Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0010

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that a person who is not licensed to administer an opioid antidote, including State Police Officers, law enforcement officers of a local government agency, fire protection personnel, and fire fighters may administer an opioid antidote in an emergency if the person has been trained in the administration of opioid antidotes or has received documentation including drug overdose recognition, opioid antidote dosage and administration, and care for the overdose victim after administration of the overdose antidote. Defines "fire protection personnel", "fire fighter", "law enforcement officer", and "local government agency". Amends the State Police Act. Provides that officers appointed to the State Police must have successfully completed training in the administration of opioid antidotes for use in prehospital emergency medical care. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct or approve a training program in opioid antidotes for use in prehospital emergency medical care. Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Provides that minimum basic training requirements for schools that administer fire training programs must include training in the administration of opioid antidotes for use in prehospital emergency medical care. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Adds conditions to the definition for "debilitating medical condition". Defines "excluded offense" for cultivation center agents and dispensing organizations. Defines "excluded offense" for qualifying patients and designated caregivers. Removes a provision from the definition for "written certification" requiring a physician to state that a patient is likely to receive a therapeutic or palliative benefit from the medical use of cannabis. Makes corresponding changes in a provision concerning notification to the Department of Public Health. Makes changes to provisions concerning the addition of debilitating medical conditions. Provides that registry cards shall expire after 3 years (rather than one year) after the date of issuance. Adds provisions concerning qualifying patients under the age of 18. Provides that an individual who submits an application as someone who is terminally ill shall have all fees and fingerprinting requirements waived. Provides that all applicants for a registry card shall be fingerprinted as part of the application process if they are a first-time applicant, if their registry card has already expired, or if they previously have had their registry card revoked or otherwise denied. Provides that at renewal, cardholders whose registry cards have not yet expired, been revoked, or otherwise denied shall not be subject to fingerprinting. Adds an exception to provisions prohibiting individuals convicted of specified felonies from being eligible for a registry card. Adds provisions concerning a process by which qualifying patients whose physician is unable or unwilling to certify a patient may instead receive certification from the Department of Public Health. Provides that upon issuance of a registry card, the Department of Public Health shall forward the registered qualifying patient's identification card information to the Prescription Monitoring Program for purposes of making a specified notation on a person's prescription record. Provides that in the event a person no longer holds a valid registry card, the Department of Public Health shall notify the Prescription Monitoring Program and Department of Human Services to remove the notation. Requires the Department of Human Services and Prescription Monitoring Program to create a system by which such information may be shared electronically. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2020 (rather than 4 years after the effective date of the Act). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Removes intractable pain, opioid dependence, autism, diabetes mellitus type I, osteoarthritis, and panic disorder from the conditions being added to the list of debilitating medical conditions and makes conforming changes. Removes provisions establishing a process by which qualifying patients whose physician is unable or unwilling to certify a patient may instead receive certification from the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall determine by emergency rule (instead of by rule) what constitutes a "reasonable amount" for the purposes of determining whether an offense is an excluded offense. Removes an exception to provisions prohibiting individuals convicted of specified felonies from being eligible for a registry card. Establishes procedures for the addition of debilitating medical conditions by petition. Requires the Department of Public Health to convene a Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. Contains provisions concerning the Advisory Board's duties and procedures. Provides that on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the terms of office of the members of the Advisory Board serving on that date shall terminate and the Advisory Board shall be reconstituted. Requires the Advisory Board to issue an annual report of its activities each year. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

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