Bill Text: IL SB2524 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health and Illinois Emergency Management Agency to collaborate to review and recommend new State laws for the disposal of unused antibiotics. Provides that the Department and Agency shall submit the recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0925 [SB2524 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2524-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 100-0925
SB2524 Enrolled LRB100 16644 MJP 31781 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Section 56.8 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/56.8 new)
Sec. 56.8. Pharmaceutical Disposal Task Force.
(a) The Pharmaceutical Disposal Task Force is created. The
Task Force shall coordinate a statewide public information
campaign to highlight the benefits of and opportunities to
properly dispose of pharmaceutical products. The campaign
shall be implemented by the Agency, in coordination with the
Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of
Education. The publicity of the campaign shall include, as
appropriate, opportunities to properly dispose of
pharmaceutical products provided by:
(1) local police departments and local governments,
(2) pharmacies,
(3) long-term hazardous waste facilities,
(4) hazardous-waste collection events,
(5) the Agency,
(6) the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and
(7) other public or private efforts to properly dispose

of pharmaceuticals.
The campaign shall address students, seniors, and at-risk
populations and shall outline the public health benefits of
proper disposal of unused pharmaceutical products and the
dangers and risks of their improper disposal.
(b) The Task Force shall consist of the following members
appointed by the Director of the Agency:
(1) one representative of the Agency, who shall serve
as the chair of the Task Force;
(2) one representative of the Department of Public
Health;
(3) one representative of the Illinois State Board of
Education;
(4) one representative of a statewide organization
representing pharmacists;
(5) one representative of a statewide organization
representing agricultural interests;
(6) one representative of a statewide organization
representing environmental concerns;
(7) one representative of a statewide organization
representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in
all its branches;
(8) one representative of a statewide organization
representing coroners;
(9) one representative of a statewide organization
representing pharmaceutical manufacturers; and

(10) one representative of a statewide organization
representing retailers.
If a vacancy occurs in the Task Force membership, the
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment. Task Force members shall not receive compensation
for their service on the Task Force. The Agency shall provide
the Task Force with administrative and other support.
(c) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2022.