Bill Text: IL HJR0098 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Taskforce on Organ Transplantation for the Uninsured.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HJR0098 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0098-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program
serves as a clinical tool to assist medical providers to better
serve their patients while maximizing safety; the Program, in
accordance with the enactment of Public Act 91-0576, began
electronically collecting information on controlled substances
dispensed in the State of Illinois on April 1, 2000; and
WHEREAS, The goal of the Illinois Prescription Monitoring
Program is to assist prescribers and pharmacists in the
effective treatment of patients seeking medical care, and the
Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program website allows
prescribers and pharmacists to view a current or prospective
patient's prescription history; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program has
expanded its commitment to service and improved healthcare
outcomes by helping prevent the misuse, abuse, and diversion of
controlled substance medications; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program is a
component of and managed by the Illinois Department of Human
Services and, through the services of the Illinois Prescription
Monitoring Program, has improved the ability to serve
healthcare providers in augmenting the effectiveness of

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patient care while similarly successfully helping to reduce
healthcare costs and dramatically improve patient safety; and
WHEREAS, The access to the Illinois Prescription
Monitoring Program website is available to physicians,
pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, physician assistants,
and advanced practice nurses, as well as other prescribers and
dispensers; and
WHEREAS, Last year, the Illinois Prescription Monitoring
Program collected 16.4 million prescription records; 22,000
prescribers and dispensers referred to its clinical data on a
regular basis; and
WHEREAS, Illinois is a participating state in the evolving
national program of Prescription Monitoring Program services
through the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to
facilitate interstate sharing of data with other participating
states on the "Interconnect"; and
WHEREAS, Using the Illinois Prescription Monitoring
Program website is voluntary, free to registrants, provides
fully functional availability for mobile devices, and is
accessible 24 hours per day and 7 days a week to provide
immediate access to patient prescription history; and

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WHEREAS, The Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program is
built on the foundation of improving healthcare outcomes while
not denying information as needed to assist law enforcement and
placing paramount priority on HIPAA privacy requirements; and
WHEREAS, The use of the Illinois Prescription Monitoring
Program in the evaluation of a patient's controlled substance
history is a tool for prescribers and dispensers to incorporate
into their daily practice to prevent the accidental overdose or
potential drug interactions; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the month of June
of 2014 as "Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program Month" in
the State of Illinois.