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UPDATE: 6/7/2024 - SB 3268 was signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker and became effective on 6/7/2024. Public Act 103-0593.
UPDATE: 6/6/2024 - SB 3268 was sent to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for his approval. The Governor can approve the bill by signing it or he can not approve the bill and veto it, returning it with his objections to the originating body, the Senate. If the bill is not signed and not returned by the Governor within 60 calendar days after it is presented to him it will become law. If the bill is returned to the Senate, the Senate will have 15 calendar days to record a vote of three-fifths of the members to pass the bill. The House will then have 15 calendar days to do the same and then the bill will become law. Additionally, the Governor may reduce or veto any item of appropriations in a bill presented to him, and that item will be returned to its originating body and may become law in the same manner as a vetoed bill. Contact Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker HERE and ask him to veto the bill and make a specific recommendation that House Amendment No. 2 is removed from the bill.
UPDATE: 5/26/2024 - The Senate concurs with the changes made to SB 3268 in the House by the House Amendment No. 2 by a vote of 58 Yeas and 0 Nays on 5/26/2024. This means the Senate approves of the changes the House made to the bill through the amendment after it was passed by the Senate.
UPDATE: 5/25/2024 - SB 3268 as amended by House Amendment No. 2 passed the full House by a vote of 98 Yeas and 6 Nays on 5/25/2024.
UPDATE: 5/25/2024 - SB 3268 was amended, House Amendment No. 2, in the House on 5/25/2024. View the amendment HERE. This House Amendment No. 2, filed by Representative Robyn Gabel, adds SARS-CoV-2 and RSV to the list of vaccines a pharmacist, registered pharmacy technician, and student pharmacist are authorized to administer under certain conditions, summarized as follows:
Article 190 of SB 3268 amends existing code 225 ILCS 85/9.6 (a) of "The Pharmacy Practice Act" by adding SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to the list of vaccines a pharmacist, registered pharmacy technician, or student pharmacist may administer under certain conditions.
If passed, this section of SB 3268 becomes effective upon becoming law.
NVIC OPPOSES this amended version of SB 3268 because it trivializes the very real vaccine risks and serious reactions by allowing inadequately trained pharmacy employees to administer possibly life-threatening vaccines to adults and children. The pharmacist, registered pharmacy technician, and student pharmacist do not have adequate training on each vaccine, the risks, prescreening for risks, patient contraindications, emergency interventions for reactions, and how to report reactions to the Vaccine Adverse Event Report System that is required to administer vaccination without increasing the risk of injury to the individual receiving a vaccine. Additionally, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians do not have the same medical training as physicians or nurses to handle a life-threatening reaction to a vaccine. They are not trained to differentiate between cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, or fainting and act accordingly to save the lives of the children and adults who react at the time of vaccination. This amendment undermines the doctor-patient relationship and removes critical health history screenings that are supposed to take place in a physician's office prior to vaccination. Neither pharmacists nor lesser qualified registered pharmacy technicians, or student pharmacists have the necessary medical history of an individual, their family medical history, and unique health needs prior to vaccination.
Vaccines, just like all pharmaceutical products, can cause injury and death in some people. As of July 1, 2024, the United States Government has paid out more than $5.24 billion dollars to vaccine victims through the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). As of June 28, 2024, there were 48,101 deaths and 2,614,501 adverse events reported to the US government's Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.
America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are developing 258 vaccines. The U.S. Vaccine Market alone was $36.45 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach $58.4 billion by 2024 and pharmacies stand to increase their profits substantially by allowing pharmacy technicians to put those shots into customers. This conflict of interest is compounded by the fact that neither pharmacists nor pharmacy technicians will have liability for the injuries and deaths caused by the vaccines they administer. Vaccines administrators are shielded from liability for vaccine injuries and deaths through the combination of the law passed by Congress in 1986 establishing the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and the 2011 Supreme Court Decision BRUESEWITZ ET AL. v. WYETH LLC, FKA WYETH, INC., ET AL. With bills like SB 3268, pharmacies stand to make large profits taking a piece of the vaccine market pie while enjoying liability protection from the US government.
UPDATE: 5/20/2024 - SB 3268 was amended in the House, House Amendment No. 1, on 5/20/2024. View the Amendment HERE. This House Amendment No. 1 was filed with the House Clerk by Representative Emanuel "Chris" Welch. This Amendment is unrelated to vaccinations and NVIC still does not take a position on SB 3268 because it is unrelated to vaccination.
UPDATE: 5/16/2024 - SB 3268 was recommended "Do Pass" by the House Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee by a vote of 22 Yeas and 0 Nays on 5/16/2024.
UPDATE: 4/24/2024 - SB 3268 was referred to the House Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee on 4/24/2024.
UPDATE: 4/12/2024 - SB 3268 was taken up by the House on 4/12/2024.
UPDATE: 4/12/2024 - SB 3268 passed the full Senate by a vote of 59 Yeas and 0 Nays on 4/12/2024.
UPDATE: 3/5/2024 - SB 3268 was recommended "Do Pass" by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee by a vote of 9 Yeas and 0 Nays on 3/5/2024.
UPDATE: 2/20/2024 - SB 3268 was referred to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on 2/20/2024.
SB 3268 was introduced in the Senate on 2/6/2024. This bill is sponsored by Senator Omar Aquino and Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
SB 3268 amends the Illinois Public Aid Code related to funding. This is a broad bill that amends many sections of code. The initially introduced version of this bill was unrelated to vaccines. NVIC does not take a position on provisions in this bill unrelated to vaccines.
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3268&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103 - text, status, and history of SB 3268
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