Connecting to Care Act: Expanding Pharmacist Medication Administration
November 12, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently Died in Human Services Subcommittee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
6 actions- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroduced1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Nov 18, 2025HouseNow in Human Services Subcommittee
- Nov 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Nov 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- Nov 18, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee
- Nov 12, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →The Frame
The bill would have expanded the scope of practice for pharmacists, potentially increasing patient access to injectable behavioral health and addiction treatments in community settings.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Pharmacists
The bill would have expanded their professional scope of practice to include administering specific injectable medications.
Medication-assisted treatment service providers
The bill would have allowed them to utilize pharmacists to deliver medication under established physician protocols.
Patients requiring antipsychotic or opiate addiction treatment
The bill would have provided them with additional locations and professionals authorized to administer their prescribed injectable treatments.
Current stage: Died in Human Services Subcommittee.
Floor Vote.
Summary
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What medications would pharmacists have been allowed to inject?
What training would a pharmacist need to provide these injections?
Would a pharmacist need a prescription for every injection?
Why It Matters
The bill would have expanded the scope of practice for pharmacists, potentially increasing patient access to injectable behavioral health and addiction treatments in community settings.
News Coverage
Lobbying Activity
AARP
2026
“P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology”
Livingston & Mattesich
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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BOARDS
THE PETRIZZO GROUP, INC.
on behalf of SENTINEL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
THE PETRIZZO GROUP, INC.
on behalf of SENTINEL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
THE PETRIZZO GROUP, INC.
on behalf of SENTINEL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES
121 Strategies & Government Relations
on behalf of Zebra Technologies
2020
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JOHN R DALEY
on behalf of ACREAGE HOLDINGS
AMY KURSON
on behalf of ILLINOIS MEDICAL DISTRICT
MICHAEL AXELROD
on behalf of THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER
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- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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