Bill Text: IL HB3246 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Creates the Retail Store Sharps Disposal Act. Provides that a retail store shall make sharps disposal boxes available at that retail store if it is requested by an employee of the retail store who submits a written request to the manager of the retail store and to the Department of Public Health, requested by the municipality where the retail store is located, or if an infection or contamination from needle exposure is traced back to that retail store by the Department, a local health department, or State or local law enforcement. Provides that any municipality may require by ordinance that sharps disposal boxes be placed at any retail store located within that municipality. Provides that specified retail stores shall have at least one employee trained in the safe and proper handling and disposal of sharps. Provides that the Department shall institute that training. Provides that particular categories of retail stores, to be determined by the Department, shall install sharps disposal boxes. Provides that all required sharps disposal box installation and all training occur not more than 90 days after receiving notice of the requirement. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain a list of retail stores that are required to install sharps disposal boxes and municipalities that require retail stores to install sharps disposal boxes. Provides that the Department shall ensure that all retail stores required to install sharps disposal boxes are inspected at least once every year to verify compliance with the Act.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer [HB3246 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3246-Introduced.html

---

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3246 Introduced , by Rep. Gregory Harris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Retail Store Sharps Disposal Act. Provides that a retail store shall make sharps disposal boxes available at that retail store if it is requested by an employee of the retail store who submits a written request to the manager of the retail store and to the Department of Public Health, requested by the municipality where the retail store is located, or if an infection or contamination from needle exposure is traced back to that retail store by the Department, a local health department, or State or local law enforcement. Provides that any municipality may require by ordinance that sharps disposal boxes be placed at any retail store located within that municipality. Provides that specified retail stores shall have at least one employee trained in the safe and proper handling and disposal of sharps. Provides that the Department shall institute that training. Provides that particular categories of retail stores, to be determined by the Department, shall install sharps disposal boxes. Provides that all required sharps disposal box installation and all training occur not more than 90 days after receiving notice of the requirement. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain a list of retail stores that are required to install sharps disposal boxes and municipalities that require retail stores to install sharps disposal boxes. Provides that the Department shall ensure that all retail stores required to install sharps disposal boxes are inspected at least once every year to verify compliance with the Act.
LRB101 10831 CPF 55962 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3246 LRB101 10831 CPF 55962 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Retail
Store Sharps Disposal Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
Section 10. Sharps disposal boxes. A retail store shall
make sharps disposal boxes available at that retail store if:
(a) requested by an employee of the retail store who
submits a written request to the manager of the retail
store and to the Department;
(b) requested by the municipality where the retail
store is located; or
(c) infection or contamination from needle exposure is
traced back to that retail store by the Department, a local
health department, or State or local law enforcement.
A retail store required to make sharp disposal boxes
available under this Act shall place sharps disposal boxes in
all restrooms located at the retail store. All sharps disposal
boxes must be clearly labeled and tamper-proof.

HB3246 - 2 - LRB101 10831 CPF 55962 b
Section 15. Municipalities. A municipality may require by
ordinance that sharps disposal boxes be placed at any retail
store located within that municipality.
Section 20. Trained employee. Any retail store that is
required to have a sharps disposal box under this Act must have
at least one person employed at that retail store who has
received the training instituted by the Department under
Section 40.
Section 25. Particular categories of retail store. If a
particular category of retail store is determined by the State
or a municipality to be associated with an especially high
degree of sharps usage or disposal, all retail stores of that
particular category must install sharps disposal boxes. The
Department shall prescribe by rule minimum criteria,
standards, and procedures for the establishment and operation
of such determinations. If a retail store believes that it has
been improperly or mistakenly categorized, the retail store may
appeal to the Department for a different determination.
Section 30. Installation and training. Retail stores that
are required to install sharps disposal boxes under this Act
must install all necessary sharps disposal boxes and ensure
that employees receive the training instituted by the
Department under Section 40 not more than 90 days after the

HB3246 - 3 - LRB101 10831 CPF 55962 b
receipt of an employee's request and knowledge of submission of
the employee's request to the Department, receipt of a request
by the municipality where the retail store is located, notice
of infection or contamination from needle exposure, or notice
from the State or a municipality that the retail store is
determined to be of a particular category with an especially
high degree of sharps usage. If a retail store unsuccessfully
appeals its determination as a particular category associated
with an especially high degree of sharps usage or disposal,
that retail store must install all necessary sharps disposal
boxes and ensure that employees receive proper training
instituted by the Department under Section 40 not more than 30
days after receiving notice of the Department's decision.
Section 35. List of retail stores. The Department shall
create and maintain a list of retail stores that are required
to install sharps disposal boxes and municipalities that
require retail stores to install sharps disposal boxes. The
Department shall ensure that all retail stores required to
install sharps disposal boxes are inspected at least once every
year to verify compliance with this Act.
Section 40. Department training program. The Department,
in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall
institute a training program for the safe and proper handling
and disposal of sharps. The Department may designate a third

HB3246 - 4 - LRB101 10831 CPF 55962 b
party to create the training program, so long as it meets the
standards established in Section 2310-252 of the Department of
Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois. The training program may be taken in person
or online.