FIRST RESPONDER TASK FORCE, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning government.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The First Responders Suicide Prevention Act is

5 amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

6   (5 ILCS 840/30)

7   Sec. 30. First Responders Suicide Task Force.

8   (a) The First Responders Suicide Task Force is hereby

9 reconstituted created to pursue recommendations to help reduce

10 the risk and rates of suicide among first responders, along

11 with developing a mechanism to help reduce the risk and rates

12 of suicide among first responders. The Task Force shall be

13 composed of the following members:

14  (1) the Director of the Illinois State Police or his

15  or her designee;

16  (2) the Director of Public Health or his or her

17  designee;

18  (3) 2 members of the House of Representatives

19  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

20  one of whom shall serve as co-chair;

21  (4) 2 members of the House of Representatives

22  appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of

23  Representatives;
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1        (5) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the President

2   of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;

3        (6) 2 members of the Senate appointed by the Minority

4   Leader of the Senate;

5        (7) 2 members who represent 2 different mental health

6   organizations, one appointed by the Minority Leader of the

7   House of Representatives and one appointed by the Minority

8   Leader of the Senate;

9        (8) one member who represents an organization that

10  advocates on behalf of police appointed by the Speaker of

11  the House of Representatives;

12       (9) one member who represents the Chicago Police

13  Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the House

14  of Representatives;

15       (10) 2 members who represent organizations that

16  advocate on behalf of firefighters appointed by the

17  President of the Senate;

18       (11) one member who represents the Chicago Fire

19  Department appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;

20  and

21       (12) one member who represents an organization that

22  advocates on behalf of sheriffs in the State of Illinois

23  appointed by the President of the Senate.

24       (13) one member who represents an organization that

25  provides mental health training and support for first

26  responders in the State of Illinois, appointed by the
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1   President of the Senate.

2   (14) 2 members who represent organizations that

3   advocate on behalf of public safety telecommunicators,

4   appointed by the Speaker of the House.

5   (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed within 30

6 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the

7 104th General Assembly Act and shall serve without

8 compensation. The Task Force shall begin meeting no later than

9 30 days after all members have been appointed. The Illinois

10 State Police shall provide administrative support for the Task

11 Force, and if the subject matter is either sensitive or

12 classified, the Task Force may hold its hearings in private.

13  (c) The Task Force shall issue a final report to the

14 General Assembly on or before December 31, 2026 2020 and, one

15 year after the filing of its report, is dissolved.

16  (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.

17 (Source: P.A. 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)