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Public Act 101-0375 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning first responders.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the First | ||||
Responders Suicide Prevention Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||
"Emergency services provider" means any public employer | ||||
that employs persons to provide firefighting services. | ||||
"Emergency services personnel" means any employee of an | ||||
emergency services provider who is engaged in providing | ||||
firefighting services. | ||||
"Law enforcement agency" means any county sheriff, | ||||
municipal police department, police department established by | ||||
a university, the Department of State Police, the Department of | ||||
Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services, | ||||
the Division of Probation Services of the Supreme Court, the | ||||
Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, and other local or | ||||
county agency comprised of county probation officers, | ||||
corrections employees, or 9-1-1 telecommunicators or emergency | ||||
medical dispatchers. | ||||
"Peer support advisor" means an employee, approved by the | ||||
law enforcement agency or the emergency provider, who | ||||
voluntarily provides confidential support and assistance to |
fellow employees experiencing personal or professional | ||
problems. An emergency services provider or law enforcement | ||
agency shall provide peer support advisors with an appropriate | ||
level of training in counseling to provide emotional and moral | ||
support. | ||
"Peer support counseling program" means a program | ||
established by an emergency services provider, a law | ||
enforcement agency, or collective bargaining organization to | ||
train employees to serve as peer support advisors to conduct | ||
peer support counseling sessions. | ||
"Peer support counseling session" means communication with | ||
a peer support advisor designated by an emergency services | ||
provider or law enforcement agency. A peer support counseling | ||
session is accomplished primarily through listening, | ||
assessing, assisting with problem-solving, making referrals to | ||
a professional when necessary and conducting follow-up as | ||
needed. | ||
"Public safety personnel" means any employee of a law | ||
enforcement agency. | ||
Section 10. Establishment of peer support program; | ||
applicability. Any emergency services provider, law | ||
enforcement agency, or collective bargaining organization that | ||
creates a peer support program is subject to this Act. An | ||
emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, or | ||
collective bargaining organization shall ensure that peer |
support advisors receive
appropriate training in counseling to | ||
conduct peer support counseling sessions. Emergency services | ||
personnel and public safety
personnel may refer any person to a
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peer support advisor within the emergency services
provider or | ||
law enforcement agency, or if those services are
not available | ||
within the agency, to another
peer support counseling program | ||
that is available and approved by the emergency services | ||
provider or law enforcement agency. Notwithstanding any other | ||
provision of this Act, public safety personnel may not mandate | ||
that any employee participate in a peer support counseling | ||
program. | ||
Section 20. Confidentiality; exemptions. | ||
(a) Any communication made by an employee of an emergency | ||
services provider or law enforcement agency or peer support | ||
advisor in a peer support counseling session and any
oral or | ||
written information conveyed in the peer support counseling | ||
session is confidential and may not be disclosed by any person | ||
participating in the peer support counseling session
and shall | ||
not be released to any person or entity.
