Public Act 102-0331
 
SB1714 EnrolledLRB102 11650 CPF 16984 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is 
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 


    (50 ILCS 740/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 538)




    Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The 
Office
shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such

schools which shall include, but not be limited to, the 
following:

        a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities, 
    apparatus,
equipment, reference material, established 
    records and procedures as
determined by the Office.

        b. Minimum requirements for instructors.

        c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a 
    trainee must
satisfactorily complete before being eligible 
    for permanent employment
as a firefighter in the fire 
    department of a participating local
governmental agency.

    Those requirements shall include training in first aid 
    (including
cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and , training in 
    the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in 
    paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the 
    Substance Use Disorder Act, and training in the history of 
    the fire service labor movement using curriculum and 
    instructors provided by a statewide organization 
    representing professional union firefighters in Illinois.

        d. Training in effective recognition of and responses 
    to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced 
    by firefighters that is consistent with Section 25 of the 
    Illinois Mental      Health First Aid Training Act in a peer 
    setting. 
(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 
101-620, eff. 12-20-19; revised 12-21-20.)