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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1466 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows a licensed pharmacist to dispense an opioid antagonist in accordance with written, standardized procedures or protocols developed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, if such procedures or protocols are filed at the pharmacist's place of practice and with the Board of Pharmacy before implementation. Requires the pharmacist to complete a training program approved by the Department of Human Services under the Drug Overdose Prevention Program authorized under Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Defines "opioid antagonist". Effective immediately.
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| | SB1466 | | LRB099 09990 AMC 30210 b |
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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 Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding |
5 | | Section 19.1 as follows:
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6 | | (225 ILCS 85/19.1 new) |
7 | | Sec. 19.1. Dispensing opioid antagonists. |
8 | | (a) Due to the recent rise in opioid-related deaths in |
9 | | Illinois and the existence of an opioid antagonist that can |
10 | | reverse the deadly effects of overdose, the General Assembly |
11 | | finds that in order to avoid further loss where possible, it is |
12 | | responsible to allow greater access of such an antidote to |
13 | | those populations at risk of overdose. |
14 | | (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the |
15 | | contrary, a licensed pharmacist may dispense an opioid |
16 | | antagonist in accordance with written, standardized procedures |
17 | | or protocols developed by the Department, in consultation with |
18 | | the Department of Public Health, if such procedures or |
19 | | protocols are filed at the pharmacist's place of practice and |
20 | | with the Board before implementation. |
21 | | (c) Before dispensing an opioid antagonist pursuant to this |
22 | | Section, a pharmacist shall complete a training program |
23 | | approved by the Department of Human Services under the Drug |