Illinois House Bill 3321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 26 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that the following persons shall not, as a result of their acts or omissions, be liable for civil damages under the Department of Human Services' Drug Prevention Program: (i) a health care professional who, acting in good faith, directly or by standing order, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to a patient who, in the judgment of the health care professional, is capable of administering the drug in an emergency; and (ii) a person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antidote but who is permitted under the Act to administer an opioid antidote in an emergency if the person has received certain patient information and believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose. Effective immediately.

DHS-DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION

Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]

Rep. Grant Wehrli [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2015-03-13	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2015-03-13	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2015-03-10	House	Assigned to Substance Abuse Special
2015-03-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
2015-02-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2015-02-26	House	First Reading
2015-02-26	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	301	5-23	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3321&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB3321.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB3321ham001.htm