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Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 3/12/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 676
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 676 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 12.5 as follows:
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| (50 ILCS 740/12.5 new) |
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| Sec. 12.5. Autism recognition and response; training. |
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| (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall develop, |
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| adopt, or otherwise approve a training course regarding the |
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| risks associated with autism and appropriate autism |
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| recognition and response techniques. |
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| (b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD |
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| ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall |
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| impose a train-the-trainer level requirement. |
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| (c) Every person who, after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, is seeking |
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| certification in a position of firefighter 1 or 2, whose duties |
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| involve fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue, |
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| whether as a volunteer or as a paid employee, must |
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| satisfactorily complete an education course in autism |
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| recognition and response techniques after the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
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| Section 10. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
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| Act is amended by adding Section 3.52 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.52 new) |
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| Sec. 3.52. Autism recognition and response; training. |
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| (a) The Department shall develop, adopt, or otherwise |
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| approve a training course and curriculum with the purpose of |
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| informing emergency medical technicians of the risks |
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| associated with autism, as well as providing instruction in |
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| appropriate autism recognition and response techniques. |
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| (b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD |
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| ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall |
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| impose a train-the-trainer level requirement. |
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| (c) Before being certified by the Department, each |
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| emergency medical technician trained in basic life support |
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| services must satisfactorily complete the training course |
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| developed under subsection (a). Every person who, on the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General |
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| Assembly, is serving in a capacity as a certified emergency |