102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3608

 

Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 490/148
20 ILCS 2310/2310-256
105 ILCS 5/22-80
105 ILCS 128/5
410 ILCS 53/15
410 ILCS 705/5-25
720 ILCS 648/5
730 ILCS 168/40
820 ILCS 310/1  from Ch. 48, par. 172.36

    Amends various laws to include emergency medical dispatchers in references to first responders.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning emergency services.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
5changing Section 148 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 490/148)
7    Sec. 148. First Responder Mental Health Awareness Day. The
8third Friday in May of each year is designated as First
9Responder Mental Health Awareness Day, to be observed
10throughout the State as a day to honor firefighters, police
11officers, emergency medical dispatchers, and other first
12responders who have lost their lives due to and suffer from
13post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other mental
14health issues.
15(Source: P.A. 100-900, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
16    Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and
17Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
18amended by changing Section 2310-256 as follows:
 
19    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-256)
20    Sec. 2310-256. Public information campaign; statewide
21response plans. The Department shall, whenever the State is

 

 

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1required by the federal government to implement a statewide
2response plan to a national public health threat, conduct an
3information campaign for the general public and for medical
4professionals concerning the need for public participation in
5the plan, the risks involved in inoculation or treatment, any
6advisories concerning the need for medical consultation before
7receiving inoculation or treatment, and the rights and
8responsibilities of the general public, medical professionals,
9and first responders, including, but not limited to, emergency
10medical dispatchers, regarding the provision and receipt of
11inoculation and treatment under the response plan.
12(Source: P.A. 93-161, eff. 7-10-03.)
 
13    Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section
1422-80 as follows:
 
15    (105 ILCS 5/22-80)
16    Sec. 22-80. Student athletes; concussions and head
17injuries.
18    (a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following:
19        (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported
20    injuries in children and adolescents who participate in
21    sports and recreational activities. The Centers for
22    Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as
23    3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related
24    concussions occur in the United States each year. A

 

 

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1    concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or
2    body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the
3    skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death is
4    significant when a concussion or head injury is not
5    properly evaluated and managed.
6        (2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can
7    range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain
8    normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or
9    unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result
10    from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the
11    ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or
12    without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of
13    concussions occur without loss of consciousness.
14        (3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms
15    of a head injury leaves a young athlete especially
16    vulnerable to greater injury and even death. The General
17    Assembly recognizes that, despite having generally
18    recognized return-to-play standards for concussions and
19    head injuries, some affected youth athletes are
20    prematurely returned to play, resulting in actual or
21    potential physical injury or death to youth athletes in
22    this State.
23        (4) Student athletes who have sustained a concussion
24    may need informal or formal accommodations, modifications
25    of curriculum, and monitoring by medical or academic staff
26    until the student is fully recovered. To that end, all

 

 

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1    schools are encouraged to establish a return-to-learn
2    protocol that is based on peer-reviewed scientific
3    evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and
4    Prevention guidelines and conduct baseline testing for
5    student athletes.
6    (b) In this Section:
7    "Athletic trainer" means an athletic trainer licensed
8under the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act who is
9working under the supervision of a physician.
10    "Coach" means any volunteer or employee of a school who is
11responsible for organizing and supervising students to teach
12them or train them in the fundamental skills of an
13interscholastic athletic activity. "Coach" refers to both head
14coaches and assistant coaches.
15    "Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process
16affecting the brain caused by a traumatic physical force or
17impact to the head or body, which may include temporary or
18prolonged altered brain function resulting in physical,
19cognitive, or emotional symptoms or altered sleep patterns and
20which may or may not involve a loss of consciousness.
21    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
22Professional Regulation.
23    "Game official" means a person who officiates at an
24interscholastic athletic activity, such as a referee or
25umpire, including, but not limited to, persons enrolled as
26game officials by the Illinois High School Association or

 

 

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1Illinois Elementary School Association.
2    "Interscholastic athletic activity" means any organized
3school-sponsored or school-sanctioned activity for students,
4generally outside of school instructional hours, under the
5direction of a coach, athletic director, or band leader,
6including, but not limited to, baseball, basketball,
7cheerleading, cross country track, fencing, field hockey,
8football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, marching
9band, rugby, soccer, skating, softball, swimming and diving,
10tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), ultimate Frisbee,
11volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. All interscholastic
12athletics are deemed to be interscholastic activities.
13    "Licensed healthcare professional" means a person who has
14experience with concussion management and who is a nurse, a
15psychologist who holds a license under the Clinical
16Psychologist Licensing Act and specializes in the practice of
17neuropsychology, a physical therapist licensed under the
18Illinois Physical Therapy Act, an occupational therapist
19licensed under the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act,
20a physician assistant, or an athletic trainer.
21    "Nurse" means a person who is employed by or volunteers at
22a school and is licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as a
23registered nurse, practical nurse, or advanced practice
24registered nurse.
25    "Physician" means a physician licensed to practice
26medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act

