Bill Text: IL HR0809 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges all first responders, law enforcement, and public health officials to be educated about the dangers of exposure to Fentanyl or its analogues.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-08 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor [HR0809 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0809-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The opioid epidemic is the most significant public | ||||||
| 3 | health and public safety
crisis in Illinois; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Opioid overdoses have killed nearly 11,000 people | ||||||
| 5 | since 2008 and have
now become the leading cause of death | ||||||
| 6 | nationwide for people under the age of 50; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, According to the United States Drug Enforcement | ||||||
| 8 | Administration (DEA),
there has been a dramatic increase in the | ||||||
| 9 | availability of dangerous synthetic opioids and the drug
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| 10 | Fentanyl constitutes a large majority of such synthetic | ||||||
| 11 | opioids; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Fentanyl is a powerful Schedule II narcotic and | ||||||
| 13 | can cause serious negative
health effects, including | ||||||
| 14 | respiratory depression at very low doses and can even be | ||||||
| 15 | lethal; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, According to the DEA, Fentanyl, including its | ||||||
| 17 | synthetic forms, has similar
effects on the human body as | ||||||
| 18 | morphine but is 50-100 times more potent than morphine; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Illicit Fentanyl, Fentanyl-related substances, | ||||||
| 20 | and other synthetically made
opioids resemble powerful drugs, | ||||||
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| 1 | such as heroin or cocaine and can be found as powder, pills,
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| 2 | capsules, liquid, and on blotted paper; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Fentanyl exposure can occur via injection, oral | ||||||
| 4 | ingestion, contact with
mucous membranes, inhalation, and | ||||||
| 5 | through the skin; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Because of its potency and its affinity for | ||||||
| 7 | absorption into the human body,
synthetic Fentanyl poses a real | ||||||
| 8 | danger to first responders, public health officials, and law
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| 9 | enforcement; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The DEA has issued warnings that law enforcement's | ||||||
| 11 | accidental exposure
to synthetic Fentanyl can occur during the | ||||||
| 12 | execution of search or arrest warrants, the purchase of
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| 13 | Fentanyl during undercover operations, the processing of drug | ||||||
| 14 | evidence containing Fentanyl or
Fentanyl-related substances, | ||||||
| 15 | or the processing of non-drug evidence which could be
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| 16 | contaminated with Fentanyl or its analogues; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, It is imperative that law enforcement, public | ||||||
| 18 | health officials, and first
responders be knowledgeable about | ||||||
| 19 | the situations in which exposure to Fentanyl or its
analogues | ||||||
| 20 | can occur and how to prevent such exposure; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, To reduce their exposure to Fentanyl or its | ||||||
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| 1 | analogues, law enforcement,
public health officials and first | ||||||
| 2 | responders must follow their applicable standard safe | ||||||
| 3 | operating procedures and use personal protective equipment to | ||||||
| 4 | protect themselves from the dangerous effects
of Fentanyl or | ||||||
| 5 | its analogues; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 7 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 8 | urge all first
responders, law enforcement, and public health | ||||||
| 9 | officials to be educated about the dangers of
exposure to | ||||||
| 10 | Fentanyl or its analogues; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we urge all Illinois first responders, law | ||||||
| 12 | enforcement, and public health
officials to take proper | ||||||
| 13 | precautions to avoid potential overdose of Fentanyl or its | ||||||
| 14 | analogues.
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