HB3533 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3533

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Deb Conroy

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

720 ILCS 570/316.5 new

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber shall provide information to all patients receiving a prescription for opioids on overdose prevention and the use of naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is amended by adding Section 316.5 as follows:

(720 ILCS 570/316.5 new)

Sec. 316.5. Naloxone Education. A prescriber shall provide information to all patients receiving a prescription for opioids on overdose prevention and the use of naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression.