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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1851 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new Creates the Emergency Co-Response Grant Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to law enforcement departments to establish or maintain a co-response unit. Defines terms, including "co-response unit" to mean a unit of a law enforcement department featuring a specially trained team focused on de-escalation that includes at least one law enforcement officer and at least one clinician or trained civilian directly dispatched to emergency calls in which a behavioral health crisis is likely to be involved. Establishes requirements for applications for grants and use of grant moneys from the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Requires each law enforcement department receiving a grant under the Act to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency, which shall also be posted on each law enforcement department's website, after July 1, 2031 but before January 1, 2032 on the programmatic and fiscal savings associated with co-response units, key conclusions, populations served, the benefits conferred or realized, and resulting policy recommendations to provide guidance to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency in fully implementing and scaling permanent units. Requires joint adoption of rules to implement the Act, including requirements for law enforcement department co-response units receiving grants under the Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2033. Amends the State Finance Act creating the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Effective immediately. LRB104 02922 AWJ 12938 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1851 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new Creates the Emergency Co-Response Grant Act. Provides that the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority shall, subject to appropriation, make grants to law enforcement departments to establish or maintain a co-response unit. Defines terms, including "co-response unit" to mean a unit of a law enforcement department featuring a specially trained team focused on de-escalation that includes at least one law enforcement officer and at least one clinician or trained civilian directly dispatched to emergency calls in which a behavioral health crisis is likely to be involved. Establishes requirements for applications for grants and use of grant moneys from the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Requires each law enforcement department receiving a grant under the Act to submit a report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency, which shall also be posted on each law enforcement department's website, after July 1, 2031 but before January 1, 2032 on the programmatic and fiscal savings associated with co-response units, key conclusions, populations served, the benefits conferred or realized, and resulting policy recommendations to provide guidance to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency in fully implementing and scaling permanent units. Requires joint adoption of rules to implement the Act, including requirements for law enforcement department co-response units receiving grants under the Act. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2033. Amends the State Finance Act creating the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund. Effective immediately. LRB104 02922 AWJ 12938 b LRB104 02922 AWJ 12938 b A BILL FOR
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1212 1 AN ACT concerning local government.
1313 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1414 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1515 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
1616 5 Emergency Co-Response Grant Act.
1717 6 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to
1818 7 establish a grant program in order to provide and strengthen
1919 8 community-based alternatives to law enforcement response
2020 9 during crisis situations not related to a fire department or
2121 10 emergency medical service response in communities where there
2222 11 is a history and pattern of racial profiling, law enforcement
2323 12 violence, or gaps in law enforcement service and in
2424 13 communities where vulnerable populations live, including
2525 14 people of color, elderly people, people with disabilities,
2626 15 people who are gender nonconforming, people who are likely to
2727 16 face disproportionate police contact, people who are formerly
2828 17 incarcerated, people with immigration status issues, people
2929 18 who are unhoused, people facing mental health crises, people
3030 19 involved in intimate partner violence, vulnerable youth,
3131 20 people likely to be engaged in community violence, people
3232 21 challenged by substance abuse, and people living in areas that
3333 22 are environmentally insecure with vulnerable populations that
3434 23 are subject to natural or climate disasters or public health
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7171 1 emergencies.
7272 2 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7373 3 "Agency" means the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
7474 4 Authority.
7575 5 "Co-response unit" means a unit of a law enforcement
7676 6 department featuring a specially trained team focused on
7777 7 de-escalation that includes at least one law enforcement
7878 8 officer and at least one clinician or trained civilian
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8080 10 health crisis is likely to be involved.
8181 11 "Law enforcement department" means a county police
8282 12 department, municipal police department, or sheriff's office.
