Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1778

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district must train all personnel working at after-school programs or recreational camps and, after training, trained personnel must: (i) provide an undesignated or program participant-specific epinephrine injector to a program participant for self-administration in specified circumstances; (ii) administer an undesignated or program participant-specific epinephrine injector in specified circumstances; (iii) administer an undesignated or program participant-specific epinephrine injector to a program participant that the trained personnel in good faith believes is having an anaphylactic reaction; (iv) administer an opioid antagonist to a program participant that the trained personnel in good faith believes is having an opioid overdose; (v) provide undesignated or program participant-specific asthma medication to a program participant for self-administration only that meets the program participant's prescription on file; (vi) administer undesignated or program participant-specific asthma medication that meets the prescription on file to specified program participants; and (vii) administer undesignated or program participant-specific asthma medication to a program participant that the trained personnel believes in good faith is having respiratory distress. Requires a park district to immediately call local emergency medical services and notify specified individuals after administration of an epinephrine injector, opioid antagonist, and asthma medication. Limits the liability of park district employees, agents, and specified medical personnel. Provides that each park district shall adopt an asthma episode emergency response protocol. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Amends the Chicago Park District Act making conforming changes.

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