Illinois House Bill 2638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

OPIOID PRESCRIBER REQUIREMENTS

Rep. Marcus Evans [D]

Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]

Rep. Katie Stuart [D]

Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-28	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2019-03-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
2019-03-20	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee
2019-03-19	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2019-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
2019-02-26	House	Assigned to Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee
2019-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-14	House	First Reading
2019-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	570	315.7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2638&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2638.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2638ham001.htm