8383 13 "Law enforcement department" does not include a police
8484 14 department with a co-responder program operating under
8585 15 Division 1.5 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
8686 16 Section 15. Application for a grant. The Agency shall
8787 17 develop a grant application form that a law enforcement
8888 18 department shall use to apply for a grant under this Act. The
8989 19 Agency shall consult with the Department of Financial and
9090 20 Professional Regulation and the Illinois Law Enforcement
9191 21 Training Standards Board in the development of the form. The
9292 22 grant application form developed by the Agency shall require
9393 23 the applicant to describe, at a minimum, the following:
9494 24 (1) the law enforcement department's goals in creating
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105105 1 a co-response unit, such as providing clinical support on
106106 2 the scene, conducting screening and assessments, reviewing
107107 3 what is known about client history, and navigating and
108108 4 referring to community resources;
109109 5 (2) the personnel who will be involved in the
110110 6 co-response unit in addition to a law enforcement officer,
111111 7 such as clinicians, including social workers or mental
112112 8 healthcare professionals, or trained civilians, including
113113 9 peer support staff, peer support specialists, or peer
114114 10 recovery coaches with lived experiences of mental illness,
115115 11 substance use disorders, or justice involvement;
116116 12 (3) whether any type of proactive follow-up support
117117 13 will be provided to encourage client service and treatment
118118 14 engagement;
119119 15 (4) whether the co-response unit or a part of the
120120 16 co-response unit will be targeted to intervene with
121121 17 specific issues, such as homelessness, human trafficking,
122122 18 or substance abuse;
123123 19 (5) whether the co-response unit will be integrated
124124 20 with 9-1-1 and 9-8-8 calls and any other dispatch call
125125 21 centers;
126126 22 (6) whether the co-response unit will be available
127127 23 either 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or during peak call
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129129 25 (7) the initial and continuing training the
130130 26 co-response unit's staff will undergo, such as training
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141141 1 about mental illness, information sharing, special
142142 2 populations, the use of force, naloxone administration,
143143 3 and team building and training behavioral health staff in
144144 4 the unique working conditions and demands of law
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146146 6 (8) the detailed policies and procedures of the law
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150150 10 (9) the standards of work of the co-response unit,
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154154 14 will provide to individuals in the community;
155155 15 (11) the manner in which law enforcement department or
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157157 17 services personnel and community-based or grassroots
158158 18 organizations for input and potential ap proaches on issues
159159 19 related to emergency response; and
160160 20 (12) any other requirements established by the Agency.
161161 21 Section 20. Awarding grants; Emergency Co-Response Grant
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163163 23 (a) The Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund is created as a
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176176 1 law enforcement departments for the establishment and
177177 2 maintenance of co-response units.
178178 3 (b) Subject to appropriation to the Emergency Co-Response
179179 4 Grant Fund, the Agency shall make grants to law enforcement
180180 5 departments to establish or maintain co-response units.
181181 6 (c) A law enforcement department receiving a grant from
182182 7 the Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund under this Act shall use
183183 8 the moneys from the grant to stimulate and support involvement
184184 9 in emergency response activities of a co-response unit,
185185 10 including any of the following:
186186 11 (1) Co-response unit planning and community
187187 12 engagement.
188188 13 (2) Co-response unit implementation.
189189 14 (3) Co-response unit staffing, subject to the
190190 15 requirement that grantees adhere to all applicable laws
191191 16 relating to scope of practice, licensure, and
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193193 18 (4) Co-response unit facilities, subject to the
194194 19 requirement that the facilities are to be used by the
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196196 21 (5) Co-response unit operational costs, including, but
197197 22 not limited to, startup or expansion, marketing, language
198198 23 translation, and transportation costs.
199199 24 (6) Consulting services for a co-response unit.
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212212 1 limited to, evaluation of program and project efficacy,
213213 2 staff performance, and service delivery.
214214 3 (9) Up to 50% of the salaries of social workers or
215215 4 behavioral and mental health staff of the co-response
216216 5 unit, regardless of whether those social workers or
217217 6 behavioral and mental health workers are employed by a
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219219 8 Section 25. Reports. Each law enforcement department
220220 9 receiving a grant under this Act shall submit a report to the
221221 10 General Assembly, the Governor, and the Agency, which shall
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229229 18 Section 30. Rules. The Agency shall adopt rules to
230230 19 implement this Act after consultation with the Department of
231231 20 Financial and Professional Regulation and the Illinois Law
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245245 1 Section 35. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
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247247 3 Section 100. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
248248 4 Section 5.1030 as follows:
249249 5 (30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
250250 6 Sec. 5.1030. The Emergency Co-Response Grant Fund.
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