Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 2/4/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4425

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4425 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Crisis Intervention Training Program for the Law Enforcement,
6Firefighter, Emergency Medical, Public Safety
7Telecommunicator, and Corrections Communities Act.
 
8    Section 5. Crisis intervention training program. Subject
9to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall
10establish and maintain a program to contract with qualified
11crisis intervention training entities for the purpose of
12providing peer support crisis intervention, counseling, and
13wellness for the law enforcement, firefighter, emergency
14medical, public safety telecommunicator, and corrections
15communities impacted by trauma, cumulative stress, anxiety,
16addictions, death, and suicide and the impact on their

 

 

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1personal lives. Wellness strategies, required under this
2Section, shall include, but not be limited to, resilience
3trainings related to resiliency for the job, emotional
4survival, substance abuse prevention, financial and
5relationship strategies, and suicide prevention.
6    As used in this Section, "qualified crisis intervention
7training entity" means an entity approved by the International
8Critical Incident Stress Foundation to instruct the Critical
9Incident Stress Management crisis intervention process or any
10other public or private entity approved by the Department to
11provide the services required under this Act.
12    The Department may adopt any rules necessary for the
13administration of the program.".