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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1610 Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Karen May SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 50 ILCS 750/15.2a | from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a |
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Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that in order to enable access to a 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons, the installation or connection of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting device, or mechanical dialer shall be allowed. Provides that the device shall be used only in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Sets forth the requirements for the device.
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| | HB1610 | | LRB097 08454 KMW 48581 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 15.2a as follows:
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| 6 | | (50 ILCS 750/15.2a) (from Ch. 134, par. 45.2a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 15.2a.
The installation of or connection to a |
| 8 | | telephone
company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic |
| 9 | | alerting
device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number |
| 10 | | 9-1-1 to
be dialed in order to directly access emergency |
| 11 | | services is
prohibited in a 9-1-1 system. |
| 12 | | This Section does not apply to devices used to enable |
| 13 | | access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, |
| 14 | | or special needs persons in an emergency situation reported by |
| 15 | | a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. The |
| 16 | | device must have the capability to be activated and controlled |
| 17 | | remotely by trained personnel at a service center to prevent |
| 18 | | falsely activated or repeated calls to the 9-1-1 system in a |
| 19 | | single incident. The device must have the technical capability |
| 20 | | to generate location information to the 9-1-1 system. Under no |
| 21 | | circumstances shall a device be sold for use in a geographical |
| 22 | | jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system has not deployed wireless |
| 23 | | phase II location technology. The alerting device shall also |