102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4153

 

Introduced 10/19/2021, by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 840/30

    Amends the First Responders Suicide Prevention Act. Makes the First Responders Suicide Task Force permanent. Provides that that the Task Force shall issue an annual report to the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year (rather than the Task Force shall issue a final report on December 31, 2020 and, one year after the filing of its report, is dissolved). Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 created to
9pursue recommendations to help reduce the risk and rates of
10suicide among first responders, along with developing a
11mechanism to help reduce the risk and rates of suicide among
12first responders. The Task Force shall be composed of the
13following members:
14        (1) the Director of State Police or his or her
15    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    (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30
25days after the effective date of this Act and shall serve
26without compensation. The Task Force shall begin meeting no

 

 

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1later than 30 days after all members have been appointed. The
2Department of State Police shall provide administrative
3support for the Task Force, and if the subject matter is either
4sensitive or classified, the Task Force may hold its hearings
5in private.
6    (c) The Task Force shall issue an annual a final report to
7the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year ,
82020 and, one year after the filing of its report, is
9dissolved.
10(Source: P.A. 101-375, eff. 8-16-19.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.