102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4480

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Deb Conroy, Robyn Gabel, Ann M. Williams, Anna Moeller, Margaret Croke, et al.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 705/6  from Ch. 85, par. 506
55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3
65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3
215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new

    Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall establish statewide standards for minimum standards regarding regular mandatory annual mental health wellness checks (rather than regular mental health screenings) for probationary and permanent police officers, ensuring that counseling sessions and wellness checks (rather than screenings) remain confidential. Provides that the regular mandatory annual mental health wellness checks for probationary and permanent police officers shall be provided through the law enforcement agency's health insurance carrier at no cost to the law enforcement agency that employs the officers. Amends the Counties Code, Illinois Municipal Code, and Illinois Insurance Code making conforming changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
5changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 705/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 506)
7    Sec. 6. Powers and duties of the Board; selection and
8certification of schools. The Board shall select and certify
9schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of
10providing basic training for probationary law enforcement
11officers, probationary county corrections officers, and court
12security officers and of providing advanced or in-service
13training for permanent law enforcement officers or permanent
14county corrections officers, which schools may be either
15publicly or privately owned and operated. In addition, the
16Board has the following power and duties:
17        a. To require local governmental units to furnish such
18    reports and information as the Board deems necessary to
19    fully implement this Act.
20        b. To establish appropriate mandatory minimum
21    standards relating to the training of probationary local
22    law enforcement officers or probationary county
23    corrections officers, and in-service training of permanent

 

 

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1    law enforcement officers.
2        c. To provide appropriate certification to those
3    probationary officers who successfully complete the
4    prescribed minimum standard basic training course.
5        d. To review and approve annual training curriculum
6    for county sheriffs.
7        e. To review and approve applicants to ensure that no
8    applicant is admitted to a certified academy unless the
9    applicant is a person of good character and has not been
10    convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of guilty
11    to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to a felony
12    offense, any of the misdemeanors in Sections 11-1.50,
13    11-6, 11-6.5, 11-6.6, 11-9.1, 11-14, 11-14.1, 11-30, 12-2,
14    12-3.2, 12-3.5, 16-1, 17-1, 17-2, 26.5-1, 26.5-2, 26.5-3,
15    28-3, 29-1, any misdemeanor in violation of any Section of
16    Part E of Title III of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
17    Criminal Code of 2012, or subsection (a) of Section 17-32
18    of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012,
19    or Section 5 or 5.2 of the Cannabis Control Act, or a crime
20    involving moral turpitude under the laws of this State or
21    any other state which if committed in this State would be
22    punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, or
23    any felony or misdemeanor in violation of federal law or
24    the law of any state that is the equivalent of any of the
25    offenses specified therein. The Board may appoint
26    investigators who shall enforce the duties conferred upon

 

 

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1    the Board by this Act.
2        For purposes of this paragraph e, a person is
3    considered to have been convicted of, found guilty of, or
4    entered a plea of guilty to, plea of nolo contendere to
5    regardless of whether the adjudication of guilt or
6    sentence is withheld or not entered thereon. This includes
7    sentences of supervision, conditional discharge, or first
8    offender probation, or any similar disposition provided
9    for by law.
10        f. To establish statewide standards for minimum
11    standards regarding regular mandatory annual mental health
12    wellness checks screenings for probationary and permanent
13    police officers, ensuring that counseling sessions and
14    wellness checks screenings remain confidential. The
15    regular mandatory annual mental health wellness checks for
16    probationary and permanent police officers shall be
17    provided through the law enforcement agency's health
18    insurance carrier at no cost to the law enforcement agency
19    that employs the officers.
20        g. To review and ensure all law enforcement officers
21    remain in compliance with this Act, and any administrative
22    rules adopted under this Act.
23        h. To suspend any certificate for a definite period,
24    limit or restrict any certificate, or revoke any
25    certificate.
26        i. The Board and the Panel shall have power to secure

 

 

