Rep. Bob Morgan

Filed: 2/27/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1187

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1187 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act
5is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3305/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)
7    Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
8    (a) There is created within the executive branch of the
9State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a
10Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, herein
11called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof. The
12Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
13and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2
14years beginning on the third Monday in January of the
15odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has
16qualified; except that the term of the first Director

 

 

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1appointed under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in
2January, 1989. The Director shall not hold any other
3remunerative public office. For terms beginning after January
418, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and
5before January 16, 2023, the annual salary of the Director
6shall be as provided in Section 5-300 of the Civil
7Administrative Code of Illinois. Notwithstanding any other
8provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16,
92023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000
10or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1,
112023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall
12receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living
13adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
1486th General Assembly.
15    For terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the
16Assistant Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
17shall receive an annual salary of $156,600 or as set by the
18Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each
19July 1 thereafter, the Assistant Director shall receive an
20increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as
21authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General
22Assembly.
23    (b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain,
24under the provisions of the Personnel Code, technical,
25clerical, stenographic and other administrative personnel, and
26may make expenditures within the appropriation therefor as may

 

 

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1be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency
2created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency
3created under the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster
4Agency Act of 1975 and the personnel, equipment, records, and
5appropriations of that agency are transferred to the successor
6agency as of June 30, 1988 (the effective date of this Act).
7    (c) The Director, subject to the direction and control of
8the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Illinois
9Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response
10Commission and shall be responsible under the direction of the
11Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency
12management of this State. The Director shall also maintain
13liaison and cooperate with the emergency management
14organizations of this State and other states and of the
15federal government.
16    (d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an
17integral part in the development and revision of political
18subdivision emergency operations plans prepared under
19paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ or
20otherwise secure the services of professional and technical
21personnel capable of providing expert assistance to the
22emergency services and disaster agencies. These personnel
23shall consult with emergency services and disaster agencies on
24a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the
25areas, circumstances, and conditions that particular political
26subdivision emergency operations plans are intended to apply.

 

 

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1    (e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political
2subdivisions shall be encouraged to form an emergency
3management advisory committee composed of private and public
4personnel representing the emergency management phases of
5mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local
6Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois
7Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall
8serve as an advisory committee to the emergency services and
9disaster agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of
10that Local Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:
11        (1) the development of emergency operations plan
12    provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and
13        (2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities
14    related to hazardous chemical emergencies.
15    (f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
16        (1) Coordinate the overall emergency management
17    program of the State.
18        (2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal
19    government, and any public or private agency or entity in
20    achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing
21    emergency management programs for mitigation,
22    preparedness, response, and recovery.
23        (2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness
24    and response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance
25    with Section 65 of the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004 and in
26    development of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness

 

 

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1    program in accordance with Section 8 of the Illinois
2    Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
3        (2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health
4    with respect to planning for and responding to public
5    health emergencies.
6        (3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive
7    orders, proclamations, and regulations as necessary or
8    appropriate in coping with disasters.
9        (4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political
10    subdivision emergency operations plans that are not
11    inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as
12    applicable federal laws and regulations.
13        (5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois
14    Emergency Management Agency rules, emergency operations
15    plans for those political subdivisions required to have an
16    emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this
17    Act.
18        (5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the
19    political subdivision emergency management exercises,
20    including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency
21    operations plans.
22        (5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance
23    with Illinois Emergency Management Agency rules, political
24    subdivision emergency management exercises for those
25    political subdivisions required to have an emergency
26    services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act.

 

 

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1        (6) Determine requirements of the State and its
2    political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
3    necessities in event of a disaster.
4        (7) Establish a register of persons with types of
5    emergency management training and skills in mitigation,
6    preparedness, response, and recovery.
7        (8) Establish a register of government and private
8    response resources available for use in a disaster.
9        (9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its
10    efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to
11    schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic
12    organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on
13    those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake.
14    Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,
15    airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants,
16    lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types,
17    and all other major public or private structures which are
18    at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under
19    circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm
20    to the surrounding communities and residents.
21        (10) Disseminate all information, completely and
22    without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and
23    any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied
24    by the Division of Water Resources within the Department
25    of Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the
26    maximum extent possible.

 

 

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1        (11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical
2    supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are
3    necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other
4    disaster as defined in this Act. These resources will be
5    made available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.
6    Payment for the resources will be in accordance with
7    Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of Public
8    Health shall determine which resources will be required
9    and requested.
10        (11.5) In coordination with the Illinois State Police,
11    develop and implement a community outreach program to
12    promote awareness among the State's parents and children
13    of child abduction prevention and response.
14        (12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes,
15    award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals
16    or health care facilities located outside of a city with a
17    population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes
18    that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond
19    to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and
20    improving patient safety and quality of care, and
21    protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No
22    single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed
23    $300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure
24    shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference
25    shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant
26    number of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for

 

 

