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1 AN ACT concerning counterfeit drugs.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code is amended by
6 adding Section 2310-374 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-374 new)
8 Sec. 2310-374. Counterfeit drugs task force.
9 (a) The Department shall create a task force to explore
10 the use of modern technologies and other measures that will
11 make it more difficult for counterfeit drugs to get
12 distributed with, or deliberately substituted for, safe and
13 effective drugs. The task force shall seek input from the
14 Department of Professional Regulation and other federal,
15 state, and local entities that share the responsibilities
16 with the Food and Drug Administration for ensuring the safety
17 of the drug supply and distribution system.
18 (b) The goals of the task force shall include, but not
19 be limited to, the following:
20 (1) Develop a strategic action plan to decrease the
21 risk of counterfeit drugs entering the marketplace and
22 protect consumers from potentially harmful effects of
23 using these products.
24 (2) Strengthen collaborative relationships with
25 other agencies, as well health professionals, industry,
26 consumer, and other stakeholders, to gather information
27 regarding the best practices for dealing with drug
28 counterfeiting.
29 (3) Identify mechanisms for strengthening the
30 protections against counterfeiting and the best practices
31 for those who sell and distribute prescription drugs.
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1 (4) Educate patients, pharmacists, and others about
2 how to identify counterfeit drugs and alert others to
3 their existence.
4 (5) Assess the extent to which new technologies can
5 help to assure the authenticity of drugs.
6 (c) The task force shall submit its initial findings and
7 recommendations to the General Assembly no later than 6
8 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
9 93rd General Assembly and each year thereafter.
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.