SB 860

Abstract

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 505/1.1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1705/15.4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a medication administration training program for authorized directed staff at certain facilities for individuals with a developmental disability, provides that non-licensed authorized direct care staff must (i) score 100% on the competency-based assessment demonstrating proficiency in the skill of administering medication and (ii) have received additional competency-based assessment by the nurse-trainer whenever it is determined that additional skill development and training is needed to administer a medication. Provides that to assist each individual in attaining the highest possible level of independent functioning, an individual's total health care program shall include individual training in preventive health and self-administration of medication procedures (rather than training in preventive health and self-medication procedures). Requires each program to adopt written policies and procedures for assisting individuals who choose to obtain preventative health and self-administration of medication skills in consultation with a registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or licensed physician. For quality assurance, requires a registered professional nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, licensed physician, physician assistant, or pharmacist to review medication labels, including medications listed on the medication administration record for individuals who are not self-administering medication. Adds auto-injectors (rather than epinephrine auto-injectors) to the definition of "medications". Defines "insulin in an injectable or auto-injectable form" (rather than "insulin in an injectable form"). Defines "GLP-1 receptor agonists in an injectable or auto-injectable form". Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Makes changes to the definitions for "medications" and "insulin in an injectable or auto-injectable form". In provisions requiring non-licensed authorized direct care staff to meet certain criteria in order to administer medications, requires that such staff must have received additional competency-based assessment or training by the nurse-trainer when the nurse-trainer determines additional skill development is needed to administer medication (rather than received additional competency-based assessment by the nurse-trainer as deemed necessary by the nurse-trainer).