Full Text of HB1364 103rd General Assembly
HB1364sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Laura Fine Filed: 5/11/2023
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1364
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1364 on page 3, | 3 | | line 17, by replacing "working group" with "workgroup"; and | 4 | | on page 4, line 24, by replacing "Workforce" with "Workgroup"; | 5 | | and | 6 | | on page 7, by replacing line 5 with the following:
| 7 | | "2025. | 8 | | Section 85. The Community Emergency Services and Support | 9 | | Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, | 10 | | 45, 50, and 65 and by adding Section 70 as follows: | 11 | | (50 ILCS 754/5)
| 12 | | Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly recognizes that the | 13 | | Illinois Department of Human Services Division of Mental | 14 | | Health is preparing to provide mobile mental and behavioral |
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| 1 | | health services to all Illinoisans as part of the federally | 2 | | mandated adoption of the 9-8-8 phone number. The General | 3 | | Assembly also recognizes that many cities and some states have | 4 | | successfully established mobile emergency mental and | 5 | | behavioral health services as part of their emergency response | 6 | | system to support people who need such support and do not | 7 | | present a threat of physical violence to the mobile mental | 8 | | health relief providers responders . In light of that | 9 | | experience, the General Assembly finds that in order to | 10 | | promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the | 11 | | public, it is necessary and in the public interest to provide | 12 | | emergency response, with or without medical transportation, to | 13 | | individuals requiring mental health or behavioral health | 14 | | services in a manner that is substantially equivalent to the | 15 | | response already provided to individuals who require emergency | 16 | | physical health care.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 18 | | (50 ILCS 754/15)
| 19 | | Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 20 | | "Division of Mental Health" means the Division of Mental | 21 | | Health of the Department of Human Services. | 22 | | "Emergency" means an emergent circumstance caused by a | 23 | | health condition, regardless of whether it is perceived as | 24 | | physical, mental, or behavioral in nature, for which an | 25 | | individual may require prompt care, support, or assessment at |
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| 1 | | the individual's location. | 2 | | "Mental or behavioral health" means any health condition | 3 | | involving changes in thinking, emotion, or behavior, and that | 4 | | the medical community treats as distinct from physical health | 5 | | care. | 6 | | "Mobile mental health relief provider" means a person | 7 | | engaging with a member of the public to provide the mobile | 8 | | mental and behavioral service established in conjunction with | 9 | | the Division of Mental Health establishing the 9-8-8 emergency | 10 | | number. "Mobile mental health relief provider" does not | 11 | | include a Paramedic (EMT-P) or EMT, as those terms are defined | 12 | | in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, unless | 13 | | that responding agency has agreed to provide a specialized | 14 | | response in accordance with the Division of Mental Health's | 15 | | services offered through its 9-8-8 number and has met all the | 16 | | requirements to offer that service through that system. | 17 | | "Physical health" means a health condition that the | 18 | | medical community treats as distinct from mental or behavioral | 19 | | health care. | 20 | | "PSAP" means a Public Safety Answering Point | 21 | | tele-communicator. | 22 | | "Community services" and "community-based mental or | 23 | | behavioral health services" may include both public and | 24 | | private settings. | 25 | | "Treatment relationship" means an active association with | 26 | | a mental or behavioral care provider able to respond in an |
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| 1 | | appropriate amount of time to requests for care. | 2 | | "Responder" is any person engaging with a member of the | 3 | | public to provide the mobile mental and behavioral service | 4 | | established in conjunction with the Division of Mental Health | 5 | | establishing the 9-8-8 emergency number. A responder is not an | 6 | | EMS Paramedic or EMT as defined in the Emergency Medical | 7 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act unless that responding agency has | 8 | | agreed to provide a specialized response in accordance with | 9 | | the Division of Mental Health's services offered through its | 10 | | 9-8-8 number and has met all the requirements to offer that | 11 | | service through that system.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 13 | | (50 ILCS 754/20)
