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1		AN ACT concerning first responders.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the First
5		Responders Suicide Prevention Act.
6		Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7		"Emergency services provider" means any public employer
8		that employs persons to provide firefighting services.
9		"Emergency services personnel" means any employee of an
10		emergency services provider who is engaged in providing
11		firefighting services.
12		"Law enforcement agency" means any county sheriff,
13		municipal police department, police department established by
14		a university, the Department of State Police, the Department of
15		Corrections, the Department of Children and Family Services,
16		the Division of Probation Services of the Supreme Court, the
17		Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, and other local or
18		county agency comprised of county probation officers,
19		corrections employees, or 9-1-1 telecommunicators or emergency
20		medical dispatchers.
21		"Peer support advisor" means an employee, approved by the
22		law enforcement agency or the emergency provider, who
23		voluntarily provides confidential support and assistance to

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1		fellow employees experiencing personal or professional
2		problems. An emergency services provider or law enforcement
3		agency shall provide peer support advisors with an appropriate
4		level of training in counseling to provide emotional and moral
5		support.
6		"Peer support counseling program" means a program
7		established by an emergency services provider, a law
8		enforcement agency, or collective bargaining organization to
9		train employees to serve as peer support advisors to conduct
10		peer support counseling sessions.
11		"Peer support counseling session" means communication with
12		a peer support advisor designated by an emergency services
13		provider or law enforcement agency. A peer support counseling
14		session is accomplished primarily through listening,
15		assessing, assisting with problem-solving, making referrals to
16		a professional when necessary and conducting follow-up as
17		needed.
18		"Public safety personnel" means any employee of a law
19		enforcement agency.
20		Section 10. Establishment of peer support program;
21		applicability. Any emergency services provider, law
22		enforcement agency, or collective bargaining organization that
23		creates a peer support program is subject to this Act. An
24		emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, or
25		collective bargaining organization shall ensure that peer

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1		support advisors receive appropriate training in counseling to
2		conduct peer support counseling sessions. Emergency services
3		personnel and public safety personnel may refer any person to a
4		peer support advisor within the emergency services provider or
5		law enforcement agency, or if those services are not available
6		within the agency, to another peer support counseling program
7		that is available and approved by the emergency services
8		provider or law enforcement agency. Notwithstanding any other
9		provision of this Act, public safety personnel may not mandate
10		that any employee participate in a peer support counseling
11		program.
12		Section 20. Confidentiality; exemptions.
13		(a) Any communication made by an employee of an emergency
14		services provider or law enforcement agency or peer support
15		advisor in a peer support counseling session and any oral or
16		written information conveyed in the peer support counseling
17		session is confidential and may not be disclosed by any person
18		participating in the peer support counseling session and shall
19		not be released to any person or entity.
20		(b) Any communication relating to a peer support counseling
21		session made confidential under this Section that is made
22		between peer support advisors and the supervisors or staff of a
23		peer support counseling program, or between the supervisor or
24		staff of a peer support counseling program, is confidential and
25		may not be disclosed.

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1		(c) This Section does not prohibit any communications
2		between counselors who conduct peer support counseling
3		sessions or any communications between counselors and the
4		supervisors or staff of a peer support counseling program.
5		(c-5) Any communication described in subsection (a) or (b)
6		is subject to subpoena for good cause shown.
7		(d) This Section does not apply to:
8		(1) any threat of suicide or homicide made by a
9		participant in a peer support counseling session or any
10		information conveyed in a peer support counseling session
11		related to a threat of suicide or homicide;
12		(2) any information mandated by law or agency policy to
13		be reported, including, but not limited to, domestic
14		violence, child abuse or neglect, or elder abuse or
15		neglect;
16		(3) any admission of criminal conduct; or
17		(4) an admission or act of refusal to perform duties to
18		protect others or the employee of the emergency services
19		provider or law enforcement agency.
20		(e) All communications, notes, records, and reports
21		arising out of a peer support counseling session are not
22		subject to disclosure under Section 7.5 of the Freedom of
23		Information Act.
24		(e-5) A department that establishes a peer support
25		counseling program shall develop a policy or rule that imposes
26		disciplinary measures against a peer support advisor who

