Bill Text: IL HB5028 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a State agency may make opioid antagonists available at a location where its employees work if the State agency trains employees in the use and administration of the opioid antagonists. Makes other changes. Amend the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any employee of a State agency who in good faith administers an opioid antagonist shall not, as a result of her or his acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the employee in administering the drug, be liable for civil damages. Effective January 1, 2025.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-23 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant [HB5028 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5028-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
changing Section 405-5 and by adding Section 405-545 as
follows:
(20 ILCS 405/405-5) (was 20 ILCS 405/35.2)
Sec. 405-5. Definitions.
(a) In this Law:
"Department" means the Department of Central Management
Services.
"Director" means the Director of Central Management
Services.
(b) In paragraphs (1) and (2) of Section 405-10 and in
Sections Section 405-15 and 405-545, "State agency", whether
used in the singular or plural, means all departments,
officers, commissions, boards, institutions, and bodies
politic and corporate of the State. The term, however, does
not mean the judicial branch, including, without limitation,
the several courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of
the supreme court and the clerks of the appellate court, and
the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, nor does it

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mean the legislature or its committees or commissions.
(Source: P.A. 94-295, eff. 7-21-05.)
(20 ILCS 405/405-545 new)
Sec. 405-545. Opioid antagonists.
(a) As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" has the
meaning given to that term in Section 5-23 of the Substance Use
Disorder Act
(b) A State agency may make opioid antagonists available
at a location where its employees work if the State agency
trains employees in the use and administration of the opioid
antagonists.
(c) An employee of a State agency that uses and
administrates opioid antagonists as described in this Section
is exempt from civil liability under Section 69 of the Good
Samaritan Act.
Section 10. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding
Section 69 as follows:
(745 ILCS 49/69 new)
Sec. 69. Employees of State agencies; exemptions from
civil liability for the administration of an opioid
antagonist. Any employee of a State agency who in good faith
administers an opioid antagonist, as defined in Section 5-23
of the Substance Use Disorder Act, in compliance with Section

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405-545 of the Department of Central Management Services Law
of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois shall not, as a
result of her or his acts or omissions, except for willful or
wanton misconduct on the part of the employee in administering
the drug, be liable for civil damages.