| 14 | | Sec. 20. Coordination with Division of Mental Health. | 15 | | Each 9-1-1 PSAP and provider of emergency services dispatched | 16 | | through a 9-1-1 system must coordinate with the mobile mental | 17 | | and behavioral health services established by the Division of | 18 | | Mental Health so that the following State goals and State | 19 | | prohibitions are met whenever a person interacts with one of | 20 | | these entities for the purpose of seeking emergency mental and | 21 | | behavioral health care or when one of these entities | 22 | | recognizes the appropriateness of providing mobile mental or | 23 | | behavioral health care to an individual with whom they have | 24 | | engaged. The Division of Mental Health is also directed to | 25 | | provide guidance regarding whether and how these entities |
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| 1 | | should coordinate with mobile mental and behavioral health | 2 | | services when responding to individuals who appear to be in a | 3 | | mental or behavioral health emergency while engaged in conduct | 4 | | alleged to constitute a non-violent misdemeanor.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 6 | | (50 ILCS 754/25)
| 7 | | Sec. 25. State goals. | 8 | | (a) 9-1-1 PSAPs, emergency services dispatched through | 9 | | 9-1-1 PSAPs, and the mobile mental and behavioral health | 10 | | service established by the Division of Mental Health must | 11 | | coordinate their services so that the State goals listed in | 12 | | this Section are achieved. Appropriate mobile response service | 13 | | for mental and behavioral health emergencies shall be | 14 | | available regardless of whether the initial contact was with | 15 | | 9-8-8, 9-1-1 or directly with an emergency service dispatched | 16 | | through 9-1-1. Appropriate mobile response services must: | 17 | | (1) whenever possible, ensure that individuals | 18 | | experiencing mental or behavioral health crises are | 19 | | diverted from hospitalization or incarceration whenever | 20 | | possible, and are instead linked with available | 21 | | appropriate community services;
| 22 | | (2) include the option of on-site care if that type of | 23 | | care is appropriate and does not override the care | 24 | | decisions of the individual receiving care. Providing care | 25 | | in the community, through methods like mobile crisis |
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| 1 | | units, is encouraged. If effective care is provided on | 2 | | site, and if it is consistent with the care decisions of | 3 | | the individual receiving the care, further transportation | 4 | | to other medical providers is not required by this Act; | 5 | | (3) recommend appropriate referrals for available | 6 | | community services if the individual receiving on-site | 7 | | care is not already in a treatment relationship with a | 8 | | service provider or is unsatisfied with their current | 9 | | service providers. The referrals shall take into | 10 | | consideration waiting lists and copayments, which may | 11 | | present barriers to access; and
| 12 | | (4) subject to the care decisions of the individual | 13 | | receiving care, provide transportation for any individual | 14 | | experiencing a mental or behavioral health emergency. | 15 | | Transportation shall be to the most integrated and least | 16 | | restrictive setting appropriate in the community, such as | 17 | | to the individual's home or chosen location, community | 18 | | crisis respite centers, clinic settings, behavioral health | 19 | | centers, or the offices of particular medical care | 20 | | providers with existing treatment relationships to the | 21 | | individual seeking care. | 22 | | (b) Prioritize requests for emergency assistance. 9-1-1 | 23 | | PSAPs, emergency services dispatched through 9-1-1 PSAPs, and | 24 | | the mobile mental and behavioral health service established by | 25 | | the Division of Mental Health must provide guidance for | 26 | | prioritizing calls for assistance and maximum response time in |
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| 1 | | relation to the type of emergency reported. | 2 | | (c) Provide appropriate response times. From the time of | 3 | | first notification, 9-1-1 PSAPs, emergency services dispatched | 4 | | through 9-1-1 PSAPs, and the mobile mental and behavioral | 5 | | health service established by the Division of Mental Health | 6 | | must provide the response within response time appropriate to | 7 | | the care requirements of the individual with an emergency. | 8 | | (d) Require appropriate mobile mental health relief | 9 | | provider responder training. Mobile mental health relief | 10 | | providers Responders must have adequate training to address | 11 | | the needs of individuals experiencing a mental or behavioral | 12 | | health emergency. Adequate training at least includes: | 13 | | (1) training in de-escalation techniques; | 14 | | (2) knowledge of local community services and | 15 | | supports; and
| 16 | | (3) training in respectful interaction with people | 17 | | experiencing mental or behavioral health crises, including | 18 | | the concepts of stigma and respectful language. | 19 | | (e) Require minimum team staffing. The Division of Mental | 20 | | Health, in consultation with the Regional Advisory Committees | 21 | | created in Section 40, shall determine the appropriate | 22 | | credentials for the mental health providers responding to | 23 | | calls, including to what extent the mobile mental health | 24 | | relief providers responders must have certain credentials and | 25 | | licensing, and to what extent the mobile mental health relief | 26 | | providers responders can be peer support professionals. |
