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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1910 Introduced , by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon 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. In a provision prohibiting the installation of or connection to a telephone
company's network of any automatic alarm, automatic alerting
device, or mechanical dialer that causes the number 9-1-1 to
be dialed in order to directly access emergency services, provides an exemption for certain devices used to enable access to the 9-1-1 system for cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons in an emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a missing person's report. Effective immediately.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1910 | | LRB097 09475 ASK 49612 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. The prohibitions |
| 12 | | contained in this Section shall not be applicable to devices |
| 13 | | used to enable access to the 9-1-1 system for |
| 14 | | cognitively-impaired, disabled, or special needs persons in an |
| 15 | | emergency situation reported by a caregiver after initiating a |
| 16 | | missing person's report. Any such device must have the |
| 17 | | capability to be activated and controlled remotely by trained |
| 18 | | personnel at a service center to prevent falsely activated or |
| 19 | | repeated calls to the 9-1-1 system in a single incident. Any |
| 20 | | such device must have the technical capability to generate the |
| 21 | | provision of location information to the 9-1-1 system. Under no |
| 22 | | circumstances shall a device be sold for use in a geographical |
| 23 | | jurisdiction where the 9-1-1 system has not deployed wireless |