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1		violates the confidentiality of the peer support counseling
2		program by sharing information learned in a peer support
3		counseling session with department personnel who are not
4		supervisors or staff of the peer support counseling program,
5		unless the information is related to the exemptions in
6		subsection (d).
7		(f) A cause of action exists for public safety personnel or
8		emergency services personnel if the emergency services
9		provider or law enforcement agency uses confidential
10		information obtained during a confidential peer support
11		counseling session conducted by a law enforcement agency or by
12		an emergency services provider for an adverse employment action
13		against the participant.
14		Section 25. Judicial proceedings. Any oral communication
15		or written information made or conveyed by a participant or
16		peer support advisor in a peer support counseling session is
17		not admissible in any judicial proceeding, arbitration
18		proceeding, or other adjudicatory proceeding, except to the
19		extent necessary to enforce subsection (f) of Section 20.
20		Section 30. First Responders Suicide Task Force.
21		(a) The First Responders Suicide Task Force is created to
22		pursue recommendations to help reduce the risk and rates of
23		suicide among first responders, along with developing a
24		mechanism to help reduce the risk and rates of suicide among

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1		first responders. The Task Force shall be composed of the
2		following members:
3		(1) the Director of State Police or his or her
4		designee;
5		(2)the Director of Public Health or his or her
6		designee;
7		(3) 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed
8		by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom
9		shall serve as co-chair;
10		(4) 2 members of the House of Representatives appointed
11		by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;
12		(5) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the President
13		of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
14		(6) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority
15		Leader of the Senate;
16		(7) 2 members who represent 2 different mental health
17		organizations, one appointed by the Minority Leader of the
18		House of Representatives and one appointed by the Minority
19		Leader of the Senate;
20		(8) one member who represents an organization that
21		advocates on behalf of police appointed by the Speaker of
22		the House of Representatives;
23		(9) one member who represents the Chicago Police
24		Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
25		Representatives;
26		(10) 2 members who represent organizations that

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1		advocate on behalf of firefighters appointed by the
2		President of the Senate;
3		(11) one member who represents the Chicago Fire
4		Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
5		and
6		(12) one member who represents an organization that
7		advocates on behalf of sheriffs in the State of Illinois
8		appointed by the President of the Senate.
9		(b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30
10		days after the effective date of this Act and shall serve
11		without compensation. The Task Force shall begin meeting no
12		later than 30 days after all members have been appointed. The
13		Department of State Police shall provide administrative
14		support for the Task Force, and if the subject matter is either
15		sensitive or classified, the Task Force may hold its hearings
16		in private.
17		(c) The Task Force shall issue a final report to the
18		General Assembly on or December 31, 2020 and, one year after
19		the filing of its report, is dissolved.
20		Section 35. Other provisions of law. Nothing in this Act
21		limits or reduces any confidentiality protections or legal
22		privileges that are otherwise provided by law or rule,
23		including, but not limited to, local ordinance, State or
24		federal law, or court rule. Any confidentiality provision
25		enacted by local ordinance on or after the effective date of

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1		this Act may not diminish the protections enumerated in this
2		Act.
3		Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
4		changing Section 7.5 as follows:
5		(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
6		Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
7		by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
8		from inspection and copying:
9		(a) All information determined to be confidential
10		under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
11		Development Act.
12		(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
13		library users with specific materials under the Library
14		Records Confidentiality Act.
15		(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
16		records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
17		Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
18		prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
19		Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
20		has received.
21		(d) Information and records held by the Department of
22		Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
23		to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
24		disease or any information the disclosure of which is

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1		restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
2		Disease Control Act.
3		(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
4		under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
5		(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
6		the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
7		Qualifications Based Selection Act.
8		(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
9		and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
10		Tuition Act.
11		(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
12		under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
13		records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
14		general's office that would be exempt if created or
15		obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
16		that Act.
17		(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
18		plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
19		emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
20		Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
21		(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
22		of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
23		under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
24		(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
25		or driver identification information compiled by a law
26		enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation

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1		under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
2		(l) Records and information provided to a residential
3		health care facility resident sexual assault and death
4		review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
5		Prevention Review Team Act.
6		(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
7		database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
8		Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
9		authorized under that Article.
10		(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
11		compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
12		counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
13		Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
14		until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
15		prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
16		to trial or sentencing.
17		(o) Information that is prohibited from being
18		disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
19		Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
20		(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
21		investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
22		information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
23		Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
24		the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair
25		County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
26		Act.

