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IL SB3720
Bill
Status
1/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Adriane Johnson
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AI Summary
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Requires prescribers to offer patients a copy of their written or electronic prescription beginning January 1, 2025.
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Prohibits prescribers from using medical abbreviations in prescriptions, including in medication names, frequency, and dosage, effective January 1, 2025.
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Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to notify prescribers of the requirements and provide information about medication errors.
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Directs the Department to verify prescriptions comply with the abbreviation prohibition and issue warnings to prescribers who violate the requirement.
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Authorizes the Department to adopt rules implementing and administering these provisions.
Legislative Description
ABBREVIATIONS IN PRESCRIPTIONS
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/7/2025