103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3227

 

Introduced 2/6/2024, by Sen. Laura Fine

 

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.