Public Act 096-0369
 		





HB0658 Enrolled
LRB096 07990 JDS 18094 b






    AN ACT concerning safety.

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




 
    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
adding Section 17.9 as follows:
 
    (415 ILCS 5/17.9 new)

    Sec. 17.9. Collaborative on Environmentally Safe Disposal 
of Pharmaceuticals. 
    (a) The Medication Education Disposal Solutions (MEDS) 
collaborative is established for the purpose of partnering with 
public and private sector constituents to promote the 
environmentally responsible disposal of unwanted and expired 
medications.
    (b) The collaborative shall consist of the Director of the 
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or his or her designee 
and volunteer persons and organizations that have expressed an 
interest in contributing to the development of programs that 
(i) educate the public on the safe disposal of unwanted or 
expired medications and (ii) establish an expanded network of 
secure pharmaceutical collection centers throughout the State.  
Members of the collaborative may organize themselves as they 
deem necessary. The collaborative shall focus on the 
development of an organization that will produce educational 
materials for the public and assist in promoting the expansion 
of a network of secure pharmaceutical collection centers 
throughout the State.  In developing and evaluating proposals to 
achieve these objectives, the Agency and MEDS shall:
        (1) Develop, for placement on the Medication Disposal 
    page of the Agency's Web site, additional information 
    regarding best practices for the disposal of 
    pharmaceuticals.
        (2) Develop proposals that will expand opportunities 
    for the safe disposal of pharmaceuticals and personal care 
    products.
        (3) Develop relationships with local health 
    departments, local governments, pharmacies, police 
    departments, and similar organizations to establish 
    programs that will promote and enhance the safe disposal of 
    pharmaceuticals.
        (4) Develop educational materials that can be 
    distributed to the public, schools, and various 
    participating organizations.
        (5) Review and adapt information from the USEPA and the 
    USGS to inform and educate the public and further refine 
    the Illinois pharmaceutical disposal program.
        (6) Actively support supervised pharmaceutical 
    collection, including Household Hazardous Waste collection 
    events, at various locations around the State.
        (7) Develop additional activities that further support 
    environmentally safe disposal of pharmaceuticals. 
    (c) No later than December 31, 2010, the MEDS collaborative 
shall submit a report on its program development and 
recommendations for furthering environmentally safe disposal 
of pharmaceuticals.  The Agency shall post the report and any 
other relevant findings on its Web site. 
    (d) This Section is repealed July 1, 2011. 
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.