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1		(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
2		Personnel Record Records Review Act.
3		(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
4		Illinois School Student Records Act.
5		(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6		under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
7		(t) All identified or deidentified health information
8		in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
9		stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
10		the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
11		or deidentified health information in the form of health
12		data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
13		Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
14		Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
15		of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
16		"identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
17		meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
18		Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
19		subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
20		promulgated thereunder.
21		(u) Records and information provided to an independent
22		team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
23		Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
24		(v) Names and information of people who have applied
25		for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
26		the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for

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1		or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
2		Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
3		Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
4		Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
5		Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
6		Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
7		Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
8		(w) Personally identifiable information which is
9		exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
10		19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
11		(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
12		under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
13		8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
14		(y) Confidential information under the Adult
15		Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
16		statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
17		information about the identity and administrative finding
18		against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
19		decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
20		eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
21		under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
22		(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
23		review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
24		Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
25		Act.
26		(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure

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1		under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
2		(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
3		disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
4		(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
5		Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
6		authorized under that Act.
7		(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
8		disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
9		Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
10		(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
11		under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
12		(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
13		under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
14		(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
15		disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
16		Code.
17		(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
18		Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
19		(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
20		under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
21		the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
22		(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
23		submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day and
24		temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
25		disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
26		and Temporary Labor Services Act.

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1		(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
2		Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
3		(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
4		and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
5		Aid Code.
6		(mm) (ll) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
7		Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
8		(nn) (ll) Information that is exempt from disclosure
9		under Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance
10		Act.
11		(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
12		arising out of a peer support counseling session prohibited
13		from disclosure under the First Responders Suicide
14		Prevention Act.
15		(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
16		an employee of an emergency services provider or law
17		enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
18		Prevention Act.
19		(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352,
20		eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16;
21		99-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
22		100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
23		8-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
24		eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19;
25		100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; revised
26		10-12-18.)

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1		Section 110. The Department of State Police Law of the
2		Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
3		Section 2605-610 as follows:
4		(20 ILCS 2605/2605-610 new)
5		Sec. 2605-610. Possession of a Firearm Owner's
6		Identification Card. The Department shall not make possession
7		of a Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of
8		continued employment if the State Police officer's Firearm
9		Owner's Identification Card is revoked or seized because the
10		State Police officer has been a patient of a mental health
11		facility and the State Police officer has not been determined
12		to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or
13		others as determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or
14		qualified examiner. Nothing is this Section shall otherwise
15		impair an employer's ability to determine a State Police
16		officer's fitness for duty. A collective bargaining agreement
17		already in effect on this issue on the effective date of this
18		amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly cannot be
19		modified, but on or after the effective date of this amendatory
20		Act of the 101st General Assembly, the employer cannot require
21		a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as a condition of
22		continued employment in a collective bargaining agreement. The
23		employer shall document if and why a State Police officer has
24		been determined to pose a clear and present danger.

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1		Section 115. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
2		changing Section 7 as follows:
3		(50 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 507)
4		Sec. 7. Rules and standards for schools. The Board shall
5		adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which shall
6		include, but not be limited to, the following:
7		a. The curriculum for probationary police officers
8		which shall be offered by all certified schools shall
9		include, but not be limited to, courses of procedural
10		justice, arrest and use and control tactics, search and
11		seizure, including temporary questioning, civil rights,
12		human rights, human relations, cultural competency,
13		including implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity,
14		criminal law, law of criminal procedure, constitutional
15		and proper use of law enforcement authority, vehicle and
16		traffic law including uniform and non-discriminatory
17		enforcement of the Illinois Vehicle Code, traffic control
18		and accident investigation, techniques of obtaining
19		physical evidence, court testimonies, statements, reports,
20		firearms training, training in the use of electronic
21		control devices, including the psychological and
22		physiological effects of the use of those devices on
23		humans, first-aid (including cardiopulmonary
24		resuscitation), training in the administration of opioid

