Full Text of SB1591 102nd General Assembly
SB1591 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1591 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 330/8d new | | 210 ILCS 5/7d new | | 210 ILCS 85/6.28 new | | 225 ILCS 85/15.10 new | |
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Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires hospitals, facilities, and pharmacies to offer a patient any unused portion of a facility-provided medication upon discharge when it is administered to a patient at the hospital, facility, or pharmacy and is required for continuing treatment. Defines "facility-provided medication".
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 8d as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/8d new) | 7 | | Sec. 8d. Facility-provided medication upon discharge. | 8 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is | 9 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, | 10 | | health, and safety. | 11 | | (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has | 12 | | the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the | 13 | | Pharmacy Practice Act. | 14 | | (c) When a facility-provided medication is administered to | 15 | | a patient at the University of Illinois Hospital, any unused | 16 | | portion of the facility-provided medication must be offered to | 17 | | the patient upon discharge when it is required for continuing | 18 | | treatment. | 19 | | (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled | 20 | | consistent with labeling requirements under Section 33 of the | 21 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987. | 22 | | Section 10. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act |
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| 1 | | is amended by adding Section 7d as follows: | 2 | | (210 ILCS 5/7d new) | 3 | | Sec. 7d. Facility-provided medication upon discharge. | 4 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is | 5 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, | 6 | | health, and safety. | 7 | | (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has | 8 | | the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the | 9 | | Pharmacy Practice Act. | 10 | | (c) When a facility-provided medication is administered to | 11 | | a patient at a facility licensed under this Act, any unused | 12 | | portion of the facility-provided medication must be offered to | 13 | | the patient upon discharge when it is required for continuing | 14 | | treatment. | 15 | | (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled | 16 | | consistent with labeling requirements under Section 33 of the | 17 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987. | 18 | | Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 19 | | adding Section 6.28 as follows: | 20 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new) | 21 | | Sec. 6.28. Facility-provided medication upon discharge. | 22 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is | 23 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, |
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| 1 | | health, and safety. | 2 | | (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has | 3 | | the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the | 4 | | Pharmacy Practice Act. | 5 | | (c) When a facility-provided medication is administered to | 6 | | a patient at a hospital licensed under this Act, any unused | 7 | | portion of the facility-provided medication must be offered to | 8 | | the patient upon discharge when it is required for continuing | 9 | | treatment. | 10 | | (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled | 11 | | consistent with labeling requirements under Section 33 of the | 12 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987. | 13 | | Section 20. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding | 14 | | Section 15.10 as follows: | 15 | | (225 ILCS 85/15.10 new) | 16 | | Sec. 15.10. Facility-provided medication upon discharge. | 17 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is | 18 | | necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, | 19 | | health, and safety. | 20 | | (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" means | 21 | | any topical antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, dilation, or | 22 | | glaucoma drop or ointment. | 23 | | (c) When a facility-provided medication is administered to | 24 | | a patient at a pharmacy, any unused portion of the |
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| 1 | | facility-provided medication must be offered to the patient | 2 | | upon discharge when it is required for continuing treatment. | 3 | | (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled | 4 | | consistent with labeling requirements under Section 33 of the | 5 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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