Full Text of SB1919 96th General Assembly
SB1919 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1919
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no health care institution, or any employee, staff person, contractor, or other person under the direction or supervision of a health care institution, may discharge, dispose of, flush, pour, or empty any unused medication into a public wastewater collection system or a septic system. Defines "health care institution" and "public wastewater collection system". Makes a violation a petty offense subject to a $500 fine.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 10985 DRJ 21625 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 13.7 as follows: | 6 |
| (415 ILCS 5/13.7 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 13.7. Release of unused medication by health care | 8 |
| institution. | 9 |
| (a) In this Section: | 10 |
| "Health care institution" means any public or private | 11 |
| institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or | 12 |
| otherwise authorized by State law to administer health care in | 13 |
| the ordinary course of business, including hospitals, nursing | 14 |
| homes, residential health care facilities, home health care | 15 |
| agencies, hospice programs operating in this State, | 16 |
| institutions, facilities or agencies that provide services to | 17 |
| persons with mental health illnesses, or institutions, | 18 |
| facilities, or agencies that provide services for persons with | 19 |
| developmental disabilities. | 20 |
| "Public wastewater collection system" means any collection | 21 |
| system regulated by the Agency pursuant to
this Act. | 22 |
| (b) No health care institution, or any employee, staff | 23 |
| person, contractor, or other person under the direction or |
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| supervision of a health care institution, may discharge, | 2 |
| dispose of, flush, pour, or empty any unused medication into a | 3 |
| public wastewater collection system or a septic system. | 4 |
| (c) A violation of this Section is a petty offense subject | 5 |
| to a fine of $500.
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