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(b) Any communication relating to a peer support counseling
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session made confidential under this Section that is made | ||
between peer support advisors and the supervisors or staff of a | ||
peer support counseling program, or between the supervisor or | ||
staff of a peer support counseling program, is confidential and | ||
may not be disclosed. |
(c) This Section does not prohibit any communications | ||
between counselors who conduct peer support counseling | ||
sessions or any communications between counselors and the | ||
supervisors or staff of a peer support counseling program. | ||
(c-5) Any communication described in subsection (a) or (b)
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is subject to subpoena for good cause shown. | ||
(d) This Section does not apply to: | ||
(1) any threat of suicide or homicide made by a | ||
participant in a peer support counseling session or any | ||
information conveyed in a peer support counseling session | ||
related to a threat of suicide or homicide; | ||
(2) any information mandated by law or agency policy to | ||
be reported, including, but not limited to, domestic | ||
violence, child abuse or neglect, or elder abuse or | ||
neglect; | ||
(3) any admission of criminal conduct; or | ||
(4) an admission or act of refusal to perform duties to | ||
protect others or the employee of the emergency services | ||
provider or law enforcement agency. | ||
(e) All communications, notes, records, and reports | ||
arising out of a peer support counseling session are not | ||
subject to disclosure under Section 7.5 of the Freedom of | ||
Information Act. | ||
(e-5) A department that establishes a peer support | ||
counseling program shall develop a policy or rule that imposes | ||
disciplinary measures against a peer support advisor who |
violates the confidentiality of the peer support counseling | ||
program by sharing information learned in a peer support | ||
counseling session with department personnel who are not | ||
supervisors or staff of the peer support counseling program, | ||
unless the information is related to the exemptions in | ||
subsection (d). | ||
(f) A cause of action exists for public safety personnel or | ||
emergency services personnel if the emergency services | ||
provider or law enforcement agency uses confidential | ||
information obtained during a confidential peer support | ||
counseling session conducted by a law enforcement agency or by | ||
an emergency services provider for an adverse employment action | ||
against the participant. | ||
Section 25. Judicial proceedings. Any oral communication
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or written information made or conveyed by a participant or | ||
peer support advisor
in a peer support counseling session is | ||
not admissible in any judicial
proceeding, arbitration | ||
proceeding, or other adjudicatory
proceeding, except to the | ||
extent necessary
to enforce subsection (f) of Section 20. | ||
Section 30. First Responders Suicide Task Force. | ||
(a) The First Responders Suicide Task Force is created to | ||
pursue recommendations to help reduce the risk and rates of | ||
suicide among first responders, along with developing a | ||
mechanism to help reduce the risk and rates of suicide among |
first responders. The Task Force shall be composed of the | ||
following members: | ||
(1) the Director of State Police or his or her | ||
designee; | ||
(2)the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||
designee; | ||
(3) 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom | ||
shall serve as co-chair; | ||
(4) 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed | ||
by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||
(5) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the President | ||
of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair; | ||
(6) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||
Leader of the Senate; | ||
(7) 2 members who represent 2 different mental health | ||
organizations, one appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||
House of Representatives and one appointed by the Minority | ||
Leader of the Senate; | ||
(8) one member who represents an organization that | ||
advocates on behalf of police appointed by the Speaker of | ||
the House of Representatives; | ||
(9) one member who represents the Chicago Police | ||
Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||
Representatives; | ||
(10) 2 members who represent organizations that |
advocate on behalf of firefighters appointed by the | ||
President of the Senate; | ||
(11) one member who represents the Chicago Fire | ||
Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||
and | ||
(12) one member who represents an organization that | ||
advocates on behalf of sheriffs in the State of Illinois | ||
appointed by the President of the Senate.
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(b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30 | ||
days after the effective date of this Act and shall serve | ||
without compensation. The Task Force shall begin meeting no | ||
later than 30 days after all members have been appointed.
The | ||
Department of State Police shall provide administrative | ||
support for the Task Force, and if the subject matter is either | ||
sensitive or classified, the Task Force may hold its hearings | ||
in private. | ||
(c)
The Task Force shall issue a final report to the | ||
General Assembly on or December 31, 2020 and, one year after | ||
the filing of its report, is dissolved.
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Section 35. Other provisions of law. Nothing in this Act | ||
limits or reduces any confidentiality protections or legal | ||
privileges that are otherwise provided by law or rule, | ||
including, but not limited to, local ordinance, State or | ||
federal law, or court rule.
