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Introduced
02/05/2025
02/05/2025
In Committee
04/11/2025
04/11/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a mechanism to collect research and data regarding overdose prevention sites (OPSs) and prepare a report for the General Assembly within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the report shall contain information on (1) current research on the effectiveness of an OPS as an overdose prevention strategy; (2) OPS best practices for staffing, placement, and activities; and (3) the benefits and challenges of different OPS models - structures and settings. Requires the Department, in collaboration with people with lived experience, to develop a pilot service, subject to available funding, aimed at saving the lives of people who use substances that shall include the establishment of at least one OPS. Requires the pilot OPSs to offer people, who are most likely to use drugs in public, unobserved, high-risk, and unsanitary locations, a safe space to use pre-obtained substances and connect to community supports or other existing treatment and recovery programs, harm reduction services, and health care. Contains provisions concerning certain principles pilot OPSs must abide by; OPS staffing and location requirements; pilot OPS services; and other matters. Permits the Department to approve an entity to operate a pilot program in one or more jurisdictions. Grants criminal and civil immunity to persons who use pilot OPSs services; pilot OPS staff; and any real property owner upon which the OPS site is located or operates. Contains provisions on public awareness outreach; OPS reporting requirements; home rule exemption; and other matters. Effective immediately.
AI Summary
This amto Substance Use Disorder Act Act to establish overdose prevention sites ((O) pilot program in Illinois. the state's opioid overd, with the primary focus on saving persons' lives who providing hygienic, secure locations where persons can safely consume pre-icit substances with trained peers and health professionals. supervision. The bill findings that over 4,000 Ilininosian suffered died from overdosesodes between January 2021 and January January 2022with fentanyl and poispotent substances driving this trend. To combat this, the bill the Department of Humans Services to least one pilot OPS site site in a a larger than 2.500,000 residents within 12 months, providing a safe space space with trained first staff naloxone, clean injection supplies, first aid and referrals to treatment.. The OPS sites must abide by principles of community involvement, equity, harm reduction, and affirming the truhumanity of participants. The legislation would provide legal immunity for participants, staff, property owns, create criminal or civil penalties while mandating reporting reporting on site services and participant data. while Additionally goals are to reducing overdoverdose connecting people to supports, and public drug consumption and safety.risks.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (24)
La Shawn Ford (D)*,
Amy Briel (D),
Kam Buckner (D),
Kelly Cassidy (D),
Lisa Davis (D),
William Davis (D),
Dan Didech (D),
Laura Faver Dias (D),
Nicolle Grasse (D),
Will Guzzardi (D),
Barbara Hernandez (D),
Norma Hernandez (D),
Maura Hirschauer (D),
Lilian Jiménez (D),
Tracy Katz Muhl (D),
Lindsey LaPointe (D),
Camille Lilly (D),
Theresa Mah (D),
Anna Moeller (D),
Bob Morgan (D),
Yolonda Morris (D),
Kevin Olickal (D),
Anne Stava-Murray (D),
Chris Welch (D),
Last Action
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez (on 05/02/2025)
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