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1		antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
2		of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use Disorder Act, handling
3		of juvenile offenders, recognition of mental conditions
4		and crises, including, but not limited to, the disease of
5		addiction, which require immediate assistance and response
6		and methods to safeguard and provide assistance to a person
7		in need of mental treatment, recognition of abuse, neglect,
8		financial exploitation, and self-neglect of adults with
9		disabilities and older adults, as defined in Section 2 of
10		the Adult Protective Services Act, crimes against the
11		elderly, law of evidence, the hazards of high-speed police
12		vehicle chases with an emphasis on alternatives to the
13		high-speed chase, and physical training. The curriculum
14		shall include specific training in techniques for
15		immediate response to and investigation of cases of
16		domestic violence and of sexual assault of adults and
17		children, including cultural perceptions and common myths
18		of sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as interview
19		techniques that are age sensitive and are trauma informed,
20		victim centered, and victim sensitive. The curriculum
21		shall include training in techniques designed to promote
22		effective communication at the initial contact with crime
23		victims and ways to comprehensively explain to victims and
24		witnesses their rights under the Rights of Crime Victims
25		and Witnesses Act and the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
26		The curriculum shall also include training in effective

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1		recognition of and responses to stress, trauma, and
2		post-traumatic stress experienced by police officers that
3		is consistent with Section 25 of the Illinois Mental Health
4		First Aid Training Act in a peer setting. The curriculum
5		shall also include a block of instruction aimed at
6		identifying and interacting with persons with autism and
7		other developmental or physical disabilities, reducing
8		barriers to reporting crimes against persons with autism,
9		and addressing the unique challenges presented by cases
10		involving victims or witnesses with autism and other
11		developmental disabilities. The curriculum for permanent
12		police officers shall include, but not be limited to: (1)
13		refresher and in-service training in any of the courses
14		listed above in this subparagraph, (2) advanced courses in
15		any of the subjects listed above in this subparagraph, (3)
16		training for supervisory personnel, and (4) specialized
17		training in subjects and fields to be selected by the
18		board. The training in the use of electronic control
19		devices shall be conducted for probationary police
20		officers, including University police officers.
21		b. Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements
22		and equipment requirements.
23		c. Minimum requirements for instructors.
24		d. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
25		probationary police officer must satisfactorily complete
26		before being eligible for permanent employment as a local

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1		law enforcement officer for a participating local
2		governmental agency. Those requirements shall include
3		training in first aid (including cardiopulmonary
4		resuscitation).
5		e. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
6		probationary county corrections officer must
7		satisfactorily complete before being eligible for
8		permanent employment as a county corrections officer for a
9		participating local governmental agency.
10		f. Minimum basic training requirements which a
11		probationary court security officer must satisfactorily
12		complete before being eligible for permanent employment as
13		a court security officer for a participating local
14		governmental agency. The Board shall establish those
15		training requirements which it considers appropriate for
16		court security officers and shall certify schools to
17		conduct that training.
18		A person hired to serve as a court security officer
19		must obtain from the Board a certificate (i) attesting to
20		his or her successful completion of the training course;
21		(ii) attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of a
22		training program of similar content and number of hours
23		that has been found acceptable by the Board under the
24		provisions of this Act; or (iii) attesting to the Board's
25		determination that the training course is unnecessary
26		because of the person's extensive prior law enforcement

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1		experience.
2		Individuals who currently serve as court security
3		officers shall be deemed qualified to continue to serve in
4		that capacity so long as they are certified as provided by
5		this Act within 24 months of June 1, 1997 (the effective
6		date of Public Act 89-685). Failure to be so certified,
7		absent a waiver from the Board, shall cause the officer to
8		forfeit his or her position.
9		All individuals hired as court security officers on or
10		after June 1, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act
11		89-685) shall be certified within 12 months of the date of
12		their hire, unless a waiver has been obtained by the Board,
13		or they shall forfeit their positions.
14		The Sheriff's Merit Commission, if one exists, or the
15		Sheriff's Office if there is no Sheriff's Merit Commission,
16		shall maintain a list of all individuals who have filed
17		applications to become court security officers and who meet
18		the eligibility requirements established under this Act.
19		Either the Sheriff's Merit Commission, or the Sheriff's
20		Office if no Sheriff's Merit Commission exists, shall
21		establish a schedule of reasonable intervals for
22		verification of the applicants' qualifications under this
23		Act and as established by the Board.
24		g. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
25		police officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years.
26		Those requirements shall include constitutional and proper

