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SB 3779 - Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone - Illinois Key Vote

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Title: Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone

Signed by Governor JB Pritzker


Title: Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone

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Title: Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

a vote to pass a bill to authorize social workers employed in Illinois to administer Opoid antagonists such as Naxalone and other medicines

Highlights:

  • Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act and the Good Samaritan Act (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker may possess and administer opioid antagonists (Sec. 1). 

  • Provides that if a person employs a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker and the licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker possesses an opioid antagonist in a professional capacity, then the person must provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists (Sec. 1). 

  • Establishes a policy to control the acquisition, storage, transportation, and administration of opioid antagonists (Sec. 1).

Title: Authorizes Social Workers to Carry and Administer Opioid Antagonists such as Naloxone

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