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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 18c-7405 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/18c-7405)
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| 7 | | Sec. 18c-7405. Accident counseling.
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| 8 | | (a) Every Class I and Class II rail carrier, according to |
| 9 | | federal regulations,
operating in this State
must establish a |
| 10 | | counseling or trauma program and provide or make available
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| 11 | | counseling or other critical incident stress debriefing |
| 12 | | services to each member
of an operating crew directly involved |
| 13 | | in an accident that results in loss of
life or serious bodily |
| 14 | | injury on its railway or right-of-way.
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| 15 | | (b) Each Class I and Class II rail carrier, according to |
| 16 | | federal regulations,
operating in this State must file its |
| 17 | | counseling or trauma program
with the processing section of the |
| 18 | | Transportation Division of the Illinois
Commerce Commission, |
| 19 | | whose sole responsibility under this Section shall be to
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| 20 | | receive the program and make it available
for public |
| 21 | | inspection. Each rail carrier subject to this subsection (b) |
| 22 | | must review and update its counseling or trauma program filing |
| 23 | | every 3 years, at the request of the Commission. Programs may |