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State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2192 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions. LRB104 09373 RTM 19432 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2192 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions. LRB104 09373 RTM 19432 b LRB104 09373 RTM 19432 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2192 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions.
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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Preventing Targeted Violence Act.
6 Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to
7 establish community support teams that work to prevent
8 targeted violence incidents by:
9 (1) providing case review and behavioral threat
10 assessment and management consultation to participating
11 member agencies;
12 (2) supporting targeted violence prevention efforts by
13 working as a centralized information hub for local, State,
14 and federal resources; and
15 (3) increasing the capacities and competencies of
16 organizations and communities by educating and training
17 employees and community members about targeted violence
18 and behaviors that may indicate concern.
19 Section 10. Participating member agencies.
20 (a) A participating member agency is any agency,
21 organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic
22 area encompassed by the community support team that may elect
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB2192 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions.
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1 to present a case to the community support team for case review
2 and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation.
3 (b) Participating member agencies shall sign a memorandum
4 of understanding to participate in the community support team.
5 (c) Participating member agencies may elect an Executive
6 Board of at least 5 executive members selected from
7 participating member agencies to oversee the activities of
8 their community support team.
9 Section 15. Community support teams.
10 (a) A community support team may be established by a unit
11 of local government. Membership of the community support teams
12 is limited to participating member agencies. Membership of a
13 community support team shall include at least one member from
14 the following entities:
15 (1) a municipal law enforcement officer, sheriff's
16 deputy, or state certified law enforcement officer;
17 (2) a licensed mental health professional such as a
18 psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, license clinical
19 professional counselor, or licensed clinical social
20 worker;
21 (3) an expert trained in behavioral threat assessment
22 and management; and
23 (4) a member of the States' Attorney's Office; a
24 public school administrator, teacher, or school support
25 staff person licensed and endorsed by the Illinois State
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1 Board of Education; a representative of a university or
2 community college; a representative from the county Public
3 Health Department; a representative from the county Office
4 of Homeland Security; a representative from the State or
5 federal Department of Veterans Affairs; a representative
6 from a domestic violence service provider; a
7 representative from a social service provider; a
8 representative from the private business sector; a
9 representative from the private business sector; a
10 probation or parole officer; a member of the clergy or
11 other representative of the faith community; or a
12 representative from a Hospital or medical clinic.
13 (b) A member of a community support team shall be
14 appointed by the head of the participating member agency.
15 Section 20. Duties and responsibilities of community
16 support teams.
17 (a) Each community support team shall carry out the
18 following duties and responsibilities:
19 (1) Form a community support team consistent with
20 Section 15 of this Act.
21 (2) Maintain the names, professional titles, and
22 business contact information of each community safety team
23 member.
24 (3) Ensure that each member of the community safety
25 team completes, at minimum, the frontline practitioner and
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1 the community safety team trainings developed by the
2 University of Illinois-Chicago.
3 (4) Meet at least monthly.
4 (5) Execute memorandums of understanding with
5 participating member agencies.
6 (6) Execute confidentiality agreements with each
7 member of the community safety teams or any other
8 participant present during a case review.
9 (7) Conduct case reviews and behavioral threat
10 assessment and management consultations.
11 (b) Each community support team may carry out the
12 following duties and responsibilities:
13 (1) Conduct case reviews and behavioral threat
14 assessment and management consultation at the request of
15 participating member agencies.
16 (2) Seek funds to support the operations of the
17 community support team.
18 (3) Collect and document information from local,
19 State, and federal resources.
20 (4) Assist agencies with developing education and
21 training plans specific to targeted violence and behaviors
22 that may indicate concern.
23 (5) Facilitate education and training events for
24 agencies and community members.
25 (6) Engage in any other activities that enable the
26 community support team to carry out the purpose of this
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1 Act.
2 Section 25. Confidentiality of community support teams.
3 (a) Community support teams shall comply with all
4 applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records.
5 (b) Meetings in which the community support team is
6 engaged in any activity related to case review, behavioral
7 threat assessment and management consultation, or in which
8 confidential information is shared or disclosed related to
9 cases are closed to the public and not subject to Section 2 of
10 the Open Meetings Act.
11 (c) Unless otherwise available and lawfully obtained
12 through another source pursuant to an applicable law that
13 allows the disclosure and release of the information,
14 confidential information discussed during a case review is
15 not:
16 (1) subject to the Freedom of Information Act;
17 (2) subject to subpoena and discovery under Section
18 2-402 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Article 115 of the
19 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or Illinois Supreme
20 Court Rule 412; and
21 (3) admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal
22 proceeding.
23 (d) All participating member agencies must sign a
24 memorandum of understanding to be able to present cases to the
25 community support team.
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1 (e) All community support team members, community support
2 team staff, and any other person who participates in any
3 manner in a case review or behavioral threat assessment and
4 management consultation shall execute a confidentiality
5 agreement that acknowledges and agrees to comply with the
6 responsibility not to disclose or release any confidential
7 information. All executed confidentiality agreements shall be
8 maintained by the community support team.
9 (f) Community support team members, community support team
10 staff, and participating member agency staff cannot be subject
11 to examination or compelled to disclose or release
12 confidential information in any administrative, civil, or
13 criminal proceeding, except for information that is otherwise
14 available and lawfully obtained through another source
15 pursuant to an applicable law that allows the disclosure and
16 release of the information.
17 Section 30. Penalty for unlawful disclosure of
18 confidential information. Anyone who discloses, receives,
19 makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of any confidential
20 information in violation of this Act commits a Class A
21 misdemeanor.
22 Section 35. Immunity. If acting in good faith, without
23 malice, and within the protocols established by this Act, then
24 members of the community support team, community support team
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