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Full Text of SB0579 102nd General Assembly

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SB0579enr 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1     AN ACT concerning health.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
5 amended by adding Section 8d as follows:

6     (110 ILCS 330/8d new)
7     Sec. 8d. Facility-provided medication upon discharge.
8     (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is
9 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
10 health, and safety.
11     (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has
12 the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the
13 Pharmacy Practice Act.
14     (c) When a facility-provided medication is ordered at
15 least 24 hours in advance for surgical procedures and is
16 administered to a patient at the University of Illinois
17 Hospital, any unused portion of the facility-provided
18 medication must be offered to the patient upon discharge when
19 it is required for continuing treatment.
20     (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled
21 consistent with labeling requirements under Section 22 of the
22 Pharmacy Practice Act.
23     (e) If the facility-provided medication is used in an

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1 operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber
2 is responsible for counseling the patient on its proper use
3 and administration and the requirement of pharmacist
4 counseling is waived.

5     Section 10. The Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act
6 is amended by adding Section 7d as follows:

7     (210 ILCS 5/7d new)
8     Sec. 7d. Facility-provided medication upon discharge.
9     (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is
10 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
11 health, and safety.
12     (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has
13 the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the
14 Pharmacy Practice Act.
15     (c) When a facility-provided medication is ordered at
16 least 24 hours in advance for surgical procedures and is
17 administered to a patient at a facility licensed under this
18 Act, any unused portion of the facility-provided medication
19 must be offered to the patient upon discharge when it is
20 required for continuing treatment.
21     (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled
22 consistent with labeling requirements under Section 22 of the
23 Pharmacy Practice Act.
24     (e) If the facility-provided medication is used in an

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1 operating room setting, the prescriber is responsible for
2 counseling the patient on its proper use and administration
3 and the requirement of pharmacist counseling is waived.

4     Section 15. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
5 adding Section 6.28 as follows:

6     (210 ILCS 85/6.28 new)
7     Sec. 6.28. Facility-provided medication upon discharge.
8     (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is
9 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
10 health, and safety.
11     (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" has
12 the same meaning as provided under Section 15.10 of the
13 Pharmacy Practice Act.
14     (c) When a facility-provided medication is ordered at
15 least 24 hours in advance for surgical procedures and is
16 administered to a patient at a hospital licensed under this
17 Act, any unused portion of the facility-provided medication
18 must be offered to the patient upon discharge when it is
19 required for continuing treatment.
20     (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled
21 consistent with labeling requirements under Section 22 of the
22 Pharmacy Practice Act.
23     (e) If the facility-provided medication is used in an
24 operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber

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1 is responsible for counseling the patient on its proper use
2 and administration and the requirement of pharmacist
3 counseling is waived.

4     Section 20. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding
5 Section 15.10 as follows:

6     (225 ILCS 85/15.10 new)
7     Sec. 15.10. Facility-provided medication upon discharge.
8     (a) The General Assembly finds that this Section is
9 necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
10 health, and safety.
11     (b) In this Section, "facility-provided medication" means
12 any topical antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, dilation, or
13 glaucoma drop or ointment.
14     (c) When a facility-provided medication is ordered at
15 least 24 hours in advance for a surgical procedure and is
16 administered to a patient at the facility, any unused portion
17 of the facility-provided medication must be offered to the
18 patient upon discharge when it is required for continuing
19 treatment.
20     (d) A facility-provided medication shall be labeled
21 consistent with labeling requirements under Section 22.
22     (e) If the facility-provided medication is used in an
23 operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber
24 is responsible for counseling the patient on its proper use

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1 and administration and the requirement of pharmacist
2 counseling is waived.

3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
4 2021.

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