HB4479 - CONT SUB-OVERDOSE-ASSISTANCE

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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Mandate?
Position: No position
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?