place a system
18 for safe and secure acceptance and collection of eligible drugs
19 from consumers for the proper disposal of those drugs.
20     (b) A system for safe and secure acceptance and collection
21 of drugs for proper disposal shall, at a minimum, include all
22 of the following elements:
23         (1) The take-back, at no cost to the consumer, of any
24     eligible drug of a type or brand that the retailer sold or
25     had sold.

 

 

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1         (2) A conspicuous notice to consumers that includes
2     informational materials, including, but not limited to, an
3     Internet website link or a telephone number, placed on the
4     invoice or purchase order, or packaged with the drug, that
5     provides information necessary to access additional
6     information about the opportunities and locations for
7     no-cost drug recycling.
8         (3) Information about drug return opportunities
9     provided by the pharmacy or retailer that encourages
10     consumers to use those opportunities. This information may
11     include, but is not limited to, one or more of the
12     following:
13             (A) Signage that is prominently displayed and
14         easily visible to the consumer.
15             (B) Written materials provided to the consumer at
16         the time of purchase or delivery, or both.
17             (C) Reference to the drug take-back opportunity in
18         that retailer's advertising or other promotional
19         materials, or both.
20             (D) Direct communications with the consumer at the
21         time of purchase.
22     (c) Any retailer or pharmacy with an independent drug
23 disposal program that is consistent with the pilot program and
24 is in place on or before July 1, 2008 and remains in effect
25 through July 1, 2009 shall be deemed in compliance with this
26 Act.

 

 

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1     (d) The Agency may adopt rules to include controlled
2 substances in the Prescription and Consumer Drug Disposal Pilot
3 Program only to the extent allowed by federal and State law.".