103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5816
 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 50/3.233
    Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In a provision requiring a covered vehicle service provider to document and report specified information when the covered vehicle service provider treats an actual or suspected opioid overdose, defines "covered vehicle service provider" as a licensed vehicle service provider (instead of a licensed vehicle service provider that is a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or greater).


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 
5Act is amended by changing Section 3.233 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 50/3.233)
7    Sec. 3.233. Opioid overdose reporting.
8    (a) In this Section: 
9    "Covered vehicle service provider" means a licensed 
10vehicle service provider that is a municipality with a 
11population of 1,000,000 or greater.
12    "Covered vehicle service provider personnel" means 
13individuals licensed by the Department as an EMT, EMT-I, 
14A-EMT, or EMT-P who are employed by a covered vehicle service 
15provider.
16    "Opioid" means any narcotic containing opium or one or 
17more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
18    "Overdose" means a physiological event that results in a 
19life-threatening emergency to an individual who ingested, 
20inhaled, injected, or otherwise bodily absorbed an opioid. 
21    (b) Covered vehicle service provider personnel who treat 
22and either release or transport to a health care facility an 
23individual experiencing a suspected or an actual overdose 
 
 
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1shall document in the patient's care report the information 
2specified in subsection (c) within 24 hours of the initial 
3reporting of the incident.
4    (c) A patient care report of an overdose made under this 
5Section shall include: 
6        (1) the date and time of the overdose;
7        (2) the location in latitude and longitude, to no more 
8    than 4 decimal places, where the overdose victim was 
9    initially encountered by the covered vehicle service 
10    provider personnel;
11        (3) whether one or more doses of an opioid overdose 
12    reversal drug were administered; and
13        (4) whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal when 
14    the overdose victim was initially encountered by the 
15    covered vehicle service provider personnel and during the 
16    transportation of the victim to a health care facility. 
17    (d) Upon receipt of a patient care report that documents 
18an overdose, a covered vehicle service provider shall report 
19the information listed under subsection (c) to: 
20        (i) the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug 
21    Trafficking Area Overdose Detection Mapping Application; 
22    or
23        (ii) any similar information technology platform with 
24    secure access operated by the federal government or a unit 
25    of state or local government, as determined by the covered 
26    vehicle service provider. 
 
 
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1    (e) Overdose information reported by a covered vehicle 
2service provider under this Section shall not be used in an 
3opioid use-related criminal investigation or prosecution of 
4the individual who was treated by the covered vehicle service 
5provider personnel for experiencing the suspected or actual 
6overdose.
7    (f) Covered vehicle service providers or covered vehicle 
8service provider personnel that in good faith make a report 
9under this Section shall be immune from civil or criminal 
10liability for making the report. 
11(Source: P.A. 101-320, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)