102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3708

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
110 ILCS 330/8d new
210 ILCS 85/6.14h new

    Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital organized or licensed under those Acts to provide a patient who is treated for opioid overdose at the hospital with one dose of or one prescription for an opioid antagonist upon discharge from the hospital, free of charge.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
5amended by adding Section 8d as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 330/8d new)
7    Sec. 8d. Opioid antagonist dose. The University of
8Illinois Hospital shall provide a patient who is treated for
9opioid overdose at the University of Illinois Hospital with
10one dose of or one prescription for an opioid antagonist upon
11discharge from the University of Illinois Hospital, free of
12charge.
 
13    Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
14adding Section 6.14h as follows:
 
15    (210 ILCS 85/6.14h new)
16    Sec. 6.14h. Opioid antagonist dose. A hospital licensed
17under this Act shall provide a patient who is treated for
18opioid overdose at the hospital with one dose of or one
19prescription for an opioid antagonist upon discharge from the
20hospital, free of charge.