 

 

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1of 1987.
2    "Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed
3under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987.
4    "School" means any public or private elementary or
5secondary school, including a charter school.
6    "Student" means an adolescent or child enrolled in a
7school.
8    (c) This Section applies to any interscholastic athletic
9activity, including practice and competition, sponsored or
10sanctioned by a school, the Illinois Elementary School
11Association, or the Illinois High School Association. This
12Section applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
13    (d) The governing body of each public or charter school
14and the appropriate administrative officer of a private school
15with students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic
16athletic activity shall appoint or approve a concussion
17oversight team. Each concussion oversight team shall establish
18a return-to-play protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific
19evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and
20Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to
21interscholastic athletics practice or competition following a
22force or impact believed to have caused a concussion. Each
23concussion oversight team shall also establish a
24return-to-learn protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific
25evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and
26Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to the classroom

 

 

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1after that student is believed to have experienced a
2concussion, whether or not the concussion took place while the
3student was participating in an interscholastic athletic
4activity.
5    Each concussion oversight team must include to the extent
6practicable at least one physician. If a school employs an
7athletic trainer, the athletic trainer must be a member of the
8school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. If
9a school employs a nurse, the nurse must be a member of the
10school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. At
11a minimum, a school shall appoint a person who is responsible
12for implementing and complying with the return-to-play and
13return-to-learn protocols adopted by the concussion oversight
14team. At a minimum, a concussion oversight team may be
15composed of only one person and this person need not be a
16licensed healthcare professional, but it may not be a coach. A
17school may appoint other licensed healthcare professionals to
18serve on the concussion oversight team.
19    (e) A student may not participate in an interscholastic
20athletic activity for a school year until the student and the
21student's parent or guardian or another person with legal
22authority to make medical decisions for the student have
23signed a form for that school year that acknowledges receiving
24and reading written information that explains concussion
25prevention, symptoms, treatment, and oversight and that
26includes guidelines for safely resuming participation in an

 

 

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1athletic activity following a concussion. The form must be
2approved by the Illinois High School Association.
3    (f) A student must be removed from an interscholastic
4athletics practice or competition immediately if one of the
5following persons believes the student might have sustained a
6concussion during the practice or competition:
7        (1) a coach;
8        (2) a physician;
9        (3) a game official;
10        (4) an athletic trainer;
11        (5) the student's parent or guardian or another person
12    with legal authority to make medical decisions for the
13    student;
14        (6) the student; or
15        (7) any other person deemed appropriate under the
16    school's return-to-play protocol.
17    (g) A student removed from an interscholastic athletics
18practice or competition under this Section may not be
19permitted to practice or compete again following the force or
20impact believed to have caused the concussion until:
21        (1) the student has been evaluated, using established
22    medical protocols based on peer-reviewed scientific
23    evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and
24    Prevention guidelines, by a treating physician (chosen by
25    the student or the student's parent or guardian or another
26    person with legal authority to make medical decisions for

 

 

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1    the student), an athletic trainer, an advanced practice
2    registered nurse, or a physician assistant;
3        (2) the student has successfully completed each
4    requirement of the return-to-play protocol established
5    under this Section necessary for the student to return to
6    play;
7        (3) the student has successfully completed each
8    requirement of the return-to-learn protocol established
9    under this Section necessary for the student to return to
10    learn;
11        (4) the treating physician, the athletic trainer, or
12    the physician assistant has provided a written statement
13    indicating that, in the physician's professional judgment,
14    it is safe for the student to return to play and return to
15    learn or the treating advanced practice registered nurse
16    has provided a written statement indicating that it is
17    safe for the student to return to play and return to learn;
18    and
19        (5) the student and the student's parent or guardian
20    or another person with legal authority to make medical
21    decisions for the student:
22            (A) have acknowledged that the student has
23        completed the requirements of the return-to-play and
24        return-to-learn protocols necessary for the student to
25        return to play;
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1        athletic trainer's, advanced practice registered
2        nurse's, or physician assistant's written statement
3        under subdivision (4) of this subsection (g) to the
4        person responsible for compliance with the
5        return-to-play and return-to-learn protocols under
6        this subsection (g) and the person who has supervisory
7        responsibilities under this subsection (g); and
8            (C) have signed a consent form indicating that the
9        person signing:
10                (i) has been informed concerning and consents
11            to the student participating in returning to play
12            in accordance with the return-to-play and
13            return-to-learn protocols;
14                (ii) understands the risks associated with the
15            student returning to play and returning to learn
16            and will comply with any ongoing requirements in
17            the return-to-play and return-to-learn protocols;
18            and
19                (iii) consents to the disclosure to
20            appropriate persons, consistent with the federal
21            Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
22            Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), of the treating
23            physician's, athletic trainer's, physician
24            assistant's, or advanced practice registered
25            nurse's written statement under subdivision (4) of
26            this subsection (g) and, if any, the

