IL HB2929

Requires the Department of Human Services to research overdose prevention sites (OPSs) and submit a report to the General Assembly within 12 months covering effectiveness, best practices for staffing and placement, and different OPS models

Establishes a pilot program to create at least one OPS in a municipality with population over 2,500,000 (Chicago), targeting high-risk drug users who would otherwise use substances in public or unsanitary locations

Pilot sites must provide hygienic spaces for consuming pre-obtained drugs, naloxone and oxygen supplies, sterile injection equipment, fentanyl test strips, safer smoking/snorting kits, and referrals to treatment, housing, and mental health services

Grants criminal and civil immunity to OPS participants, staff, volunteers, healthcare professionals, and property owners from prosecution under drug laws, parole violations, asset seizure, or professional licensing consequences

Preempts home rule units from prohibiting OPS establishment and requires staffing to include a majority of peers with lived experience of substance use or overdose