SB1919ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Environmental Health Committee

Filed: 5/5/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1919

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1919 on page 1, after line 21, by inserting the following:

""Unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or resident care and that is in a solid form. The term includes pills, tablets, capsules, and caplets. For long-term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, "unused medication" does not include any Schedule II controlled substance under federal law in any form, until such time as the federal Drug Enforcement Administration adopts regulations that permit these facilities to dispose of controlled substances in a manner consistent with this Section."; and

on page 1, line 22, by replacing "No" with "Except for medications contained in intravenous fluids, syringes, or transdermal patches, no".