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| 1 | | (f) Require training from individuals with lived | 2 | | experience. Training shall be provided by individuals with | 3 | | lived experience to the extent available. | 4 | | (g) Adopt guidelines directing referral to restrictive | 5 | | care settings. Mobile mental health relief providers | 6 | | Responders must have guidelines to follow when considering | 7 | | whether to refer an individual to more restrictive forms of | 8 | | care, like emergency room or hospital settings. | 9 | | (h) Specify regional best practices. Mobile mental health | 10 | | relief providers Responders providing these services must do | 11 | | so consistently with best practices, which include respecting | 12 | | the care choices of the individuals receiving assistance. | 13 | | Regional best practices may be broken down into sub-regions, | 14 | | as appropriate to reflect local resources and conditions. With | 15 | | the agreement of the impacted EMS Regions, providers of | 16 | | emergency response to physical emergencies may participate in | 17 | | another EMS Region for mental and behavioral response, if that | 18 | | participation shall provide a better service to individuals | 19 | | experiencing a mental or behavioral health emergency. | 20 | | (i) Adopt system for directing care in advance of an | 21 | | emergency. The Division of Mental Health shall select and | 22 | | publicly identify a system that allows individuals who | 23 | | voluntarily chose to do so to provide confidential advanced | 24 | | care directions to individuals providing services under this | 25 | | Act. No system for providing advanced care direction may be | 26 | | implemented unless the Division of Mental Health approves it |
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| 1 | | as confidential, available to individuals at all economic | 2 | | levels, and non-stigmatizing. The Division of Mental Health | 3 | | may defer this requirement for providing a system for advanced | 4 | | care direction if it determines that no existing systems can | 5 | | currently meet these requirements. | 6 | | (j) Train dispatching staff. The personnel staffing 9-1-1, | 7 | | 3-1-1, or other emergency response intake systems must be | 8 | | provided with adequate training to assess whether coordinating | 9 | | with 9-8-8 is appropriate. | 10 | | (k) Establish protocol for emergency responder | 11 | | coordination. The Division of Mental Health shall establish a | 12 | | protocol for mobile mental health relief providers responders , | 13 | | law enforcement, and fire and ambulance services to request | 14 | | assistance from each other, and train these groups on the | 15 | | protocol. | 16 | | (l) Integrate law enforcement. The Division of Mental | 17 | | Health shall provide for law enforcement to request mobile | 18 | | mental health relief provider responder assistance whenever | 19 | | law enforcement engages an individual appropriate for services | 20 | | under this Act. If law enforcement would typically request EMS | 21 | | assistance when it encounters an individual with a physical | 22 | | health emergency, law enforcement shall similarly dispatch | 23 | | mental or behavioral health personnel or medical | 24 | | transportation when it encounters an individual in a mental or | 25 | | behavioral health emergency.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) |
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 754/30)
| 2 | | Sec. 30. State prohibitions. 9-1-1 PSAPs, emergency | 3 | | services dispatched through 9-1-1 PSAPs, and the mobile mental | 4 | | and behavioral health service established by the Division of | 5 | | Mental Health must coordinate their services so that, based on | 6 | | the information provided to them, the following State | 7 | | prohibitions are avoided: | 8 | | (a) Law enforcement responsibility for providing mental | 9 | | and behavioral health care. In any area where mobile mental | 10 | | health relief providers responders are available for dispatch, | 11 | | law enforcement shall not be dispatched to respond to an | 12 | | individual requiring mental or behavioral health care unless | 13 | | that individual is (i) involved in a suspected violation of | 14 | | the criminal laws of this State, or (ii) presents a threat of | 15 | | physical injury to self or others. Mobile mental health relief | 16 | | providers Responders are not considered available for dispatch | 17 | | under this Section if 9-8-8 reports that it cannot dispatch | 18 | | appropriate service within the maximum response times | 19 | | established by each Regional Advisory Committee under Section | 20 | | 45. | 21 | | (1) Standing on its own or in combination with each | 22 | | other, the fact that an individual is experiencing a | 23 | | mental or behavioral health emergency, or has a mental | 24 | | health, behavioral health, or other diagnosis, is not | 25 | | sufficient to justify an assessment that the individual is |