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1		use of law enforcement authority, procedural justice,
2		civil rights, human rights, mental health awareness and
3		response, and cultural competency.
4		h. Minimum in-service training requirements, which a
5		police officer must satisfactorily complete at least
6		annually. Those requirements shall include law updates and
7		use of force training which shall include scenario based
8		training, or similar training approved by the Board.
9		(Source: P.A. 99-352, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 99-642,
10		eff. 7-28-16; 99-801, eff. 1-1-17; 100-121, eff. 1-1-18;
11		100-247, eff. 1-1-18; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff.
12		8-14-18; 100-910, eff. 1-1-19; revised 9-28-19.)
13		Section 117. The Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act
14		is amended by changing Section 7.2 as follows:
15		(50 ILCS 725/7.2)
16		Sec. 7.2. Possession of a Firearm Owner's Identification
17		Card. An employer of an officer shall not make possession of a
18		Firearm Owner's Identification Card a condition of continued
19		employment if the officer's Firearm Owner's Identification
20		Card is revoked or seized because the officer has been a
21		patient of a mental health facility and the officer has not
22		been determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself,
23		herself, or others as determined by a physician, clinical
24		psychologist, or qualified examiner. Nothing is this Section

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1		shall otherwise impair an employer's ability to determine an
2		officer's fitness for duty. On and after the effective date of
3		this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, Section 6 of
4		this Act shall not apply to the prohibition requiring a Firearm
5		Owner's Identification Card as a condition of continued
6		employment, but a collective bargaining agreement already in
7		effect on that issue on the effective date of this amendatory
8		Act of the 100th General Assembly cannot be modified. The
9		employer shall document if and why an officer has been
10		determined to pose a clear and present danger.
11		(Source: P.A. 100-911, eff. 8-17-18.)
12		Section 120. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
13		amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
14		(50 ILCS 740/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
15		Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The Office
16		shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such schools which
17		shall include but not be limited to the following:
18		a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
19		apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
20		records and procedures as determined by the Office.
21		b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
22		c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
23		trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
24		for permanent employment as a firefighter fire fighter in

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1		the fire department of a participating local governmental
2		agency. Those requirements shall include training in first
3		aid (including cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and training
4		in the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
5		paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
6		Substance Use Disorder Act.
7		d. Training in effective recognition of and responses
8		to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced
9		by firefighters that is consistent with Section 25 of the
10		Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer
11		setting.
12		(Source: P.A. 99-480, eff. 9-9-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
13		Section 130. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
14		3-6012.2 as follows:
15		(55 ILCS 5/3-6012.2 new)
16		Sec. 3-6012.2. Mental health specialists; sheriff's
17		offices. Sheriff's offices shall ensure that mental health
18		resources, including counselors or therapists, are available
19		to each sheriff's office's employees, whether through direct
20		employment by that office, contract employment, or other means.
21		Section 135. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
22		adding Sections 11-1-14 and 11-6-11 as follows:

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1		(65 ILCS 5/11-1-14 new)
2		Sec. 11-1-14. Mental health specialists; police. The
3		corporate authorities of each municipality which has
4		established a police department shall ensure that mental health
5		resources, including counselors or therapists, are available
6		to that police department's employees, whether through direct
7		employment by that department, contract employment, or other
8		means.
9		(65 ILCS 5/11-6-11 new)
10		Sec. 11-6-11. Mental health specialists; fire. The
11		corporate authorities of each municipality which has
12		established firefighting services shall ensure that mental
13		health resources, including counselors or therapists, are
14		available to that fire department's employees, whether through
15		direct employment by that department, contract employment, or
16		other means.
17		Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18		becoming law.