96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1919


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Susan Garrett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no health care institution, or any employee, staff person, contractor, or other person under the direction or supervision of a health care institution, may discharge, dispose of, flush, pour, or empty any unused medication into a public wastewater collection system or a septic system. Defines "health care institution" and "public wastewater collection system". Makes a violation a petty offense subject to a $500 fine.
















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    AN ACT concerning safety.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 13.7 as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/13.7  new)
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    Sec. 13.7. Release of unused medication by health care 
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institution.
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    (a) In this Section:
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    "Health care institution" means any public or private 
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institution, facility, or agency licensed, certified, or 
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otherwise authorized by State law to administer health care in 
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the ordinary course of business, including hospitals, nursing 
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homes, residential health care facilities, home health care 
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agencies, hospice programs operating in this State, 
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institutions, facilities or agencies that provide services to 
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persons with mental health illnesses, or institutions, 
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facilities, or agencies that provide services for persons with 
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developmental disabilities.
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    "Public wastewater collection system" means any collection 
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system regulated by the Agency pursuant to
this Act.
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    (b) No health care institution, or any employee, staff 
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person, contractor, or other person under the direction or 
 


 






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supervision of a health care institution, may discharge, 
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dispose of, flush, pour, or empty any unused medication into a 
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public wastewater collection system or a septic system.
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    (c) A violation of this Section is a petty offense subject 
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to a fine of $500.