Any confidentiality provision | ||
enacted by local ordinance on or after the effective date of |
this Act may not diminish the protections enumerated in this | ||
Act. | ||
Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 7.5 as follows: | ||
(5 ILCS 140/7.5) | ||
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for | ||
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt | ||
from inspection and copying: | ||
(a) All information determined to be confidential | ||
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and | ||
Development Act. | ||
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying | ||
library users with specific materials under the Library | ||
Records Confidentiality Act. | ||
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical | ||
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records | ||
prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation | ||
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it | ||
has received. | ||
(d) Information and records held by the Department of | ||
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating | ||
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible | ||
disease or any information the disclosure of which is |
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible | ||
Disease Control Act. | ||
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. | ||
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of | ||
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying | ||
Qualifications Based Selection Act. | ||
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid | ||
Tuition Act. | ||
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted | ||
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and | ||
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector | ||
general's office that would be exempt if created or | ||
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under | ||
that Act. | ||
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy | ||
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local | ||
emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under | ||
Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution | ||
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers | ||
under the Emergency Telephone System Act. | ||
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information | ||
or driver identification information compiled by a law | ||
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation |
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||
(l) Records and information provided to a residential | ||
health care facility resident sexual assault and death | ||
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse | ||
Prevention Review Team Act. | ||
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending | ||
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential | ||
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent | ||
authorized under that Article. | ||
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of | ||
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial | ||
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital | ||
Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply | ||
until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the | ||
prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior | ||
to trial or sentencing. | ||
(o) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and | ||
Hazardous Substances Registry Act. | ||
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans, | ||
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or | ||
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the | ||
Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of | ||
the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair | ||
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety | ||
Act. |
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||
Personnel Record Records Review Act. | ||
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the | ||
Illinois School Student Records Act. | ||
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
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(t) All identified or deidentified health information | ||
in the form of health data or medical records contained in, | ||
stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from | ||
the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified | ||
or deidentified health information in the form of health | ||
data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information | ||
Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health | ||
Information Exchange Authority due to its administration | ||
of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms | ||
"identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same | ||
meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and | ||
Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any | ||
subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations | ||
promulgated thereunder. | ||
(u) Records and information provided to an independent | ||
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and | ||
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law ) . | ||
(v) Names and information of people who have applied | ||
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under | ||
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for |
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm | ||
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry | ||
Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry | ||
Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the | ||
Firearm Concealed Carry Act. | ||
(w) Personally identifiable information which is | ||
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section | ||
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. | ||
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section | ||
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. | ||
(y) Confidential information under the Adult | ||
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling | ||
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including | ||
information about the identity and administrative finding | ||
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated | ||
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an | ||
eligible adult maintained in the Registry established | ||
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. | ||
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality | ||
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory | ||
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services | ||
Act. | ||
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure |
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. | ||
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from | ||
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. | ||
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement | ||
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent | ||
authorized under that Act. | ||
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common | ||
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. | ||
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. | ||
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure | ||
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. | ||
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being | ||
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle | ||
Code. | ||
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code. | ||
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure | ||
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of | ||
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be | ||
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day and | ||
temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from | ||
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day | ||
and Temporary Labor Services Act. |
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the | ||
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. | ||
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted | ||
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public | ||
Aid Code. | ||
(mm) (ll) Records that are exempt from disclosure under | ||
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. | ||
(nn) (ll) Information that is exempt from disclosure | ||
under Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance | ||
Act. | ||
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports | ||
arising out of a peer support counseling session prohibited | ||
from disclosure under the First Responders Suicide | ||
Prevention Act. | ||
