Bill Status of HB 2766   101st General Assembly

Short Description:  SUICIDE-FIRST RESPONDERS

House Sponsors
Rep. Frances Ann Hurley-Michael P. McAuliffe, Kelly M. Cassidy, Michael J. Zalewski, Joyce Mason, John C. D'Amico, Terra Costa Howard, Kelly M. Burke, Tim Butler, Ann M. Williams, Elizabeth Hernandez, Diane Pappas and Natalie A. Manley

Senate Sponsors
(Sen. Terry Link-Bill Cunningham-Iris Y. Martinez-Laura M. Murphy, John G. Mulroe, Julie A. Morrison, Scott M. Bennett and Antonio Muņoz-Thomas Cullerton)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  8/16/2019HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0375

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5
20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new
50 ILCS 705/10.17-2 new
50 ILCS 740/12.2 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the First Responders Suicide Prevention Act. Provides that emergency services personnel and public safety personnel may refer any person to an employee assistance program or peer support counselor within the emergency services provider or law enforcement agency, or if those services are not available within the agency, to another employee assistance program or peer support counseling program that is available. Provides that any communication made by a participant or counselor in a peer support counseling session conducted by a law enforcement agency or by an emergency services provider for public safety personnel or emergency services personnel 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. Provides that any oral communication or written information made or conveyed by a participant or counselor in a peer support session, including an employee assistance program, is not admissible in any judicial proceeding, arbitration proceeding, or other adjudicatory proceeding. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, Illinois Police Training Act, and the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act to require training programs for police and fire fighters to recognize signs of work-related cumulative stress and other related issues that may lead to suicide and offer appropriate solutions for intervention. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

House Floor Amendment No. 4
Deletes reference to:
20 ILCS 2605/2605-99 new
50 ILCS 705/10.17-2 new
50 ILCS 740/12.2 new
Adds reference to:
20 ILCS 801/1-31 new
20 ILCS 2605/2605-610 new
50 ILCS 705/7from Ch. 85, par. 507
50 ILCS 725/7.2
50 ILCS 740/8from Ch. 85, par. 538
55 ILCS 5/3-6012.2 new
55 ILCS 5/3-6050 new
65 ILCS 5/11-1-14 new
65 ILCS 5/11-6-11 new
730 ILCS 110/19 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the First Responders Suicide Prevention Act. Provides that an emergency services provider, law enforcement agency, union, or other entity providing counseling support, referrals, information, or other social services to public safety personnel or emergency services personnel that creates an employee assistance program is subject to the Act. Provides for applicability and exemptions in the Act. Amends the Counties Code and Municipal Code. Requires employment of at least one mental health specialist for every 1,000 persons employed for sheriff offices, police departments, and firefighter stations. Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act, Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Counties Code, and the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that the employer of a Conservation Police officer, State Police officer, law enforcement officer, or probation 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. Provides that a collective bargaining agreement already in effect on this issue on the effective date of the amendatory Act cannot be modified, but on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the employer cannot require a Firearm Owner's Identification Card as a condition of continued employment in a collective bargaining agreement. Amends the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Provides that the employer shall document if and why an officer has been determined to pose a clear and present danger. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes reference to:
20 ILCS 801/1-31 new
20 ILCS 2605/2605-610 new
50 ILCS 740/12.2 new
55 ILCS 705/10-17-2 new
Adds reference to:
50 ILCS 705/7from Ch. 85, par. 507

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the First Responders Suicide Prevention Act. Provides that 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. Provides that emergency services personnel and public safety personnel may refer any person to a 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. Creates the First Responders Suicide Task Force 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. Provides that 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 the hearings in private. Provides that the Task Force shall issue a final report to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2020 and, one year after filing of its report, is dissolved. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, Illinois Police Training Act, and the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act to require training programs for police and firefighters to recognize signs of work-related cumulative stress and other related issues that may lead to suicide and offer appropriate solutions for intervention. In the amendatory changes to the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, provides that the Department of State Police 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. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  2/14/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/14/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/26/2019HouseAssigned to Human Services Committee
  3/13/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
  3/18/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
  3/20/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
  3/20/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
  3/27/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  3/27/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/27/2019HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 016-000-000
  3/27/2019HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
  3/27/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  3/27/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
  3/29/2019HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  3/29/2019HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
  3/29/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  3/29/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/1/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
  4/2/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
  4/2/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
  4/2/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
  4/3/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  4/3/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
  4/4/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
  4/9/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
  4/9/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
  4/10/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 010-000-000
  4/10/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
  4/10/2019HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  4/10/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted
  4/10/2019HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  4/11/2019HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
  4/11/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled
  4/11/2019HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled
  4/11/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
  4/11/2019SenateArrive in Senate
  4/11/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
  4/11/2019SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
  4/11/2019SenateFirst Reading
  4/11/2019SenateReferred to Assignments
  4/11/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
  4/12/2019SenateAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terry Link
  4/12/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
  4/30/2019SenateAssigned to Judiciary
  4/30/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  5/3/2019SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
  5/3/2019SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  5/6/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
  5/7/2019SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
  5/8/2019SenateDo Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
  5/8/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
  5/9/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
  5/14/2019SenateSecond Reading
  5/14/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
  5/14/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
  5/17/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link
  5/17/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
  5/21/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
  5/22/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-002-000
  5/22/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muņoz
  5/22/2019SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
  5/22/2019SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  5/22/2019SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link
  5/22/2019SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
  5/22/2019SenateThird Reading - Passed; 048-007-000
  5/22/2019SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
  5/22/2019HouseArrived in House
  5/22/2019HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
  5/22/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
  5/22/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
  5/23/2019HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
  5/23/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Human Services Committee
  5/24/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 016-000-000
  5/30/2019HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 116-000-000
  5/30/2019HouseHouse Concurs
  5/30/2019HousePassed Both Houses
  6/28/2019HouseSent to the Governor
  8/16/2019HouseGovernor Approved
  8/16/2019HouseEffective Date August 16, 2019
  8/16/2019HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0375

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