103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4479

 

Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Dan Caulkins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 570/414

    Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a person who reasonably believes that another person is experiencing an overdose and knowingly fails to seek emergency medical assistance for that person is guilty of a Class 4 felony unless the person experiencing the overdose dies as a result of failing to obtain the emergency medical assistance, in which case the penalty for violating this provision is a Class 1 felony.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Controlled Substances Act is
5amended by changing Section 414 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 570/414)
7    Sec. 414. Overdose; limited immunity.
8    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "overdose" means a
9controlled substance-induced physiological event that results
10in a life-threatening emergency to the individual who
11ingested, inhaled, injected or otherwise bodily absorbed a
12controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a
13controlled substance analog.
14    (b) A person who, in good faith, seeks or obtains
15emergency medical assistance for someone experiencing an
16overdose shall not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for a
17violation of Section 401 or 402 of the Illinois Controlled
18Substances Act, Section 3.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control
19Act, Section 55 or 60 of the Methamphetamine Control and
20Community Protection Act, Section 9-3.3 of the Criminal Code
21of 2012, or paragraph (1) of subsection (g) of Section 12-3.05
22of the Criminal Code of 2012 if evidence for the violation was
23acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining

 

 

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1emergency medical assistance and providing the amount of
2substance recovered is within the amount identified in
3subsection (d) of this Section. The violations listed in this
4subsection (b) must not serve as the sole basis of a violation
5of parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, or
6conditional discharge, a person's pretrial release, or
7furlough, or any seizure of property under any State law
8authorizing civil forfeiture so long as the evidence for the
9violation was acquired as a result of the person seeking or
10obtaining emergency medical assistance in the event of an
11overdose.
12    (c) A person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be
13arrested, charged, or prosecuted for a violation of Section
14401 or 402 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, Section
153.5 of the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, Section 9-3.3 of
16the Criminal Code of 2012, or paragraph (1) of subsection (g)
17of Section 12-3.05 of the Criminal Code of 2012 if evidence for
18the violation was acquired as a result of the person seeking or
19obtaining emergency medical assistance and providing the
20amount of substance recovered is within the amount identified
21in subsection (d) of this Section. The violations listed in
22this subsection (c) must not serve as the sole basis of a
23violation of parole, mandatory supervised release, probation,
24or conditional discharge, or any seizure of property under any
25State law authorizing civil forfeiture so long as the evidence
26for the violation was acquired as a result of the person

 

 

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1seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance in the event
2of an overdose.
3    (d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c), the
4limited immunity shall only apply to a person possessing the
5following amount:
6        (1) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
7    heroin;
8        (2) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
9    cocaine;
10        (3) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
11    morphine;
12        (4) less than 40 grams of a substance containing
13    peyote;
14        (5) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a
15    derivative of barbituric acid or any of the salts of a
16    derivative of barbituric acid;
17        (6) less than 40 grams of a substance containing
18    amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of
19    amphetamine;
20        (7) less than 3 grams of a substance containing
21    lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof;
22        (8) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
23    pentazocine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of
24    isomers of pentazocine, or an analog thereof;
25        (9) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
26    methaqualone or any of the salts, isomers and salts of

 

 

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1    isomers of methaqualone;
2        (10) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
3    phencyclidine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of
4    isomers of phencyclidine (PCP);
5        (11) less than 6 grams of a substance containing
6    ketamine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of isomers
7    of ketamine;
8        (12) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a
9    substance classified as a narcotic drug in Schedules I or
10    II, or an analog thereof, which is not otherwise included
11    in this subsection.
12    (e) The limited immunity described in subsections (b) and
13(c) of this Section shall not be extended if law enforcement
14has reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain, arrest,
15or search the person described in subsection (b) or (c) of this
16Section for criminal activity and the reasonable suspicion or
17probable cause is based on information obtained prior to or
18independent of the individual described in subsection (b) or
19(c) taking action to seek or obtain emergency medical
20assistance and not obtained as a direct result of the action of
21seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. Nothing in
22this Section is intended to interfere with or prevent the
23investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the
24delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine or other
25controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other
26crime if the evidence of the violation is not acquired as a

 

 

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1result of the person seeking or obtaining emergency medical
2assistance in the event of an overdose.
3    (f) A person who reasonably believes that another person
4is experiencing an overdose and knowingly fails to seek
5emergency medical assistance for that person is guilty of a
6Class 4 felony unless the person experiencing the overdose
7dies as a result of failing to obtain the emergency medical
8assistance, in which case the penalty for violating this
9subsection (f) is a Class 1 felony.
10(Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21; 102-476, eff. 1-1-22.)