HB2526 EngrossedLRB103 30738 DTM 57214 b

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 State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Sections 5.992 and 6z-139 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.992 new)
7    Sec. 5.992. The Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund.
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-139 new)
9    Sec. 6z-139. The Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund.
10    (a) The Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund is created as
11a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund may receive
12gifts, grants, bequests, donations, and moneys from any other
13lawful source, public or private. Any interest earned on
14moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
15    (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Opioid
16Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund shall be used by the Department
17of Human Services for bulk purchasing of opioid antagonists
18and for the making of grants for the distribution of opioid
19antagonists.
20    (c) The Department of Human Services shall adopt rules
21establishing requirements for the distribution of grant moneys
22and the determination of which persons or entities are

 

 

HB2526 Engrossed- 2 -LRB103 30738 DTM 57214 b

1eligible for and most in need of those grants, and it may adopt
2any other rules necessary to implement this Section and
3administer the Fund.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.