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 Bill Status of HB2638  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  OPIOID PRESCRIBER REQUIREMENTS

House Sponsors
Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Robyn Gabel, Katie Stuart and Michelle Mussman

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 570/315.7 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber shall offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression to a patient when one or more of the following conditions are present: (1) the prescription dosage for the patient is 90 or more morphine milligram equivalents of an opioid medication per day; (2) an opioid medication is prescribed concurrently with a prescription for benzodiazepine; (3) the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose, including a patient with a history of overdose, a patient with a history of substance use disorder, or a patient at risk for returning to a high dose of opioid medication to which the patient is no longer tolerant. Provides other requirements and exemptions. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2020.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
  2/14/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/14/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/26/2019HouseAssigned to Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee
  3/19/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
  3/19/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/19/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
  3/20/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee
  3/21/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
  3/28/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  3/29/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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