Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4413

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a pharmacist may, as part of the care provided by a health care facility, a provider who contracts with a licensed health care service plan with regard to the care or services provided to the enrollees of that health care service plan, or a physician, initiate emergency contraception drug therapy in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by the pharmacist and an authorized prescriber who is acting within his or her scope of practice. Defines "emergency contraception drug therapy" and "health care facility". Requires a pharmacist to complete a training program before initiating emergency contraception drug therapy and to provide the recipient of the drug therapy with a standardized fact sheet developed by the State Board of Pharmacy. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
1/6/2006	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David E. Miller
1/10/2006	House	First Reading
1/10/2006	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/18/2006	House	Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
1/27/2006	House	Fiscal Note Filed
2/17/2006	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

	Fiscal Note (Illinois Department of Financial and Professional )
	The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has concluded that House Bill 4413 will have an impact of approximately $35,000 on the agency.