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| Public Act 097-0476 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 10. The Illinois Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act is | ||||
amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows: | ||||
(430 ILCS 132/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"Disability" means an individual's physical or mental | ||||
impairment that
substantially limits one or more of the major | ||||
life activities; a record of such impairment; or when the | ||||
individual is regarded as having such an impairment. | ||||
"Disability" includes, but is not limited to, a medical | ||||
impairment that requires the use of pressurized oxygen. | ||||
"Special needs individuals" means those individuals who | ||||
have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, | ||||
developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also | ||||
require health and related services of a type or amount beyond | ||||
that required by individuals generally. "Special needs | ||||
individual" includes, but is not limited to, an individual with | ||||
a medical impairment that requires the use of pressurized | ||||
oxygen. | ||||
"Public safety agency" means a functional division of a | ||||
public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or | ||||
other emergency services. | ||
"Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a database | ||
maintained by the public safety agency or public safety | ||
answering point used in conjunction with 9-1-1 caller data. | ||
"Premise Alert Program" or "PAP" means a computer aided | ||
dispatch database of individuals with special needs maintained | ||
by public safety agencies.
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(Source: P.A. 96-788, eff. 8-28-09.) | ||
(430 ILCS 132/15)
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Sec. 15. Reporting of Special Needs Individuals.
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(a) Public safety agencies and suppliers of oxygen | ||
containers used for medical purposes shall make reasonable | ||
efforts to publicize the Premise Alert Program (PAP) database. | ||
Means of publicizing the database include, but are not limited | ||
to, pamphlets and websites. | ||
(b) Families, caregivers, or the individuals with | ||
disabilities or special needs may contact their local law | ||
enforcement agency or fire department or fire protection | ||
district. | ||
(c) Public safety workers are to be cognizant cognitive of | ||
special needs individuals they may come across when they | ||
respond to calls. If workers are able to identify individuals | ||
who have special needs, they shall try to ascertain as | ||
specifically as possible what that special need might be. The | ||
public safety worker should attempt to verify the special need | ||
as provided in item (2) of subsection (d). | ||
(d) The disabled individual's name, date of birth, phone | ||
number, and
residential address or place of employment, and a | ||
description of whether oxygen canisters are kept at that | ||
location for medical purposes should also be obtained
for | ||
possible entry into the PAP database. | ||
(1) Whenever possible, it is preferable that written | ||
permission is
obtained from a parent, guardian, family | ||
member, or caregiver
of the individual themselves prior to | ||
being entered into the
PAP database. | ||
(2) No individual may be entered into a PAP
database | ||
unless the special need has been verified.
Acceptable means | ||
of verifying a special need for purposes
of this program | ||
shall include statements by: | ||
(A) the individual, | ||
(B) family members, | ||
(C) friends, | ||
(D) caregivers, or | ||
(E) medical personnel familiar with the | ||
individual. | ||
(e) For public safety agencies that share the same CAD | ||
database, information collected by one agency serviced by the | ||
CAD database is to be disseminated to all agencies utilizing | ||
that database. | ||
(f) Information received at an incorrect public safety | ||
agency shall be accepted and forwarded to the correct agency as | ||
soon as possible.
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(g) All information entered into the PAP database must be | ||
updated every 2 years or when such information changes.
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(Source: P.A. 96-788, eff. 8-28-09; revised 9-16-10.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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