91st General Assembly
Summary of HB2574
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House Sponsors:
BRADLEY-CURRIE.

Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON

Short description: 
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE-PRESCRIBE                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse  and  Dependency  Act,      
   the  Medical  Practice  Act  of  1987,  and  the  Illinois  Controlled      
   Substances  Act.  Provides that "addiction" refers to a non-legitimate      
   or unlawful use of a controlled substance.  Provides that  one  member      
   of  the  Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board must be a physician      
   licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches in  Illinois  who      
   has  expertise in palliative care.  Provides that, for purposes of the      
   prohibition against a physician prescribing a controlled substance for      
   other  than  "medically  accepted  therapeutic  purposes",  that  term      
   includes  palliative  care.    Removes   requirement   that   official      
   prescription  blanks  and  logs  issued  by  the  Department  of Human      
   Services for  prescribing  controlled  substances  be  in  triplicate.      
   Provides  that  nothing  in  the  Section  of  the Illinois Controlled      
   Substances  Act  concerning  requirements  for  dispensing  controlled      
   substances is intended to restrict  a  physician  from  prescribing  a      
   controlled substance for the purpose of providing palliative care.          
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          20 ILCS 301/1-10                                                     
          225 ILCS 60/7                                                        
          225 ILCS 60/22                                                       
          720 ILCS 570/102                                                     
          720 ILCS 570/308                                                     
          720 ILCS 570/311                                                     
          720 ILCS 570/313                                                     
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 570/316 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/317 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/318 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/319 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/320 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/406                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1406           
          720 ILCS 570/308 rep.                                                
          720 ILCS 570/310 rep.                                                
          720 ILCS 570/311 rep.                                                
        Deletes everything.  Amends the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances      
   Act.     Eliminates  the  "official"  triplicate  prescription  forms.      
   Creates  a  controlled  substance  prescription  monitoring   program.      
   Provides  for  the  creation of a central repository for collection of      
   information  related  to  the  dispensing  of  controlled  substances.      
   Provides  for  the  transmission  of   information   about   dispensed      
   controlled  substances  to the central repository by electronic means.      
   Provides  for  the  confidentiality  of  information  in  the  central      
   repository. Creates an advisory committee to assist the Department  in      
   implementing the controlled substance prescription monitoring program.      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Provides that the Department  of  Professional  Regulation  shall      
   provide  the  Department of Human Services with access (rather than 24      
   hour on-line access) to the license information  of  a  prescriber  or      
   dispenser.   Provides  that  the Department of Professional Regulation      
   may charge a fee for this access, not to exceed  the  actual  cost  of      
   furnishing the information.  Makes a correction.                            
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 570/313                                                     
        Further  amends  the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances  Act.   In      
   provisions  concerning  emergency  oral   prescriptions,   changes   a      
   reference from "written" to "oral".  Provides that within 7 days (now,      
   72 hours) after issuing an emergency oral prescription, the prescriber      
   must  cause  a written  prescription to be delivered to the dispensing      
   pharmacist.  Provides that  the  controlled    substance  prescription      
   monitoring  program  is limited to Schedule II controlled  substances.      
   Makes controlled substances lawfully  administered  in  hospitals  and      
   nursing    homes  exempt  from  the  Schedule  II controlled substance      
   prescription monitoring program.  Removes from current law  provisions      
   concerning   facsimile   transmission  of  certain  prescriptions  for      
   Schedule II controlled substances for infusion in a private residence,      
   nursing  home,  or  hospice.   Removes  requirement  that  information      
   concerning the  number of days of supply of a Schedule  II  controlled      
   substance  dispensed  be  transmitted    to  the  central  repository.      
   Provides  that the Department of Professional Regulation must  provide      
   the Department of Human Services with electronic  access  (instead  of      
   just  access)    to  license information of a prescriber or dispenser.      
   Provides that the advisory committee   to  assist  the  Department  of      
   Human  Services  in implementing the Schedule II controlled  substance      
   prescription monitoring  program  shall  consist  of  prescribers  and      
   dispensers.   Adds an April 1, 2000 effective date to the bill.             
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          720 ILCS 570/308 rep.                                                
          720 ILCS 570/310 rep.                                                
          720 ILCS 570/311 rep.                                                
          720 ILCS 570/316 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/317 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/318 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/319 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/320 new                                                 
          720 ILCS 570/406                                                     
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 570/102                                                     
          720 ILCS 570/201                                                     
          720 ILCS 570/316                                                     
        Deletes everything.  Amends the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances      
   Act.    Deletes  references in the Act to "designated products" and to      
   "official prescription  blank".   Restores  provisions  providing  for      
   facsimile  transmission  of  prescriptions  for Schedule II controlled      
   substances  administered  to  patients  by  parenteral,   intravenous,      
   intramuscular,  subcutaneous,  or intraspinal transfusion to a patient      
   in a private residence, long-term care facility, or hospice.  Provides      
   that the facsimile serves as the  original  written  prescription  and      
   shall  be  maintained  in  the  same  manner  as  the original written      
   prescription.  If a patient resides in a hospice certified by Medicare      
   or by the State, the practitioner or his or her agent  shall  note  on      
   the prescription that the patient is a hospice patient. Makes a change      
   concerning   application  of  the  Schedule  II  controlled  substance      
   prescription monitoring program.  Effective April 1, 2000.                  
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 4.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          720 ILCS 570/204                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1204           
          720 ILCS 570/206                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1206           
          720 ILCS 570/208                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1208           
          720 ILCS 570/210                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1210           
          720 ILCS 570/214                from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1214           
          720 ILCS 570/217 new                                                 
        Further amends the Illinois Controlled Substances  Act.   Exempts      
   from  the  requirements  of  the Act anabolic steroids exempted by the      
   Administrator of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration from  the      
   requirements  of  the  federal Controlled Substances Act.  Changes the      
   Schedule of  certain  controlled  substances  and  eliminates  certain      
   controlled substances from the Schedules.                                   
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0714

   Last action date: 00-06-02

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   3


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