101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3454

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/10.17

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the certified training programs in crisis intervention established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include addressing transportation of people with mental illnesses. Provides that the training includes understanding procedures for an involuntary transportation of people with mental illnesses to an evaluation setting.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 10.17 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/10.17)
7    Sec. 10.17. Crisis intervention team training; mental
8health awareness training.
9    (a) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
10shall develop and approve a standard curriculum for certified
11training programs in crisis intervention addressing
12specialized policing responses to and transportation of people
13with mental illnesses. The Board shall conduct Crisis
14Intervention Team (CIT) training programs that train officers
15to identify signs and symptoms of mental illness, to
16de-escalate situations involving individuals who appear to
17have a mental illness, understand procedures for an involuntary
18transportation to an evaluation setting, and connect that
19person in crisis to treatment. Officers who have successfully
20completed this program shall be issued a certificate attesting
21to their attendance of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
22training program.
23    (b) The Board shall create an introductory course

 

 

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1incorporating adult learning models that provides law
2enforcement officers with an awareness of mental health issues
3including a history of the mental health system, types of
4mental health illness including signs and symptoms of mental
5illness and common treatments and medications, and the
6potential interactions law enforcement officers may have on a
7regular basis with these individuals, their families, and
8service providers including de-escalating a potential crisis
9situation. This course, in addition to other traditional
10learning settings, may be made available in an electronic
11format.
12(Source: P.A. 99-261, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
13100-247, eff. 1-1-18.)