SB1839 Summary

• Creates licensing requirement for third-party logistics providers (TPLPs) that contract with manufacturers to store, handle, or distribute prescription drugs, requiring both resident and non-resident TPLPs to obtain state license prior to shipping drugs into Illinois.

• Establishes application requirements for TPLP licensure including facility inspection, designated representative qualifications, criminal background checks via fingerprinting, minimum liability insurance, and prohibition on residential operations or co-location with retail pharmacies.

• Removes requirement that third-party logistics providers be licensed as wholesale distributors or authorized distributors of record to be part of the normal drug distribution channel.

• Amends Pharmacy Practice Act to allow dialysate and devices for home peritoneal dialysis to be distributed by manufacturers or their agents when FDA-approved, held in sealed original packaging, and delivered upon pharmacy receipt of physician prescription.

• Updates license renewal procedures to allow email delivery of renewal applications and clarifies that violating provisions regarding unlicensed practice as wholesale drug distributor or TPLP constitutes Class A misdemeanor for first offense and Class 4 felony for subsequent violations.