Belkoura: High school student helps draft bill to require opioid overdose medications in Illinois libraries

Belkoura: High school student helps draft bill to require opioid overdose medications in Illinois libraries

By Ismael M. Belkoura Medill Illinois News Bureau news@capitolnewsillinois.com ELGIN – High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Jordan Henry is an exception. A senior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, the Elgin native is working with her local state representative on a bill that would require public libraries to keep on hand medications that can reverse an opioid overdose. The legislation would also requ…