103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5028
 
Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new
    Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to issue non-mandatory guidance to employers on: (1) acquiring and maintaining opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) training employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication. Provides that, not later than 270 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to adopt rules to require each State agency to: (1) acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal medication; and (2) train employees on an annual basis on the usage of such medication.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Labor Law of the Civil 
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 
61505-225 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new)
8    Sec. 1505-225. Opioid overdose reversal medications.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10    "Employer" includes any individual, partnership, 
11association, corporation, limited liability company, business 
12trust, or any person or group of persons acting directly or 
13indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an 
14employee, for which one or more persons are gainfully employed 
15on some day within a calendar year. "Employer" does not 
16include the State or a unit of local government.
17    "State agency" means each State agency, department, board, 
18and commission under the jurisdiction of the Governor. 
19    (b) Not later than 270 days after the effective date of 
20this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the 
21Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational 
22Safety and Health within the Department of Labor to issue 
23non-mandatory guidance to employers on:
 
 
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1        (1) acquiring and maintaining opioid overdose reversal 
2    medication; and 
3        (2) training employees on an annual basis on the usage 
4    of such medication. 
5    (c) Not later than 270 days after the effective date of 
6this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the 
7Director of Labor shall direct the Division of Occupational 
8Safety and Health within the Department of Labor to adopt 
9rules to require each State agency to:
10        (1) acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal 
11    medication; and 
12        (2) train employees on an annual basis on the usage of 
13    such medication.