Public Act 102-0331
 
SB1714 EnrolledLRB102 11650 CPF 16984 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 740/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
    Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The
Office shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such
schools which shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
        a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
    apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
    records and procedures as determined by the Office.
        b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
        c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
    trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
    for permanent employment as a firefighter 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, and training in the history of
    the fire service labor movement using curriculum and
    instructors provided by a statewide organization
    representing professional union firefighters in Illinois.
        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. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
101-620, eff. 12-20-19; revised 12-21-20.)