Bill Amendment: IL SB1047 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SAFE PHARMACEUTICAL DISPOSAL
Status: 2016-06-30 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1047-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SAFE PHARMACEUTICAL DISPOSAL
Status: 2016-06-30 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1047-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1047
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1047 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Section 17 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 150/17) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 17. Pharmaceutical disposal. Notwithstanding any
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8 | provision of law, any city, village, or municipality may
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9 | authorize the use of its city hall or police department to
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10 | display a container suitable for use as a receptacle for used,
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11 | expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals. These used, expired, or
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12 | unwanted pharmaceuticals may include unused medication and | ||||||
13 | prescription drugs, as well as controlled substances if | ||||||
14 | collected in accordance with federal law. This
receptacle shall | ||||||
15 | only permit the deposit of items, and the
contents shall be | ||||||
16 | locked and secured. The container shall be
accessible to the |
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1 | public and shall have posted clearly legible
signage indicating | ||||||
2 | that expired or unwanted prescription drugs
may be disposed of | ||||||
3 | in the receptacle. Pharmaceuticals disposed of under this Act | ||||||
4 | may be destroyed in a drug destruction device in accordance | ||||||
5 | with Section 22.58 of the Environmental Protection Act.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15.)
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7 | Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Section 22.58 as follows:
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9 | (415 ILCS 5/22.58) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 22.58. Drug destruction by law enforcement agency. | ||||||
11 | (a) For purposes of this Section: | ||||||
12 | "Drug destruction device" means a device that is (i) | ||||||
13 | designed by its manufacturer to destroy drug evidence and | ||||||
14 | render it non-retrievable and (ii) used exclusively for that | ||||||
15 | purpose. | ||||||
16 | "Drug evidence" means any illegal drug collected as | ||||||
17 | evidence by a law enforcement agency or any used, expired, or | ||||||
18 | unwanted pharmaceuticals collected under the Safe | ||||||
19 | Pharmaceutical Disposal Act . "Drug evidence" does not include | ||||||
20 | hazardous waste. | ||||||
21 | "Illegal drug" means any one or more of the following when | ||||||
22 | obtained without a prescription or otherwise in violation of | ||||||
23 | the law: | ||||||
24 | (1) any substance as defined and included in the |
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1 | Schedules of Article II of the Illinois Controlled | ||||||
2 | Substances Act; | ||||||
3 | (2) any cannabis as defined in Section 3 of the | ||||||
4 | Cannabis Control Act; or | ||||||
5 | (3) any drug as defined in paragraph (b) of Section 3 | ||||||
6 | of the Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||||||
7 | "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of this State or | ||||||
8 | unit of local government that is vested by law or ordinance | ||||||
9 | with the duty to maintain public order and to enforce criminal | ||||||
10 | laws or ordinances. | ||||||
11 | "Non-retrievable" means the condition or state following a | ||||||
12 | process that permanently alters the illegal drug's physical or | ||||||
13 | chemical condition or state through irreversible means and | ||||||
14 | thereby renders the illegal drug unavailable and unusable for | ||||||
15 | all practical purposes. | ||||||
16 | (b) To the extent allowed under federal law, drug evidence | ||||||
17 | that is placed into a drug destruction device by a law | ||||||
18 | enforcement agency at the location where the evidence is stored | ||||||
19 | by the agency and that is destroyed under the supervision of | ||||||
20 | the agency in accordance with the specifications of the device | ||||||
21 | manufacturer shall not be considered discarded or a waste under | ||||||
22 | this Act until it is rendered non-retrievable.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 99-60, eff. 7-16-15.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.".
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