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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3708 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 110 ILCS 330/8d new | | 210 ILCS 85/6.14h new | |
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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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| | HB3708 | | LRB102 04299 CPF 14317 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 University of Illinois Hospital Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 8d as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 330/8d new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8d. Opioid antagonist dose. The University of |
| 8 | | Illinois Hospital shall provide a patient who is treated for |
| 9 | | opioid overdose at the University of Illinois Hospital with |
| 10 | | one dose of or one prescription for an opioid antagonist upon |
| 11 | | discharge from the University of Illinois Hospital, free of |
| 12 | | charge.
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| 13 | | Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
| 14 | | adding Section 6.14h as follows:
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| 15 | | (210 ILCS 85/6.14h new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 6.14h. Opioid antagonist dose. A hospital licensed |
| 17 | | under this Act shall provide a patient who is treated for |
| 18 | | opioid overdose at the hospital with one dose of or one |
| 19 | | prescription for an opioid antagonist upon discharge from the |
| 20 | | hospital, free of charge.
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