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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The First Responders Suicide Prevention Act is 
5amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 840/30)
7    Sec. 30. First Responders Suicide Task Force. 
8    (a) The First Responders Suicide Task Force is hereby 
9reconstituted created to pursue recommendations to help reduce 
10the risk and rates of suicide among first responders, along 
11with developing a mechanism to help reduce the risk and rates 
12of suicide among first responders. The Task Force shall be 
13composed of the following members:
14        (1) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his 
15    or her designee;
16        (2) the Director of Public Health or his or her 
17    designee;
18        (3) 2 members of the House of Representatives 
19    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
20    one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
21        (4) 2 members of the House of Representatives 
22    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
23    Representatives;
 
 
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1        (5) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the President 
2    of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
3        (6) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
4    Leader of the Senate;
5        (7) 2 members who represent 2 different mental health 
6    organizations, one appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
7    House of Representatives and one appointed by the Minority 
8    Leader of the Senate;
9        (8) one member who represents an organization that 
10    advocates on behalf of police appointed by the Speaker of 
11    the House of Representatives;
12        (9) one member who represents the Chicago Police 
13    Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the House 
14    of Representatives;
15        (10) 2 members who represent organizations that 
16    advocate on behalf of firefighters appointed by the 
17    President of the Senate;
18        (11) one member who represents the Chicago Fire 
19    Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; 
20    and
21        (12) one member who represents an organization that 
22    advocates on behalf of sheriffs in the State of Illinois 
23    appointed by the President of the Senate. 
24        (13) one member who represents an organization that 
25    provides mental health training and support for first 
26    responders in the State of Illinois, appointed by the 
 
 
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1    President of the Senate. 
2        (14) 2 members who represent organizations that 
3    advocate on behalf of public safety telecommunicators, 
4    appointed by the Speaker of the House. 
5    (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30 
6days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
7104th General Assembly Act and shall serve without 
8compensation. The Task Force shall begin meeting no later than 
930 days after all members have been appointed. The Illinois 
10State Police shall provide administrative support for the Task 
11Force, and if the subject matter is either sensitive or 
12classified, the Task Force may hold its hearings in private.
13    (c) The Task Force shall issue a final report to the 
14General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 2020 and, one 
15year after the filing of its report, is dissolved. 
16    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027. 
17(Source: P.A. 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)