Illinois Senate Bill 1790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on August 18 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0237
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist may refill a patient's prescription without prescriber authorization if the pharmacist is unable to contact the prescriber after reasonable effort, a failure to refill the prescription may result in an interruption of therapeutic regimen or create patient suffering, the pharmacist informs the prescriber at the earliest convenience of the emergency refills, and the prescription is not for a controlled substance. Provides that prescriptions may be refilled pursuant to the provisions for a period of time reasonably necessary for the pharmacist to secure prescriber authorization. Effective immediately.

PHARMACY-EMERGENCY REFILLS

Sen. Steve Stadelman [D]	Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Rep. Litesa Wallace [D]
Rep. Carol Ammons [D]	Rep. Sonya Harper [D]

2017-05-22 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 112 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-04-27 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 54 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-18	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0237
2017-08-18	Senate	Effective Date August 18, 2017
2017-08-18	Senate	Governor Approved
2017-06-20	Senate	Sent to the Governor
2017-05-22	Senate	Passed Both Houses
2017-05-22	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2017-05-22	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
2017-05-22	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
2017-05-19	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2017-05-19	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2017-05-17	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2017-05-17	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 016-000-000
2017-05-09	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
2017-04-28	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-04-28	House	First Reading
2017-04-28	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
2017-04-28	House	Arrived in House
2017-04-27	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
2017-04-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2017-04-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2017-04-06	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
2017-04-06	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Stadelman
2017-04-06	Senate	Second Reading
2017-04-06	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 012-000-000
2017-04-04	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
2017-03-28	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2017-03-28	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman
2017-03-16	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
2017-03-16	Senate	Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 012-000-000
2017-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Licensed Activities and Pensions; Stadelman
2017-03-15	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
2017-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2017-03-09	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman
2017-03-09	Senate	Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions
2017-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	85	15.3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1790&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1790.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1790eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1790enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/100/100-0237.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1790sam001.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1790sam002.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/senate/10000SB1790_04272017_041000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/house/10000SB1790_05222017_005000T.pdf