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Sen. Emil Jones, III
Filed: 2/18/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 4018
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 4018 as follows:
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| 3 | | on page 2, line 20, after "16," by inserting
"25.10,"; and
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| 4 | | on page 11, immediately below line 5, by inserting the |
| 5 | | following:
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| 6 | | "(225 ILCS 85/25.10) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
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| 8 | | Sec. 25.10. Remote prescription processing. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section, "remote prescription processing" |
| 10 | | means and includes the outsourcing of certain prescription |
| 11 | | functions to another pharmacy or licensed non-resident |
| 12 | | pharmacy. "Remote prescription processing" includes any of the |
| 13 | | following activities related to the dispensing process: |
| 14 | | (1) Receiving, interpreting, evaluating, or clarifying |
| 15 | | prescriptions. |
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| 1 | | (2) Entering prescription and patient data into a data |
| 2 | | processing system. |
| 3 | | (3) Transferring prescription information. |
| 4 | | (4) Performing a drug regimen review. |
| 5 | | (5) Obtaining refill or substitution authorizations or |
| 6 | | otherwise communicating with the prescriber concerning a |
| 7 | | patient's prescription. |
| 8 | | (6) Evaluating clinical data for prior authorization |
| 9 | | for dispensing. |
| 10 | | (7) Discussing therapeutic interventions with |
| 11 | | prescribers. |
| 12 | | (8) Providing drug information or counseling |
| 13 | | concerning a patient's prescription to the patient or |
| 14 | | patient's agent, as defined in this Act. |
| 15 | | (b) A pharmacy may engage in remote prescription |
| 16 | | processing under the following conditions: |
| 17 | | (1) The pharmacies shall either have the same owner or |
| 18 | | have a written contract describing the scope of services |
| 19 | | to be provided and the responsibilities and |
| 20 | | accountabilities of each pharmacy in compliance with all |
| 21 | | federal and State laws and regulations related to the |
| 22 | | practice of pharmacy. |
| 23 | | (2) The pharmacies shall share a common electronic |
| 24 | | file or have technology that allows sufficient information |
| 25 | | necessary to process a non-dispensing function. |
| 26 | | (3) The records may be maintained separately by each |
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| 1 | | pharmacy or in common electronic file shared by both |
| 2 | | pharmacies, provided that the system can produce a record |
| 3 | | at either location that shows each processing task, the |
| 4 | | identity of the person performing each task, and the |
| 5 | | location where each task was performed. |
| 6 | | (c) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit an individual |
| 7 | | employee licensed as a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or |
| 8 | | student pharmacist from accessing the employer pharmacy's |
| 9 | | database from a pharmacist's home or other remote location or |
| 10 | | pharmacist's home verification for the purpose of performing |
| 11 | | certain prescription processing functions, provided that the |
| 12 | | pharmacy establishes controls to protect the privacy and |
| 13 | | security of confidential records.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17.)".
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