Law allowing timely insulin injection approved

Published August 3, 2014 9:01am ET



SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a measure into law that allows diabetics to inject insulin where and when they need to.

Sponsoring Sen. Mattie Hunter — a Chicago Democrat and member of the Illinois Diabetes Caucus — says people with diabetes could risk being charged with indecent exposure because they needed to quickly inject insulin into certain parts of their bodies.

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