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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2415 Introduced , by Rep. David A. Welter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 405 ILCS 5/3-606 | from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606 |
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that a peace officer may take a person into custody and transport
the person to a mental health facility if the peace officer has administered an opioid antagonist to the person in response to an opioid overdose. Defines "opioid antagonist".
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| | HB2415 | | LRB101 05828 RLC 50844 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Code is amended by changing Section 3-606 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (405 ILCS 5/3-606) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 3-606) |
| 8 | | Sec. 3-606. (a) In this Section, "opioid antagonist" has |
| 9 | | the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (4) of subsection (d) |
| 10 | | of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act. |
| 11 | | (b) A peace officer may take a person into custody and |
| 12 | | transport
him to a mental health facility when
the peace |
| 13 | | officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is
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| 14 | | subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis and in |
| 15 | | need of immediate hospitalization
to protect such person or |
| 16 | | others from physical harm or if the peace officer has |
| 17 | | administered an opioid antagonist to the person in response to |
| 18 | | an opioid overdose. Upon arrival at the
facility, the peace |
| 19 | | officer may
complete the petition under Section 3-601. If the |
| 20 | | petition is not completed by the peace officer transporting the |
| 21 | | person, the transporting officer's name, badge number, and |
| 22 | | employer shall be included in the petition as a potential |
| 23 | | witness as provided in Section 3-601 of this Chapter.
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