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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3388 Introduced , by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 225 ILCS 51/17 new | | 225 ILCS 85/19.7 new | |
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Amends the Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider License Act and the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires a home medical equipment and services provider that provides or a pharmacist that dispenses pressurized oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient to inform the municipal fire department or fire protection district that serves the patient of the patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire.
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| | HB3388 | | LRB100 08318 SMS 18426 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider |
| 5 | | License Act is amended by adding Section 17 as follows:
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| 6 | | (225 ILCS 51/17 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 17. Providing oxygen. Upon providing pressurized |
| 8 | | oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient, the home |
| 9 | | medical equipment and services provider shall contact the |
| 10 | | municipal fire department or fire protection district that |
| 11 | | serves the patient to inform it of the patient's oxygen use in |
| 12 | | his or her home in case of a fire.
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| 13 | | Section 10. The Pharmacy Practice Act is amended by adding |
| 14 | | Section 19.7 as follows:
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| 15 | | (225 ILCS 85/19.7 new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 19.7. Dispensing oxygen. Upon dispensing pressurized |
| 17 | | oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient, the |
| 18 | | pharmacist shall contact the municipal fire department or fire |
| 19 | | protection district that serves the patient to inform it of the |
| 20 | | patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire.
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