SB1258 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1258

Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 50/3.233 new
30 ILCS 805/8.43 new

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that covered vehicle service provider personnel who treat and either release or transport to a health care facility an individual experiencing a suspected or an actual opioid overdose shall document in the patient's care report the date and time of the overdose, the location in latitude and longitude where the overdose victim was initially encountered, whether one or more doses of an opioid overdose reversal drug was administered, and whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal when the overdose victim was initially encountered and during the transportation of the victim to a health care facility. Provides that a covered vehicle service provider shall also provide the information to a specified mapping application. Provides that the information documented by a covered vehicle service provider shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation or prosecution of the individual treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel. Exempts from civil or criminal liability all covered vehicle service providers and covered vehicle service provider personnel who report the information in good faith. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

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

Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is amended by adding Section 3.233 as follows:

(210 ILCS 50/3.233 new)

Sec. 3.233. Opioid overdose reporting.

(a) In this Section:

"Covered vehicle service provider" means a licensed vehicle service provider that is a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or greater.

"Covered vehicle service provider personnel" means individuals licensed by the Department as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or EMT-P who are employed by a covered vehicle service provider.

"Opioid" means any narcotic containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.

"Overdose" means a physiological event that results in a life-threatening emergency to an individual who ingested, inhaled, injected, or otherwise bodily absorbed an opioid.

(b) Covered vehicle service provider personnel who treat and either release or transport to a health care facility an individual experiencing a suspected or an actual overdose shall document in the patient's care report the information specified in subsection (c) within 24 hours of the initial reporting of the incident.

(c) A patient care report of an overdose made under this Section shall include:

(1) the date and time of the overdose;

(2) the location in latitude and longitude, to no more than 4 decimal places, where the overdose victim was initially encountered by the covered vehicle service provider personnel;

(3) whether one or more doses of an opioid overdose reversal drug was administered; and

(4) whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal when the overdose victim was initially encountered by the covered vehicle service provider personnel and during the transportation of the victim to a health care facility.

(d) Upon receipt of a patient care report that documents an overdose, a covered vehicle service provider shall report the information listed under subsection (c) to:

(i) the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Mapping Application; or

(ii) any similar information technology platform with secure access operated by the federal government or a unit of state or local government, as determined by the covered vehicle service provider.

(e) Overdose information reported by a covered vehicle service provider under this Section shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation or prosecution of the individual who was treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel for experiencing the suspected or actual overdose.

(f) Covered vehicle service providers or covered vehicle service provider personnel that in good faith make a report under this Section shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for making the report.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.43 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)

Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.