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| 1 | AN ACT concerning liquor.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 388h as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (215 ILCS 5/388h new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 388h. Opioid antagonists; Liquor Control Act of 1934. | ||||||
| 8 | An insurer that is licensed and authorized to do business in | ||||||
| 9 | this State shall consider an applicant's or insured's | ||||||
| 10 | compliance with Section 6-39 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 | ||||||
| 11 | when providing commercial liability insurance to a music venue | ||||||
| 12 | as defined in subsection (a) of Section 6-39 of the Liquor | ||||||
| 13 | Control Act of 1934. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 10. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | ||||||
| 15 | adding Section 6-39 as follows: | ||||||
| 16 | (235 ILCS 5/6-39 new) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 6-39. Opioid antagonists on premises. | ||||||
| 18 | (a) In this Section, "music venue" means an indoor or | ||||||
| 19 | outdoor location with a capacity of more than 1,000 persons | ||||||
| 20 | used as a space to hold a live concert or musical performance | ||||||
| 21 | for which tickets are purchased for admission to benefit a | ||||||
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| 1 | for-profit entity. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) If a licensee operates as a music venue, the licensee | ||||||
| 3 | shall ensure that, during its hours of operation as a music | ||||||
| 4 | venue, it or the music venue operator has opioid antagonists | ||||||
| 5 | available at the premises and that there is a staff member on | ||||||
| 6 | the premises who has been sufficiently trained on how to | ||||||
| 7 | properly administer an opioid antagonist. A person who has | ||||||
| 8 | been certified in the administration of opioid antagonists by | ||||||
| 9 | a governmental or private entity, regardless of when the | ||||||
| 10 | person received that certification, is deemed to be | ||||||
| 11 | sufficiently trained under this Section. | ||||||
| 12 | (c) A licensee or music venue operator and a person who is | ||||||
| 13 | sufficiently trained and in good faith administers or provides | ||||||
| 14 | an opioid antagonist in accordance with this Section, shall | ||||||
| 15 | not, as a result of the person's acts or omissions, except | ||||||
| 16 | willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person, in | ||||||
| 17 | administering or providing the opioid antagonist, be liable | ||||||
| 18 | for civil damages.
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, | ||||||
| 20 | 2024.
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