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| 1 | | a threat of physical injury to self or others, or requires | 2 | | a law enforcement response to a request for emergency | 3 | | response or medical transportation. | 4 | | (2) If, based on its assessment of the threat to | 5 | | public safety, law enforcement would not accompany medical | 6 | | transportation responding to a physical health emergency, | 7 | | unless requested by mobile mental health relief providers | 8 | | responders , law enforcement may not accompany emergency | 9 | | response or medical transportation personnel responding to | 10 | | a mental or behavioral health emergency that presents an | 11 | | equivalent level of threat to self or public safety. | 12 | | (3) Without regard to an assessment of threat to self | 13 | | or threat to public safety, law enforcement may station | 14 | | personnel so that they can rapidly respond to requests for | 15 | | assistance from mobile mental health relief providers | 16 | | responders if law enforcement does not interfere with the | 17 | | provision of emergency response or transportation | 18 | | services. To the extent practical, not interfering with | 19 | | services includes remaining sufficiently distant from or | 20 | | out of sight of the individual receiving care so that law | 21 | | enforcement presence is unlikely to escalate the | 22 | | emergency. | 23 | | (b) Mobile mental health relief provider Responder | 24 | | involvement in involuntary commitment. In order to maintain | 25 | | the appropriate care relationship, mobile mental health relief | 26 | | providers responders shall not in any way assist in the |
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| 1 | | involuntary commitment of an individual beyond (i) reporting | 2 | | to their dispatching entity or to law enforcement that they | 3 | | believe the situation requires assistance the mobile mental | 4 | | health relief providers responders are not permitted to | 5 | | provide under this Section; (ii) providing witness statements; | 6 | | and (iii) fulfilling reporting requirements the mobile mental | 7 | | health relief providers responders may have under their | 8 | | professional ethical obligations or laws of this state. This | 9 | | prohibition shall not interfere with any mobile mental health | 10 | | relief provider's responder's ability to provide physical or | 11 | | mental health care. | 12 | | (c) Use of law enforcement for transportation. In any area | 13 | | where mobile mental health relief providers responders are | 14 | | available for dispatch, unless requested by mobile mental | 15 | | health relief providers responders , law enforcement shall not | 16 | | be used to provide transportation to access mental or | 17 | | behavioral health care, or travel between mental or behavioral | 18 | | health care providers, except where no alternative is | 19 | | available. | 20 | | (d) Reduction of educational institution obligations. The | 21 | | services coordinated under this Act may not be used to replace | 22 | | any service an educational institution is required to provide | 23 | | to a student. It shall not substitute for appropriate special | 24 | | education and related services that schools are required to | 25 | | provide by any law.
| 26 | | (e) Subsections (a), (c), and (d) are operative beginning |
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| 1 | | on the date the 3 conditions in Section 65 are met or July 1, | 2 | | 2024, whichever is earlier. Subsection (b) is operative | 3 | | beginning on July 1, 2024. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 5 | | (50 ILCS 754/35)
| 6 | | Sec. 35. Non-violent misdemeanors. The Division of Mental | 7 | | Health's Guidance for 9-1-1 PSAPs and emergency services | 8 | | dispatched through 9-1-1 PSAPs for coordinating the response | 9 | | to individuals who appear to be in a mental or behavioral | 10 | | health emergency while engaging in conduct alleged to | 11 | | constitute a non-violent misdemeanor shall promote the | 12 | | following: | 13 | | (a) Prioritization of Health Care. To the greatest | 14 | | extent practicable, community-based mental or behavioral | 15 | | health services should be provided before addressing law | 16 | | enforcement objectives. | 17 | | (b) Diversion from Further Criminal Justice | 18 | | Involvement. To the greatest extent practicable, | 19 | | individuals should be referred to health care services | 20 | | with the potential to reduce the likelihood of further law | 21 | | enforcement engagement and referral to a pre-arrest or | 22 | | pre-booking case management unit should be prioritized in | 23 | | any areas served by pre-arrest or pre-booking case | 24 | | management .
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) |
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 754/40)
| 2 | | Sec. 40. Statewide Advisory Committee. | 3 | | (a) The Division of Mental Health shall establish a | 4 | | Statewide Advisory Committee to review and make | 5 | | recommendations for aspects of coordinating 9-1-1 and the | 6 | | 9-8-8 mobile mental health response system most appropriately | 7 | | addressed on a State level. | 8 | | (b) Issues to be addressed by the Statewide Advisory | 9 | | Committee include, but are not limited to, addressing changes | 10 | | necessary in 9-1-1 call taking protocols and scripts used in | 11 | | 9-1-1 PSAPs where those protocols and scripts are based on or | 12 | | otherwise dependent on national providers for their operation.
