Rep. Natalie A. Manley
Filed: 3/21/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2372




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2372 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2905/5 new)
7    Sec. 5. Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator; 
8certified youth firesetter interventionists.
9    (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall create the 
10position of Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator 
11within the Division of Arson and shall employ a person to serve 
12in that position. An applicant to the position of Youth 
13Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator must be a certified 
14youth firesetter interventionist coordinator based on  the 
15standards set forth in Chapter 9 of the National Fire 
16Protection Association's "Standard on Fire and Life Safety 
 
 
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1Education, Public Information Officer, Youth Firesetter 
2Intervention Specialist and Youth Firesetting Program Manager 
3Professional Qualifications" (NFPA 1035).
4    (b) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator 
5employed by the Office shall be compensated at a rate that is 
6comparable to the rate of compensation for a  State arson 
7investigator and shall be provided benefits similar to those 
8of a State arson investigator. The Youth Firesetter 
9Interventionist Coordinator shall also  be provided similar 
10means and resources as those supplied to a State arson 
11investigator.
12    (c) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator shall 
13have those responsibilities that are stipulated for a Youth 
14Firesetter Program Manager in Chapter 9 of NFPA 1035. In 
15addition to those requirements, the Youth Firesetter 
16Interventionist Coordinator shall have the following 
17responsibilities:
18        (1) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator 
19    shall ensure that  a certified youth firesetter 
20    interventionist employed within the Office, or a volunteer 
21    certified youth firesetter interventionist, physically 
22    sees a child whose case was referred to the coordinator 
23    within 72 hours of the referral. If no certified youth 
24    firesetter interventionist is available, then the Youth 
25    Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator must take the case 
26    and ensure the child is seen within 72 hours. The 72-hour 
 
 
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1    requirement begins and continues from the time the
Youth 
2    Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator is referred the 
3    case, including any weekend days or national and State 
4    holidays.
5        (2) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator 
6    shall process Freedom of Information Act requests.
7        (3) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator 
8    shall create a report, to be submitted to the General 
9    Assembly, that reports on the data collected in accordance 
10    with NFPA 1035. The report shall be semiannual for the 
11    first 2 years, and the first report shall be submitted to 
12    the General Assembly by December 30, 2023. After the first 
13    2 years of semiannual reporting, the report shall be 
14    submitted annually.
15    (d) A volunteer certified youth firesetter interventionist 
16may receive a $250 stipend for a case only if the volunteer 
17certified youth firesetter interventionist is not otherwise 
18compensated by another employer or entity for that case. A 
19volunteer certified youth firesetter interventionist shall 
20receive mileage reimbursement for any necessary travel.


 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.".