97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1910

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 750/15.2a  from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a

    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. In a provision prohibiting the installation of or connection to a telephone company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number 9-1-1 to be dialed in order to directly access emergency services, provides an exemption for certain devices used to enable access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5changing Section 15.2a as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 750/15.2a)  (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
7    Sec. 15.2a. The installation of or connection to a
8telephone company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic
9alerting device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number
109-1-1 to be dialed in order to directly access emergency
11services is prohibited in a 9-1-1 system. The prohibitions
12contained in this Section shall not be applicable to devices
13used to enable access to the 9-1-1 system for
14cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons in an
15emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a
16missing person's report. Any such device must have the
17capability to be activated and controlled remotely by trained
18personnel at a service center to prevent falsely activated or
19repeated calls to the 9-1-1 system in a single incident. Any
20such device must have the technical capability to generate the
21provision of location information to the 9-1-1 system. Under no
22circumstances shall a device be sold for use in a geographical
23jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system has not deployed wireless

 

 

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1phase II location technology. The alerting device shall also
2provide for either 2-way communication or send a pre-recorded
3message to 9-1-1 explaining the nature of the emergency so that
49-1-1 will be able to dispatch the appropriate emergency
5responder. Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
6A second or subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 4
7felony.
8(Source: P.A. 87-146; 88-497.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.