97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5491

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 570/414
720 ILCS 646/115

    Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act if and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law in the form as passed with the concurrence of the Senate in House Amendment No. 1 on November 29, 2011. Provides that the limited immunity provided for a person experiencing an overdose shall not be extended unless the person who experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14 days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon as practicable. Effective June 1, 2012.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th
5General Assembly becomes law in the form as passed with the
6concurrence of the Senate in House Amendment No. 1 on November
729, 2011, then the Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
8amended by changing Section 414 as follows:
 
9    (720 ILCS 570/414)
10    Sec. 414. Overdose; limited immunity from prosecution.
11    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "overdose" means a
12controlled substance-induced physiological event that results
13in a life-threatening emergency to the individual who ingested,
14inhaled, injected or otherwise bodily absorbed a controlled,
15counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance
16analog.
17    (b) A person who, in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency
18medical assistance for someone experiencing an overdose shall
19not be charged or prosecuted for Class 4 felony possession of a
20controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a
21controlled substance analog if evidence for the Class 4 felony
22possession charge was acquired as a result of the person
23seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance and

 

 

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1providing the amount of substance recovered is within the
2amount identified in subsection (d) of this Section.
3    (c) A person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be
4charged or prosecuted for Class 4 felony possession of a
5controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a
6controlled substance analog if evidence for the Class 4 felony
7possession charge was acquired as a result of the person
8seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance and
9providing the amount of substance recovered is within the
10amount identified in subsection (d) of this Section.
11    (d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c), the
12limited immunity shall only apply to a person possessing the
13following amount:
14        (1) less than 3 grams of a substance containing heroin;
15        (2) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
16    cocaine;
17        (3) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
18    morphine;
19        (4) less than 40 grams of a substance containing
20    peyote;
21        (5) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a
22    derivative of barbituric acid or any of the salts of a
23    derivative of barbituric acid;
24        (6) less than 40 grams of a substance containing
25    amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of
26    amphetamine;

 

 

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1        (7) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
2    lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof;
3        (8) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
4    pentazocine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of
5    isomers of pentazocine, or an analog thereof;
6        (9) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
7    methaqualone or any of the salts, isomers and salts of
8    isomers of methaqualone;
9        (10) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
10    phencyclidine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of
11    isomers of phencyclidine (PCP);
12        (11) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
13    ketamine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of isomers
14    of ketamine;
15        (12) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a
16    substance classified as a narcotic drug in Schedules I or
17    II, or an analog thereof, which is not otherwise included
18    in this subsection.
19    (e) The limited immunity described in subsections (b) and
20(c) of this Section shall not be extended if law enforcement
21has reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain, arrest,
22or search the person described in subsection (b) or (c) of this
23Section for criminal activity and the reasonable suspicion or
24probable cause is based on information obtained prior to or
25independent of the individual described in subsection (b) or
26(c) taking action to seek or obtain emergency medical

 

 

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1assistance and not obtained as a direct result of the action of
2seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. Nothing in
3this Section is intended to interfere with or prevent the
4investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the
5delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine or other
6controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other
7crime.
8    (f) The limited immunity described in subsection (c) of
9this Section shall not be extended unless the person who
10experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention
11or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14
12days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon
13thereafter as practicable.
14(Source: 97SB1701 enrolled.)
 
15    Section 10. If and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th
16General becomes law in the form as passed by the Senate on
17November 29, 2011, then the Methamphetamine Control and
18Community Protection Act is amended by changing Section 115 as
19follows:
 
20    (720 ILCS 646/115)
21    Sec. 115. Overdose; limited immunity from prosecution.
22    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "overdose" means a
23methamphetamine-induced physiological event that results in a
24life-threatening emergency to the individual who ingested,

 

 

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1inhaled, injected, or otherwise bodily absorbed
2methamphetamine.
3    (b) A person who, in good faith, seeks emergency medical
4assistance for someone experiencing an overdose shall not be
5charged or prosecuted for Class 3 felony possession of
6methamphetamine if evidence for the Class 3 felony possession
7charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or
8obtaining emergency medical assistance and providing the
9amount of substance recovered is less than one gram of
10methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine.
11    (c) A person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be
12charged or prosecuted for Class 3 felony possession of
13methamphetamine if evidence for the Class 3 felony possession
14charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or
15obtaining emergency medical assistance and providing the
16amount of substance recovered is less than one gram of
17methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine.
18    (d) The limited immunity described in subsections (b) and
19(c) of this Section shall not be extended if law enforcement
20has reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain, arrest,
21or search the person described in subsection (b) or (c) of this
22Section for criminal activity and the reasonable suspicion or
23probable cause is based on information obtained prior to or
24independent of the individual described in subsection (b) or
25(c) taking action to seek or obtain emergency medical
26assistance and not obtained as a direct result of the action of

 

 

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1seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. Nothing in
2this Section is intended to interfere with or prevent the
3investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the
4delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine or other
5controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other
6crime.
7    (e) The limited immunity described in subsection (c) of
8this Section shall not be extended unless the person who
9experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention
10or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14
11days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon
12thereafter as practicable.
13(Source: 97SB1701 enrolled.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June
151, 2012.