Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2728 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2728 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 754/30 Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Removes provisions prohibiting responders from assisting in the involuntary commitment of an individual. LRB103 29726 AWJ 56132 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2728 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 50 ILCS 754/30 50 ILCS 754/30 Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Removes provisions prohibiting responders from assisting in the involuntary commitment of an individual. LRB103 29726 AWJ 56132 b LRB103 29726 AWJ 56132 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2728 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	50 ILCS 754/30 50 ILCS 754/30
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5	5	Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Removes provisions prohibiting responders from assisting in the involuntary commitment of an individual.
6	6	LRB103 29726 AWJ 56132 b LRB103 29726 AWJ 56132 b
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Community Emergency Services and Support
15	15	5 Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
16	16	6 (50 ILCS 754/30)
17	17	7 Sec. 30. State prohibitions. 9-1-1 PSAPs, emergency
18	18	8 services dispatched through 9-1-1 PSAPs, and the mobile mental
19	19	9 and behavioral health service established by the Division of
20	20	10 Mental Health must coordinate their services so that, based on
21	21	11 the information provided to them, the following State
22	22	12 prohibitions are avoided:
23	23	13 (a) Law enforcement responsibility for providing mental
24	24	14 and behavioral health care. In any area where responders are
25	25	15 available for dispatch, law enforcement shall not be
26	26	16 dispatched to respond to an individual requiring mental or
27	27	17 behavioral health care unless that individual is (i) involved
28	28	18 in a suspected violation of the criminal laws of this State, or
29	29	19 (ii) presents a threat of physical injury to self or others.
30	30	20 Responders are not considered available for dispatch under
31	31	21 this Section if 9-8-8 reports that it cannot dispatch
32	32	22 appropriate service within the maximum response times
33	33	23 established by each Regional Advisory Committee under Section
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2728 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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69	69	2 (1) Standing on its own or in combination with each
70	70	3 other, the fact that an individual is experiencing a
71	71	4 mental or behavioral health emergency, or has a mental
72	72	5 health, behavioral health, or other diagnosis, is not
73	73	6 sufficient to justify an assessment that the individual is
74	74	7 a threat of physical injury to self or others, or requires
75	75	8 a law enforcement response to a request for emergency
76	76	9 response or medical transportation.
77	77	10 (2) If, based on its assessment of the threat to
78	78	11 public safety, law enforcement would not accompany medical
79	79	12 transportation responding to a physical health emergency,
80	80	13 unless requested by responders, law enforcement may not
81	81	14 accompany emergency response or medical transportation
82	82	15 personnel responding to a mental or behavioral health
83	83	16 emergency that presents an equivalent level of threat to
84	84	17 self or public safety.
85	85	18 (3) Without regard to an assessment of threat to self
86	86	19 or threat to public safety, law enforcement may station
87	87	20 personnel so that they can rapidly respond to requests for
88	88	21 assistance from responders if law enforcement does not
89	89	22 interfere with the provision of emergency response or
90	90	23 transportation services. To the extent practical, not
91	91	24 interfering with services includes remaining sufficiently
92	92	25 distant from or out of sight of the individual receiving
93	93	26 care so that law enforcement presence is unlikely to
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104	104	1 escalate the emergency.
105	105	2 (b) (Blank). Responder involvement in involuntary
106	106	3 commitment. In order to maintain the appropriate care
107	107	4 relationship, responders shall not in any way assist in the
108	108	5 involuntary commitment of an individual beyond (i) reporting
109	109	6 to their dispatching entity or to law enforcement that they
110	110	7 believe the situation requires assistance the responders are
111	111	8 not permitted to provide under this Section; (ii) providing
112	112	9 witness statements; and (iii) fulfilling reporting
113	113	10 requirements the responders may have under their professional
114	114	11 ethical obligations or laws of this state. This prohibition
115	115	12 shall not interfere with any responder's ability to provide
116	116	13 physical or mental health care.
117	117	14 (c) Use of law enforcement for transportation. In any area
118	118	15 where responders are available for dispatch, unless requested
119	119	16 by responders, law enforcement shall not be used to provide
120	120	17 transportation to access mental or behavioral health care, or
121	121	18 travel between mental or behavioral health care providers,
122	122	19 except where no alternative is available.
123	123	20 (d) Reduction of educational institution obligations. The
124	124	21 services coordinated under this Act may not be used to replace
125	125	22 any service an educational institution is required to provide
126	126	23 to a student. It shall not substitute for appropriate special
127	127	24 education and related services that schools are required to
128	128	25 provide by any law.
129	129	26 (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22.)
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