PHARMACY&CONT SUB-NURSE
Summary
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a patient's agent for picking up prescription orders from the prescriber or delivering prescription drugs to a patient includes an advanced practice nurse, practical nurse, or registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act who provides hospice services to a hospice patient or who provides home health services to a person. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that an advanced practice nurse, practical nurse, or registered nurse licensed under the Nurse Practice Act who provides hospice services to a hospice patient or who provides home health services to a person may lawfully possess controlled substances prescribed for the patient under a lawful prescription of a practitioner.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2015
Committee Review
Apr 2015
Senate Passage
May 2015
House Passage
May 2015
Signed into Law
Jul 2015
Introduced Mar 27, 2015
Signed Jul 28, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2015 · House May 7, 2015
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 47
Mar 26, 2015
D
Democratic29
86% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
5
Jul 28, 2015
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 7, 2015
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
Apr 29, 2015
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000
lower
Apr 20, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
Apr 14, 2015
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 27, 2015
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 26, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0-5)
senate
Mar 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Murphy
upper
Mar 18, 2015
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 009-000-000
upper
Mar 11, 2015
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Criminal Law
upper
Mar 10, 2015
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
upper
Mar 4, 2015
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 4, 2015
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Matt Murphy
upper
Feb 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000
upper
Feb 11, 2015
Committee
Assigned to Criminal Law
upper
Feb 3, 2015
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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