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1    by its subpoena and bring before it any person or entity in
2    this State and to take testimony either orally or by
3    deposition or both with the same fees and mileage and in
4    the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial
5    proceedings in civil cases in circuit courts of this
6    State. The Board and the Panel shall also have the power to
7    subpoena the production of documents, papers, files,
8    books, documents, and records, whether in physical or
9    electronic form, in support of the charges and for
10    defense, and in connection with a hearing or
11    investigation.
12        j. The Executive Director, the administrative law
13    judge designated by the Executive Director, and each
14    member of the Board and the Panel shall have the power to
15    administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing that the
16    Board is authorized to conduct under this Act and any
17    other oaths required or authorized to be administered by
18    the Board under this Act.
19        k. In case of the neglect or refusal of any person to
20    obey a subpoena issued by the Board and the Panel, any
21    circuit court, upon application of the Board and the
22    Panel, through the Illinois Attorney General, may order
23    such person to appear before the Board and the Panel give
24    testimony or produce evidence, and any failure to obey
25    such order is punishable by the court as a contempt
26    thereof. This order may be served by personal delivery, by

 

 

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1    email, or by mail to the address of record or email address
2    of record.
3        l. The Board shall have the power to administer state
4    certification examinations. Any and all records related to
5    these examinations, including, but not limited to, test
6    questions, test formats, digital files, answer responses,
7    answer keys, and scoring information shall be exempt from
8    disclosure.
9(Source: P.A. 101-187, eff. 1-1-20; 101-652, Article 10,
10Section 10-143, eff. 7-1-21; 101-652, Article 25, Section
1125-40, eff. 1-1-22; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
 
12    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
13Section 5-1069.3 as follows:
 
14    (55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3)
15    Sec. 5-1069.3. Required health benefits. If a county,
16including a home rule county, is a self-insurer for purposes
17of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the
18coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care
19benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and
20health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required
21under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x,
22356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13,
23356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29,
24356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41,

 

 

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1356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, and 356z.53 and
2356z.43 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall
3comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the
4Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall
5enforce the requirements of this Section. The requirement that
6health benefits be covered as provided in this Section is an
7exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and
8limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the
9Illinois Constitution. A home rule county to which this
10Section applies must comply with every provision of this
11Section.
12    Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
13any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
14with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
15Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
16Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
17whatever reason, is unauthorized.
18(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-281, eff. 1-1-20;
19101-393, eff. 1-1-20; 101-461, eff. 1-1-20; 101-625, eff.
201-1-21; 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203,
21eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. 1-1-22;
22102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; revised
2310-26-21.)
 
24    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
25changing Section 10-4-2.3 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3)
2    Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a
3municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a
4self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance
5coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include
6coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be
7covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under
8Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g,
9356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.6, 356z.8,
10356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15,
11356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32,
12356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47,
13356z.48, 356z.51, and 356z.53 and 356z.43 of the Illinois
14Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections
15155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois Insurance
16Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the
17requirements of this Section. The requirement that health
18benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power
19and function of the State and is a denial and limitation under
20Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois
21Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section
22applies must comply with every provision of this Section.
23    Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if
24any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
25with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure

 

 

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1Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
2Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
3whatever reason, is unauthorized.
4(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-281, eff. 1-1-20;
5101-393, eff. 1-1-20; 101-461, eff. 1-1-20; 101-625, eff.
61-1-21; 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203,
7eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. 1-1-22;
8102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; revised
910-26-21.)
 
10    Section 20. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
11adding Section 356z.53 as follows:
 
12    (215 ILCS 5/356z.53 new)
13    Sec. 356z.53. Coverage for annual mental health wellness
14checks for probationary and permanent police officers. A group
15or individual policy of accident and health insurance (or a
16managed care plan) that is amended, delivered, issued, or
17renewed on or after January 1, 2023 shall provide coverage for
18annual mental health wellness checks for probationary and
19permanent police officers. A policy subject to this Section
20shall not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any
21other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided and
22provide the coverage at no additional cost to the law
23enforcement agency that employs the officers.