Bill Text: IL SB3227 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to issue non-mandatory guidance to employers on: (1) acquiring and maintaining opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) training employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to adopt rules to require each State agency to: (1) acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) train employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-16 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant [SB3227 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3227-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3227 Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new
Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to issue non-mandatory guidance to employers on: (1) acquiring and maintaining opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) training employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to adopt rules to require each State agency to: (1) acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) train employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Labor Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
1505-225 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new)
Sec. 1505-225. Opioid overdose reversal medications.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Employer" includes any individual, partnership,
association, corporation, limited liability company, business
trust, or any person or group of persons acting directly or
indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an
employee, for which one or more persons are gainfully employed
on some day within a calendar year. "Employer" does not
include the State or a unit of local government.
"State agency" means each State agency, department, board,
and commission under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
(b) Not later than 270 days after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the
Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational
Safety and Health within the Department of Labor to issue
non-mandatory guidance to employers on:

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