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1    disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under
2    the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a
3    hospital or health care facility must provide funding of
4    at least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant
5    is being requested. In awarding such grants the Illinois
6    Emergency Management Agency shall consider the
7    recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association.
8        (13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or
9    appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
10    (g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
11to make grants to various higher education institutions,
12public K-12 school districts, area vocational centers as
13designated by the State Board of Education, inter-district
14special education cooperatives, regional safe schools, and
15nonpublic K-12 schools for safety and security improvements.
16For the purpose of this subsection (g), "higher education
17institution" means a public university, a public community
18college, or an independent, not-for-profit or for-profit
19higher education institution located in this State. Grants
20made under this subsection (g) shall be paid out of moneys
21appropriated for that purpose from the Build Illinois Bond
22Fund. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt
23rules to implement this subsection (g). These rules may
24specify: (i) the manner of applying for grants; (ii) project
25eligibility requirements; (iii) restrictions on the use of
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1education institutions must account for the use of grant
2moneys; and (v) any other provision that the Illinois
3Emergency Management Agency determines to be necessary or
4useful for the administration of this subsection (g).
5    (g-5) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is
6authorized to make grants to not-for-profit organizations
7which are exempt from federal income taxation under section
8501(c)(3) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code for eligible
9security improvements that assist the organization in
10preventing, preparing for, or responding to threats, attacks,
11or acts of terrorism. To be eligible for a grant under the
12program, the Agency must determine that the organization is at
13a high risk of being subject to threats, attacks, or acts of
14terrorism based on the organization's profile, ideology,
15mission, or beliefs. Eligible security improvements shall
16include all eligible preparedness activities under the federal
17Nonprofit Security Grant Program, including, but not limited
18to, physical security upgrades, security training exercises,
19preparedness training exercises, contracting with security
20personnel, and any other security upgrades deemed eligible by
21the Director. Eligible security improvements shall not
22duplicate, in part or in whole, a project included under any
23awarded federal grant or in a pending federal application. The
24Director shall establish procedures and forms by which
25applicants may apply for a grant and procedures for
26distributing grants to recipients. Any security improvements

 

 

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1awarded shall remain at the physical property listed in the
2grant application, unless authorized by Agency rule or
3approved by the Agency in writing. The procedures shall
4require each applicant to do the following:
5        (1) identify and substantiate prior or current
6    threats, or attacks, or acts of terrorism by a terrorist
7    organization, network, or cell against the not-for-profit
8    organization;
9        (2) indicate the symbolic or strategic value of one or
10    more sites that renders the site a possible target of a
11    threat, attack, or act of terrorism;
12        (3) discuss potential consequences to the organization
13    if the site is damaged, destroyed, or disrupted by a
14    threat, attack, or act of terrorism terrorist act;
15        (4) describe how the grant will be used to integrate
16    organizational preparedness with broader State and local
17    preparedness efforts, as described by the Agency in each
18    Notice of Opportunity for Funding;
19        (5) submit (i) a vulnerability assessment conducted by
20    experienced security, law enforcement, or military
21    personnel, or conducted using an Agency-approved or
22    federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program self-assessment
23    tool, and (ii) a description of how the grant award will be
24    used to address the vulnerabilities identified in the
25    assessment; and
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1    required by the Director.
2    The Agency is authorized to use funds appropriated for the
3grant program described in this subsection (g-5) to administer
4the program. Any Agency Notice of Opportunity for Funding,
5proposed or final rulemaking, guidance, training opportunity,
6or other resource related to the grant program must be
7published on the Agency's publicly available website, and any
8announcements related to funding shall be shared with all
9State legislative offices, the Governor's office, emergency
10services and disaster agencies mandated or required pursuant
11to subsections (b) through (d) of Section 10, and any other
12State agencies as determined by the Agency. Subject to
13appropriation, the grant application period shall be open for
14no less than 45 calendar days during the first application
15cycle each fiscal year, unless the Agency determines that a
16shorter period is necessary to avoid conflicts with the annual
17federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program funding cycle.
18Additional application cycles may be conducted during the same
19fiscal year, subject to availability of funds. Upon request,
20Agency staff shall provide reasonable assistance to any
21applicant in completing a grant application or meeting a
22post-award requirement.
23    (h) Except as provided in Section 17.5 of this Act, any
24moneys received by the Agency from donations or sponsorships
25unrelated to a disaster shall be deposited in the Emergency
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1appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities.
2Any moneys received by the Agency from donations during a
3disaster and intended for disaster response or recovery shall
4be deposited into the Disaster Response and Recovery Fund and
5used for disaster response and recovery pursuant to the
6Disaster Relief Act.
7    (i) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may by rule
8assess and collect reasonable fees for attendance at
9Agency-sponsored conferences to enable the Agency to carry out
10the requirements of this Act. Any moneys received under this
11subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and
12Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to
13appropriation, for planning and training activities.
14    (j) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
15to make grants to other State agencies, public universities,
16units of local government, and statewide mutual aid
17organizations to enhance statewide emergency preparedness and
18response.
19(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
20102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)".