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Full Text of HB4345  100th General Assembly

HB4345 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4345

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 490/148 new

    Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that May 19 of each year is designated as First Responder Mental Health Awareness Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to honor firefighters, police officers, and other first responders who have lost their lives due to and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other mental health issues.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
5adding Section 148 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 490/148 new)
7    Sec. 148. First Responder Mental Health Awareness Day. May
819 of each year is designated as First Responder Mental Health
9Awareness Day, to be observed throughout the State as a day to
10honor firefighters, police officers, and other first
11responders who have lost their lives due to and suffer from
12post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other mental
13health issues.