| 13 | | (c) The Statewide Advisory Committee shall recommend a | 14 | | system for gathering data related to the coordination of the | 15 | | 9-1-1 and 9-8-8 systems for purposes of allowing the parties | 16 | | to make ongoing improvements in that system. As practical, the | 17 | | system shall attempt to determine issues including, but not | 18 | | limited to: | 19 | | (1) the volume of calls coordinated between 9-1-1 and | 20 | | 9-8-8; | 21 | | (2) the volume of referrals from other first | 22 | | responders to 9-8-8; | 23 | | (3) the volume and type of calls deemed appropriate | 24 | | for referral to 9-8-8 but could not be served by 9-8-8 | 25 | | because of capacity restrictions or other reasons; |
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| 1 | | (4) the appropriate information to improve | 2 | | coordination between 9-1-1 and 9-8-8; and | 3 | | (5) the appropriate information to improve the 9-8-8 | 4 | | system, if the information is most appropriately gathered | 5 | | at the 9-1-1 PSAPs. | 6 | | (d) The Statewide Advisory Committee shall consist of: | 7 | | (1) the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, ex officio; | 8 | | (2) one representative designated by the Illinois | 9 | | Chapter of National Emergency Number Association (NENA); | 10 | | (3) one representative designated by the Illinois | 11 | | Chapter of Association of Public Safety Communications | 12 | | Officials (APCO); | 13 | | (4) one representative of the Division of Mental | 14 | | Health; | 15 | | (5) one representative of the Illinois Department of | 16 | | Public Health; | 17 | | (6) one representative of a statewide organization of | 18 | | EMS responders; | 19 | | (7) one representative of a statewide organization of | 20 | | fire chiefs; | 21 | | (8) two representatives of statewide organizations of | 22 | | law enforcement; | 23 | | (9) two representatives of mental health, behavioral | 24 | | health, or substance abuse providers; and | 25 | | (10) four representatives of advocacy organizations | 26 | | either led by or consisting primarily of individuals with |
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| 1 | | intellectual or developmental disabilities, individuals | 2 | | with behavioral disabilities, or individuals with lived | 3 | | experience. | 4 | | (e) The members of the Statewide Advisory Committee, other | 5 | | than the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, shall be appointed by | 6 | | the Secretary of Human Services.
| 7 | | (f) The Statewide Advisory Committee shall continue to | 8 | | meet until this Act has been fully implemented, as determined | 9 | | by the Division of Mental Health, and mobile mental health | 10 | | relief providers are available in all parts of Illinois. The | 11 | | Division of Mental Health may reconvene the Statewide Advisory | 12 | | Committee at its discretion after full implementation of this | 13 | | Act. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 15 | | (50 ILCS 754/45)
| 16 | | Sec. 45. Regional Advisory Committees. | 17 | | (a) The Division of Mental Health shall establish Regional | 18 | | Advisory Committees in each EMS Region to advise on regional | 19 | | issues related to emergency response systems for mental and | 20 | | behavioral health. The Secretary of Human Services shall | 21 | | appoint the members of the Regional Advisory Committees. Each | 22 | | Regional Advisory Committee shall consist of: | 23 | | (1) representatives of the 9-1-1 PSAPs in the region; | 24 | | (2) representatives of the EMS Medical Directors | 25 | | Committee, as constituted under the Emergency Medical |
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| 1 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act, or other similar committee | 2 | | serving the medical needs of the jurisdiction; | 3 | | (3) representatives of law enforcement officials with | 4 | | jurisdiction in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) | 5 | | Regions; | 6 | | (4) representatives of both the EMS providers and the | 7 | | unions representing EMS or emergency mental and behavioral | 8 | | health responders, or both; and | 9 | | (5) advocates from the mental health, behavioral | 10 | | health, intellectual disability, and developmental | 11 | | disability communities. | 12 | | If no person is willing or available to fill a member's | 13 | | seat for one of the required areas of representation on a | 14 | | Regional Advisory Committee under paragraphs (1) through (5), | 15 | | the Secretary of Human Services shall adopt procedures to | 16 | | ensure that a missing area of representation is filled once a | 17 | | person becomes willing and available to fill that seat. | 18 | | (b) The majority of advocates on the Regional Advisory | 19 | | Emergency Response Equity Committee must either be individuals | 20 | | with a lived experience of a condition commonly regarded as a | 21 | | mental health or behavioral health disability, developmental | 22 | | disability, or intellectual disability , or be from | 23 | | organizations primarily composed of such individuals. The | 24 | | members of the Committee shall also reflect the racial | 25 | | demographics of the jurisdiction served. To achieve the | 26 | | requirements of this subsection, the Division of Mental Health |
