Bill Text: IL HB5602 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that "unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or resident care and that is in a liquid or solid form (rather than in a solid form). Makes related changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5602 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5602-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Sections 5 and 10 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 150/5) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Health care institution" means any public or private | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | institution or agency licensed or certified by State law to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | provide health care. The term includes hospitals, nursing | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | homes, residential health care facilities, home health care | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | agencies, hospice programs operating in this State, | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | institutions, facilities, or agencies that provide services to | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | persons with mental health illnesses, and institutions, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | facilities, or agencies that provide services for persons with | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | developmental disabilities. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or local | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | law enforcement agency, including a State's Attorney and the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Attorney General. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Nurse" means an advanced practice nurse, registered | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | nurse, or licensed practical nurse licensed under the Nurse | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Practice Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Public wastewater collection system" means any wastewater |
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1 | collection system regulated by the Environmental Protection | ||||||
2 | Agency. | ||||||
3 | "Unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess | ||||||
4 | (including medication unused as a result of the death of the | ||||||
5 | patient) medication that has been dispensed for patient or | ||||||
6 | resident care and that is in a liquid or solid form. The term | ||||||
7 | includes , but is not limited to, suspensions, pills, tablets, | ||||||
8 | capsules, and caplets. For long-term care facilities licensed | ||||||
9 | under the Nursing Home Care Act, "unused medication" does not | ||||||
10 | include any Schedule II controlled substance under federal law | ||||||
11 | in any form, until such time as the federal Drug Enforcement | ||||||
12 | Administration adopts regulations that permit these facilities | ||||||
13 | to dispose of controlled substances in a manner consistent with | ||||||
14 | this Act.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 99-648, eff. 1-1-17; 100-345, eff. 8-25-17.)
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