95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4486

 

Introduced , by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 60/33.5 new
225 ILCS 120/56.5 new

    Amends the Medical Practice Act and the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. In any calendar year, prohibits a physician from intentionally soliciting or accepting from a manufacturer and a manufacturer from intentionally conferring upon a physician any gift having a cumulative total value of more than $50. Excludes drug product samples and educational materials from the ban.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended by
5 adding Section 33.5 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 60/33.5 new)
7     Sec. 33.5. Gift ban.
8     (a) In this Section:
9         "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
10     hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
11     intangible item having monetary value including, but not
12     limited to, cash, food, and drink. "Gift" does not include
13     drug product samples or educational materials.
14         "Manufacturer" has the meaning given to the term in the
15     Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act.
16     (b) During any calendar year, no physician licensed under
17 this Act shall intentionally solicit or accept any gift or
18 gifts from a drug manufacturer having a cumulative total value
19 of more than $50.
 
20     Section 10. The Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act
21 is amended by adding Section 56.5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (225 ILCS 120/56.5 new)
2     Sec. 56.5. Gift ban.
3     (a) In this Section, "gift" means any gratuity, discount,
4 entertainment, hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other
5 tangible or intangible item having monetary value including,
6 but not limited to, cash, food, and drink. "Gift" does not
7 include drug product samples or educational materials.
8     (b) During any calendar year, no manufacturer licensed
9 under this Act may intentionally confer upon any physician
10 licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 any gift or
11 gifts having a cumulative total value of more than $50.