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| 1 | | must establish a clear plan and regular course of action to | 2 | | engage, recruit, and sustain areas of established | 3 | | participation. The plan and actions taken must be shared with | 4 | | the general public. | 5 | | (c) Subject to the oversight of the Department of Human | 6 | | Services Division of Mental Health, the EMS Medical Directors | 7 | | Committee is responsible for convening the meetings of the | 8 | | committee. Impacted units of local government may also have | 9 | | representatives on the committee subject to approval by the | 10 | | Division of Mental Health, if this participation is structured | 11 | | in such a way that it does not give undue weight to any of the | 12 | | groups represented.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 14 | | (50 ILCS 754/50)
| 15 | | Sec. 50. Regional Advisory Committee responsibilities. | 16 | | Each Regional Advisory Committee is responsible for designing | 17 | | the local protocol to allow its region's 9-1-1 call center and | 18 | | emergency responders to coordinate their activities with 9-8-8 | 19 | | as required by this Act and monitoring current operation to | 20 | | advise on ongoing adjustments to the local protocol. Included | 21 | | in this responsibility, each Regional Advisory Committee must: | 22 | | (1) negotiate the appropriate amendment of each 9-1-1 | 23 | | PSAP emergency dispatch protocols, in consultation with | 24 | | each 9-1-1 PSAP in the EMS Region and consistent with | 25 | | national certification requirements; |
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| 1 | | (2) set maximum response times for 9-8-8 to provide | 2 | | service when an in-person response is required, based on | 3 | | type of mental or behavioral health emergency, which, if | 4 | | exceeded, constitute grounds for sending other emergency | 5 | | responders through the 9-1-1 system; | 6 | | (3) report, geographically by police district if | 7 | | practical, the data collected through the direction | 8 | | provided by the Statewide Advisory Committee in | 9 | | aggregated, non-individualized monthly reports. These | 10 | | reports shall be available to the Regional Advisory | 11 | | Committee members, the Department of Human Service | 12 | | Division of Mental Health, the Administrator of the 9-1-1 | 13 | | Authority, and to the public upon request; and | 14 | | (4) convene, after the initial regional policies are | 15 | | established, at least every 2 years to consider amendment | 16 | | of the regional policies, if any, and also convene | 17 | | whenever a member of the Committee requests that the | 18 | | Committee consider an amendment ; and .
| 19 | | (5) identify regional resources and supports for use | 20 | | by the mobile mental health relief providers as they | 21 | | respond to the requests for services. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 23 | | (50 ILCS 754/65)
| 24 | | Sec. 65. PSAP and emergency service dispatched through a | 25 | | 9-1-1 PSAP; coordination of activities with mobile and |
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| 1 | | behavioral health services. Each 9-1-1 PSAP and emergency | 2 | | service dispatched through a 9-1-1 PSAP must begin | 3 | | coordinating its activities with the mobile mental and | 4 | | behavioral health services established by the Division of | 5 | | Mental Health once all 3 of the following conditions are met, | 6 | | but not later than July 1, 2024 2023 : | 7 | | (1) the Statewide Committee has negotiated useful | 8 | | protocol and 9-1-1 operator script adjustments with the | 9 | | contracted services providing these tools to 9-1-1 PSAPs | 10 | | operating in Illinois; | 11 | | (2) the appropriate Regional Advisory Committee has | 12 | | completed design of the specific 9-1-1 PSAP's process for | 13 | | coordinating activities with the mobile mental and | 14 | | behavioral health service; and | 15 | | (3) the mobile mental and behavioral health service is | 16 | | available in their jurisdiction.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22; 102-1109, eff. 12-21-22.) | 18 | | (50 ILCS 754/70 new) | 19 | | Sec. 70. Report. On or before July 1, 2023 and on a | 20 | | quarterly basis thereafter, the Division of Mental Health | 21 | | shall submit a report to the General Assembly on its progress | 22 | | in implementing this Act, which shall include, but not be | 23 | | limited to, a strategic assessment that evaluates the success | 24 | | toward current strategy, identification of future targets for | 25 | | implementation that help estimate the potential for success |
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| 1 | | and provides a basis for assessing future performance, and key | 2 | | benchmarks to provide a comparison to set in context and help | 3 | | stakeholders understand their positions. ".
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