103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5509

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Michelle Mussman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 3615/3B.09d new
745 ILCS 49/37 new

    Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that all Commuter Rail Board trains shall carry naloxone or another opioid antagonist in case of an emergency. Provides that the opioid antagonist shall be stored in easily accessible places throughout the train cars. Provides that train conductors or others trained in the use of opioid antagonists are the only people authorized to administer the medication. Provides that the Commuter Rail Board shall adopt rules to implement the provisions. Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a Commuter Rail Board train conductor or other individual trained in the use and administration of opioid antagonists who in good faith dispenses or administers an opioid antagonist under the provisions in the Regional Transportation Authority Act is not liable for civil damages as a result of the conductor's or other individual's acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the conductor or other individual, in dispensing or administering the opioid antagonist. Effective January 1, 2027.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5amended by adding Section 3B.09d as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09d new)
7    Sec. 3B.09d. Opioid antagonist requirement. All Commuter
8Rail Board trains shall carry naloxone or another opioid
9antagonist while in operation in case of an emergency. The
10opioid antagonist shall be stored in easily accessible spaces
11throughout the train cars. The opioid antagonist may only be
12administered by a train conductor or other individual trained
13in the use and administration of opioid antagonists. The
14Commuter Rail Board shall adopt rules to implement this
15Section.
 
16    Section 10. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding
17Section 37 as follows:
 
18    (745 ILCS 49/37 new)
19    Sec. 37. Commuter Rail Board train conductor and other
20individuals; exemptions from civil liability for the
21dispensing of an opioid antagonist. A Commuter Rail Board

 

 

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1train conductor or other individual trained in the use and
2administration of opioid antagonists who in good faith
3dispenses or administers an opioid antagonist, as defined in
4Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, under Section
53B.09d of the Regional Transportation Authority Act is not
6liable for civil damages as a result of the conductor's or
7other individual's acts or omissions, except for willful or
8wanton misconduct on the part of the conductor or other
9individual, in dispensing or administering the opioid
10antagonist.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
121, 2027.