Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2185 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2185 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides within 24 hours of admission to a correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, each committed person shall be screened for substance use disorders as part of an initial and ongoing substance use screening and assessment process. Provides that this process includes screening and assessment for opioid use disorders. Provides that if at any time a committed person screens positive as having or being at risk for an opioid use disorder, is diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or is exhibiting symptoms of withdrawal from an opioid use disorder, and medication assisted treatment is clinically indicated by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse practitioner, then the individual may consent to commence medications for opioid use disorder, which shall be provided by the Department. Provides that the committed person shall be authorized to receive the medication immediately and for as long as clinically indicated. Provides that upon reentry, the Department shall provide an individual participating in medication assisted treatment with a referral to a community-based provider who may assist the individual with continued medications for opioid use disorder and medication assisted treatment care. LRB104 10818 RLC 20899 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2185 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides within 24 hours of admission to a correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, each committed person shall be screened for substance use disorders as part of an initial and ongoing substance use screening and assessment process. Provides that this process includes screening and assessment for opioid use disorders. Provides that if at any time a committed person screens positive as having or being at risk for an opioid use disorder, is diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or is exhibiting symptoms of withdrawal from an opioid use disorder, and medication assisted treatment is clinically indicated by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse practitioner, then the individual may consent to commence medications for opioid use disorder, which shall be provided by the Department. Provides that the committed person shall be authorized to receive the medication immediately and for as long as clinically indicated. Provides that upon reentry, the Department shall provide an individual participating in medication assisted treatment with a referral to a community-based provider who may assist the individual with continued medications for opioid use disorder and medication assisted treatment care. LRB104 10818 RLC 20899 b LRB104 10818 RLC 20899 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2185 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides within 24 hours of admission to a correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, each committed person shall be screened for substance use disorders as part of an initial and ongoing substance use screening and assessment process. Provides that this process includes screening and assessment for opioid use disorders. Provides that if at any time a committed person screens positive as having or being at risk for an opioid use disorder, is diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or is exhibiting symptoms of withdrawal from an opioid use disorder, and medication assisted treatment is clinically indicated by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse practitioner, then the individual may consent to commence medications for opioid use disorder, which shall be provided by the Department. Provides that the committed person shall be authorized to receive the medication immediately and for as long as clinically indicated. Provides that upon reentry, the Department shall provide an individual participating in medication assisted treatment with a referral to a community-based provider who may assist the individual with continued medications for opioid use disorder and medication assisted treatment care.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
15	15	5 adding Section 3-6-2.1 as follows:
16	16	6 (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 3-6-2.1. Medication for opioid use disorder.
18	18	8 (a) In this Section:
19	19	9 "Clinically indicated" means a medical procedure or
20	20	10 treatment is based upon the treatment provider's medical
21	21	11 judgment in accordance with the current generally accepted
22	22	12 standards of care.
23	23	13 "Medication assisted treatment" means the use of U.S.
24	24	14 Federal Drug Administration-approved medications, in
25	25	15 combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to
26	26	16 provide a whole patient approach to the treatment of substance
27	27	17 use disorders.
28	28	18 "Medications for opioid use disorder" means the use of
29	29	19 U.S. Federal Drug Administration-approved medications to treat
30	30	20 substance use disorders.
31	31	21 (b) Within 24 hours of admission to a correctional
32	32	22 institution or facility, each committed person shall be
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2185 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Rachel Ventura SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new 730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new
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40	40	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides within 24 hours of admission to a correctional institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, each committed person shall be screened for substance use disorders as part of an initial and ongoing substance use screening and assessment process. Provides that this process includes screening and assessment for opioid use disorders. Provides that if at any time a committed person screens positive as having or being at risk for an opioid use disorder, is diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or is exhibiting symptoms of withdrawal from an opioid use disorder, and medication assisted treatment is clinically indicated by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse practitioner, then the individual may consent to commence medications for opioid use disorder, which shall be provided by the Department. Provides that the committed person shall be authorized to receive the medication immediately and for as long as clinically indicated. Provides that upon reentry, the Department shall provide an individual participating in medication assisted treatment with a referral to a community-based provider who may assist the individual with continued medications for opioid use disorder and medication assisted treatment care.
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68	68	1 ongoing substance use screening and assessment process. This
69	69	2 process includes screening and assessment for opioid use
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71	71	4 (c) A committed person who is admitted to a correctional
72	72	5 institution or facility while under the medical care of a
73	73	6 licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a
74	74	7 licensed nurse practitioner and who is taking medication at
75	75	8 the time of admission pursuant to a valid prescription as
76	76	9 verified by the individual's pharmacy of record, primary care
77	77	10 provider, other licensed care provider, or a prescription
78	78	11 monitoring or information system, shall have that medication
79	79	12 continued and provided by the Department pending an evaluation
80	80	13 by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a
81	81	14 licensed nurse practitioner and subject to the treatment
82	82	15 provider's medical judgment. The Department may defer
83	83	16 provision of a validly prescribed medication in accordance
84	84	17 with this subsection if, in the judgment of a licensed
85	85	18 physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse
86	86	19 practitioner, continuation of the medication is no longer
87	87	20 clinically indicated.
88	88	21 A committed person who is admitted to a correctional
89	89	22 institution or facility while under the medical care of a
90	90	23 licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a
91	91	24 licensed nurse practitioner and who is taking medication for
92	92	25 an opioid use disorder or participating in medication assisted
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104	104	1 prescription as verified by the individual's pharmacy of
105	105	2 record, primary care provider, other licensed care provider,
106	106	3 or a prescription monitoring or information system, shall have
107	107	4 the committed person's medication continued and provided by
108	108	5 the Department pending an evaluation by a licensed physician,
109	109	6 a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed nurse
110	110	7 practitioner and subject to the treatment provider's medical
111	111	8 judgment. The Department may defer provision of a validly
112	112	9 prescribed medication in accordance with this subsection if,
113	113	10 in the judgment of a licensed physician, a licensed physician
114	114	11 assistant, or a licensed nurse practitioner, continuation of
115	115	12 the medication is no longer clinically indicated. An
116	116	13 individual participating in a medication assisted treatment
117	117	14 program may have counseling and behavioral therapies continued
118	118	15 to the extent possible.
119	119	16 If at any time a committed person screens positive as
120	120	17 having or being at risk for an opioid use disorder, is
121	121	18 diagnosed with an opioid use disorder or is exhibiting
122	122	19 symptoms of withdrawal from an opioid use disorder, and
123	123	20 medication assisted treatment is clinically indicated by a
124	124	21 licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant, or a
125	125	22 licensed nurse practitioner, then the individual may consent
126	126	23 to commence medications for opioid use disorder, which shall
127	127	24 be provided by the Department. The committed person shall be
128	128	25 authorized to receive the medication immediately and for as
129	129	26 long as clinically indicated.
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