Full Text of HB5491 97th General Assembly
HB5491 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5491 Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 720 ILCS 570/414 | | 720 ILCS 646/115 | |
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Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act if and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th General Assembly becomes law in the form as passed with the concurrence of the Senate in House Amendment No. 1 on November 29, 2011. Provides that the limited immunity provided for a person experiencing an overdose shall not be extended unless the person who experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14 days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon as practicable. Effective June 1, 2012.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th | 5 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form as passed with the | 6 | | concurrence of the Senate in House Amendment No. 1 on November | 7 | | 29, 2011, then the Illinois Controlled Substances Act is | 8 | | amended by changing Section 414 as follows: | 9 | | (720 ILCS 570/414) | 10 | | Sec. 414. Overdose; limited immunity from prosecution. | 11 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "overdose" means a | 12 | | controlled substance-induced physiological event that results | 13 | | in a life-threatening emergency to the individual who ingested, | 14 | | inhaled, injected or otherwise bodily absorbed a controlled, | 15 | | counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance | 16 | | analog. | 17 | | (b) A person who, in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency | 18 | | medical assistance for someone experiencing an overdose shall | 19 | | not be charged or prosecuted for Class 4 felony possession of a | 20 | | controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a | 21 | | controlled substance analog if evidence for the Class 4 felony | 22 | | possession charge was acquired as a result of the person | 23 | | seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance and |
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| 1 | | providing the amount of substance recovered is within the | 2 | | amount identified in subsection (d) of this Section. | 3 | | (c) A person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be | 4 | | charged or prosecuted for Class 4 felony possession of a | 5 | | controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a | 6 | | controlled substance analog if evidence for the Class 4 felony | 7 | | possession charge was acquired as a result of the person | 8 | | seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance and | 9 | | providing the amount of substance recovered is within the | 10 | | amount identified in subsection (d) of this Section. | 11 | | (d) For the purposes of subsections (b) and (c), the | 12 | | limited immunity shall only apply to a person possessing the | 13 | | following amount: | 14 | | (1) less than 3 grams of a substance containing heroin; | 15 | | (2) less than 3 grams of a substance containing | 16 | | cocaine; | 17 | | (3) less than 3 grams of a substance containing | 18 | | morphine; | 19 | | (4) less than 40 grams of a substance containing | 20 | | peyote; | 21 | | (5) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a | 22 | | derivative of barbituric acid or any of the salts of a | 23 | | derivative of barbituric acid; | 24 | | (6) less than 40 grams of a substance containing | 25 | | amphetamine or any salt of an optical isomer of | 26 | | amphetamine; |
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| 1 | | (7) less than 3 grams of a substance containing | 2 | | lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), or an analog thereof; | 3 | | (8) less than 6 grams of a substance containing | 4 | | pentazocine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of | 5 | | isomers of pentazocine, or an analog thereof; | 6 | | (9) less than 6 grams of a substance containing | 7 | | methaqualone or any of the salts, isomers and salts of | 8 | | isomers of methaqualone; | 9 | | (10) less than 6 grams of a substance containing | 10 | | phencyclidine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of | 11 | | isomers of phencyclidine (PCP); | 12 | | (11) less than 6 grams of a substance containing | 13 | | ketamine or any of the salts, isomers and salts of isomers | 14 | | of ketamine; | 15 | | (12) less than 40 grams of a substance containing a | 16 | | substance classified as a narcotic drug in Schedules I or | 17 | | II, or an analog thereof, which is not otherwise included | 18 | | in this subsection. | 19 | | (e) The limited immunity described in subsections (b) and | 20 | | (c) of this Section shall not be extended if law enforcement | 21 | | has reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain, arrest, | 22 | | or search the person described in subsection (b) or (c) of this | 23 | | Section for criminal activity and the reasonable suspicion or | 24 | | probable cause is based on information obtained prior to or | 25 | | independent of the individual described in subsection (b) or | 26 | | (c) taking action to seek or obtain emergency medical |
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| 1 | | assistance and not obtained as a direct result of the action of | 2 | | seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. Nothing in | 3 | | this Section is intended to interfere with or prevent the | 4 | | investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the | 5 | | delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine or other | 6 | | controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other | 7 | | crime.
| 8 | | (f) The limited immunity described in subsection (c) of | 9 | | this Section shall not be extended unless the person who | 10 | | experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention | 11 | | or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14 | 12 | | days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon | 13 | | thereafter as practicable. | 14 | | (Source: 97SB1701 enrolled.) | 15 | | Section 10. If and only if Senate Bill 1701 of the 97th | 16 | | General becomes law in the form as passed by the Senate on | 17 | | November 29, 2011, then the Methamphetamine Control and | 18 | | Community Protection Act is amended by changing Section 115 as | 19 | | follows: | 20 | | (720 ILCS 646/115) | 21 | | Sec. 115. Overdose; limited immunity from prosecution. | 22 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section, "overdose" means a | 23 | | methamphetamine-induced physiological event that results in a | 24 | | life-threatening emergency to the individual who ingested, |
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| 1 | | inhaled, injected, or otherwise bodily absorbed | 2 | | methamphetamine. | 3 | | (b) A person who, in good faith, seeks emergency medical | 4 | | assistance for someone experiencing an overdose shall not be | 5 | | charged or prosecuted for Class 3 felony possession of | 6 | | methamphetamine if evidence for the Class 3 felony possession | 7 | | charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or | 8 | | obtaining emergency medical assistance and providing the | 9 | | amount of substance recovered is less than one gram of | 10 | | methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. | 11 | | (c) A person who is experiencing an overdose shall not be | 12 | | charged or prosecuted for Class 3 felony possession of | 13 | | methamphetamine if evidence for the Class 3 felony possession | 14 | | charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or | 15 | | obtaining emergency medical assistance and providing the | 16 | | amount of substance recovered is less than one gram of | 17 | | methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. | 18 | | (d) The limited immunity described in subsections (b) and | 19 | | (c) of this Section shall not be extended if law enforcement | 20 | | has reasonable suspicion or probable cause to detain, arrest, | 21 | | or search the person described in subsection (b) or (c) of this | 22 | | Section for criminal activity and the reasonable suspicion or | 23 | | probable cause is based on information obtained prior to or | 24 | | independent of the individual described in subsection (b) or | 25 | | (c) taking action to seek or obtain emergency medical | 26 | | assistance and not obtained as a direct result of the action of |
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| 1 | | seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance. Nothing in | 2 | | this Section is intended to interfere with or prevent the | 3 | | investigation, arrest, or prosecution of any person for the | 4 | | delivery or distribution of cannabis, methamphetamine or other | 5 | | controlled substances, drug-induced homicide, or any other | 6 | | crime.
| 7 | | (e) The limited immunity described in subsection (c) of | 8 | | this Section shall not be extended unless the person who | 9 | | experienced the overdose enters a substance abuse intervention | 10 | | or treatment program approved by the State's Attorney within 14 | 11 | | days after having experienced the overdose, or as soon | 12 | | thereafter as practicable. | 13 | | (Source: 97SB1701 enrolled.) | 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June | 15 | | 1, 2012. |
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