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to | ||
an employee of an emergency services provider or law | ||
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide | ||
Prevention Act. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352, | ||
eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16; | ||
99-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18; | ||
100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff. | ||
8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517, | ||
eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19; | ||
100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; revised | ||
10-12-18.) |
Section 110. The Department of State Police Law of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding | ||
Section 2605-610 as follows: | ||
(20 ILCS 2605/2605-610 new) | ||
Sec. 2605-610. Possession of a Firearm Owner's | ||
Identification Card. The Department shall not make possession | ||
of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of | ||
continued employment if the State Police officer's Firearm | ||
Owner's Identification Card is revoked or seized because the | ||
State Police officer has been a patient of a mental health | ||
facility and the State Police officer has not been determined | ||
to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or | ||
others as determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or | ||
qualified examiner. Nothing is this Section shall otherwise | ||
impair an employer's ability to determine a State Police | ||
officer's fitness for duty. A collective bargaining agreement | ||
already in effect on this issue on the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly cannot be | ||
modified, but on or after the effective date of this amendatory | ||
Act of the 101st General Assembly, the employer cannot require | ||
a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as a condition of | ||
continued employment in a collective bargaining agreement. The | ||
employer shall document if and why a State Police officer has | ||
been determined to pose a clear and present danger. |
Section 115. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 7 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
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Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall | ||
adopt rules and
minimum standards for such schools which shall | ||
include, but not be limited to,
the following:
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a. The curriculum for probationary police officers | ||
which shall be
offered by all certified schools shall | ||
include, but not be limited to,
courses of procedural | ||
justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and | ||
seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights, | ||
human rights, human relations,
cultural competency, | ||
including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
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criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional | ||
and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and | ||
traffic law including
uniform and non-discriminatory | ||
enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
traffic control | ||
and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
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physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports, | ||
firearms
training, training in the use of electronic | ||
control devices, including the psychological and | ||
physiological effects of the use of those devices on | ||
humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid |
antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e) | ||
of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling | ||
of
juvenile offenders, recognition of
mental conditions | ||
and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of | ||
addiction, which require immediate assistance and response | ||
and methods to
safeguard and provide assistance to a person | ||
in need of mental
treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect, | ||
financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with | ||
disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of | ||
the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the | ||
elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police | ||
vehicle
chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the | ||
high-speed chase, and
physical training. The curriculum | ||
shall include specific training in
techniques for | ||
immediate response to and investigation of cases of | ||
domestic
violence and of sexual assault of adults and | ||
children, including cultural perceptions and common myths | ||
of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview | ||
techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed, | ||
victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum | ||
shall include
training in techniques designed to promote | ||
effective
communication at the initial contact with crime | ||
victims and ways to comprehensively
explain to victims and | ||
witnesses their rights under the Rights
of Crime Victims | ||
and Witnesses Act and the Crime
Victims Compensation Act. | ||
The curriculum shall also include training in effective |
recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and | ||
post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers that | ||
is consistent with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental Health | ||
First Aid Training Act in a peer setting . The curriculum | ||
shall also include a block of instruction aimed at | ||
identifying and interacting with persons with autism and | ||
other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing | ||
barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism, | ||
and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases | ||
involving victims or witnesses with autism and other | ||
developmental disabilities. The curriculum for
permanent | ||
police officers shall include, but not be limited to: (1) | ||
refresher
and in-service training in any of the courses | ||
listed above in this
subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in | ||
any of the subjects listed above in
this subparagraph, (3) | ||
training for supervisory personnel, and (4)
specialized | ||
training in subjects and fields to be selected by the | ||
board. The training in the use of electronic control | ||
devices shall be conducted for probationary police | ||
officers, including University police officers.
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b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements | ||
and equipment
requirements.
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c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||
probationary police
officer must satisfactorily complete | ||
before being eligible for permanent
employment as a local |
law enforcement officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. Those requirements shall include | ||
training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary | ||
resuscitation).
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e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||
probationary county
corrections officer must | ||
satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
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permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a | ||
participating
local governmental agency.
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f. Minimum basic training requirements which a | ||
probationary court
security officer must satisfactorily | ||
complete before being eligible for
permanent employment as | ||
a court security officer for a participating local
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governmental agency. The Board shall
establish those | ||
training requirements which it considers appropriate for | ||
court
security officers and shall certify schools to | ||
conduct that training.
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A person hired to serve as a court security officer | ||
must obtain from the
Board a certificate (i) attesting to | ||
his or her successful completion of the
training course; | ||
(ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory
completion of a | ||
training program of similar content and number of hours | ||
that
has been found acceptable by the Board under the | ||
provisions of this Act; or
(iii) attesting to the Board's | ||
determination that the training
course is unnecessary | ||
because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement
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experience.
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Individuals who currently serve as court security | ||
officers shall be deemed
qualified to continue to serve in | ||
that capacity so long as they are certified
as provided by | ||
this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective | ||
date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified, | ||
absent a waiver from the
Board, shall cause the officer to | ||
forfeit his or her position.
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All individuals hired as court security officers on or | ||
after June 1, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act | ||
89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the
date of | ||
their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board, | ||
or they
shall forfeit their positions.
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The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the | ||
Sheriff's Office if
there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission, | ||
shall maintain a list of all
individuals who have filed | ||
applications to become court security officers and
who meet | ||
the eligibility requirements established under this Act. | ||
Either
the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's | ||
Office if no Sheriff's Merit
Commission exists, shall | ||
establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
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verification of the applicants' qualifications under
this | ||
Act and as established by the Board.
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g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | ||
police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years. | ||
Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper |
use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice, | ||
civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and | ||
response, and cultural competency. | ||
h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a | ||
police officer must satisfactorily complete at least | ||
annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and | ||
use of force training which shall include scenario based | ||
training, or similar training approved by the Board. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, | ||
eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18; | ||
100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. | ||
8-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)
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Section 117. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act | ||
is amended by changing Section 7.2 as follows: | ||
(50 ILCS 725/7.2) | ||
Sec. 7.2. Possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification | ||
Card. An employer of an officer shall not make possession of a | ||
Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of continued | ||
employment if the officer's Firearm Owner's Identification | ||
Card is revoked or seized because the officer has been a | ||
patient of a mental health facility and the officer has not | ||
been determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, | ||
herself, or others as determined by a physician, clinical | ||
psychologist, or qualified examiner. Nothing is this Section |
shall otherwise impair an employer's ability to determine an | ||
officer's fitness for duty. On and after the effective date of | ||
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, Section 6 of | ||
this Act shall not apply to the prohibition requiring a Firearm | ||
Owner's Identification Card as a condition of continued | ||
employment, but a collective bargaining agreement already in | ||
effect on that issue on the effective date of this amendatory | ||
Act of the 100th General Assembly cannot be modified. The | ||
employer shall document if and why an officer has been | ||
determined to pose a clear and present danger.
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(Source: P.A. 100-911, eff. 8-17-18.) | ||
Section 120. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 740/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
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Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The Office
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shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such
schools which | ||
shall include but not be limited to the following:
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a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities, | ||
apparatus,
equipment, reference material, established | ||
records and procedures as
determined by the Office.
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b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
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c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a | ||
trainee must
satisfactorily complete before being eligible | ||
for permanent employment
as a firefighter fire fighter in |
the fire department of a participating local
governmental | ||
agency.
Those requirements shall include training in first | ||
aid (including
cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and training | ||
in the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in | ||
paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the | ||
Substance Use Disorder Act.
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d. Training in effective recognition of and responses | ||
to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced | ||
by firefighters that is consistent with Section 25 of the | ||
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer | ||
setting. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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Section 130. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | ||
3-6012.2 as follows: | ||
(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.2 new) | ||
Sec. 3-6012.2. Mental health specialists; sheriff's | ||
offices. Sheriff's offices shall ensure
that mental health | ||
resources, including counselors or therapists,
are available | ||
to each sheriff's office's employees, whether through
direct | ||
employment by that office, contract employment,
or other means. | ||
Section 135. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||
adding Sections 11-1-14 and 11-6-11 as follows: |
(65 ILCS 5/11-1-14 new) | ||
Sec. 11-1-14. Mental health specialists; police. The
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corporate authorities of each municipality which has
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established a police department shall ensure
that mental health | ||
resources, including counselors or therapists,
are available | ||
to that police department's employees, whether through
direct | ||
employment by that department, contract employment,
or other | ||
means. | ||
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-11 new) | ||
Sec. 11-6-11. Mental health specialists; fire. The
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corporate authorities of each municipality which has
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established firefighting services shall ensure
that mental | ||
health resources, including counselors or therapists,
are | ||
available to that fire department's employees, whether through
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direct employment by that department, contract employment,
or | ||
other means.
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Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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