 

 

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1            return-to-play and return-to-learn
2            recommendations of the treating physician, the
3            athletic trainer, the physician assistant, or the
4            advanced practice registered nurse, as the case
5            may be.
6    A coach of an interscholastic athletics team may not
7authorize a student's return to play or return to learn.
8    The district superintendent or the superintendent's
9designee in the case of a public elementary or secondary
10school, the chief school administrator or that person's
11designee in the case of a charter school, or the appropriate
12administrative officer or that person's designee in the case
13of a private school shall supervise an athletic trainer or
14other person responsible for compliance with the
15return-to-play protocol and shall supervise the person
16responsible for compliance with the return-to-learn protocol.
17The person who has supervisory responsibilities under this
18paragraph may not be a coach of an interscholastic athletics
19team.
20    (h)(1) The Illinois High School Association shall approve,
21for coaches, game officials, and non-licensed healthcare
22professionals, training courses that provide for not less than
232 hours of training in the subject matter of concussions,
24including evaluation, prevention, symptoms, risks, and
25long-term effects. The Association shall maintain an updated
26list of individuals and organizations authorized by the

 

 

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1Association to provide the training.
2    (2) The following persons must take a training course in
3accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (h) from an
4authorized training provider at least once every 2 years:
5        (A) a coach of an interscholastic athletic activity;
6        (B) a nurse, licensed healthcare professional, or
7    non-licensed healthcare professional who serves as a
8    member of a concussion oversight team either on a
9    volunteer basis or in his or her capacity as an employee,
10    representative, or agent of a school; and
11        (C) a game official of an interscholastic athletic
12    activity.
13    (3) A physician who serves as a member of a concussion
14oversight team shall, to the greatest extent practicable,
15periodically take an appropriate continuing medical education
16course in the subject matter of concussions.
17    (4) For purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection (h):
18        (A) a coach, game official, or non-licensed healthcare
19    professional, as the case may be, must take a course
20    described in paragraph (1) of this subsection (h);
21        (B) an athletic trainer must take a concussion-related
22    continuing education course from an athletic trainer
23    continuing education sponsor approved by the Department;
24        (C) a nurse must take a concussion-related continuing
25    education course from a nurse continuing education sponsor
26    approved by the Department;

 

 

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1        (D) a physical therapist must take a
2    concussion-related continuing education course from a
3    physical therapist continuing education sponsor approved
4    by the Department;
5        (E) a psychologist must take a concussion-related
6    continuing education course from a psychologist continuing
7    education sponsor approved by the Department;
8        (F) an occupational therapist must take a
9    concussion-related continuing education course from an
10    occupational therapist continuing education sponsor
11    approved by the Department; and
12        (G) a physician assistant must take a
13    concussion-related continuing education course from a
14    physician assistant continuing education sponsor approved
15    by the Department.
16    (5) Each person described in paragraph (2) of this
17subsection (h) must submit proof of timely completion of an
18approved course in compliance with paragraph (4) of this
19subsection (h) to the district superintendent or the
20superintendent's designee in the case of a public elementary
21or secondary school, the chief school administrator or that
22person's designee in the case of a charter school, or the
23appropriate administrative officer or that person's designee
24in the case of a private school.
25    (6) A physician, licensed healthcare professional, or
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1with the training requirements under this subsection (h) may
2not serve on a concussion oversight team in any capacity.
3    (7) A person required under this subsection (h) to take a
4training course in the subject of concussions must complete
5the training prior to serving on a concussion oversight team
6in any capacity.
7    (i) The governing body of each public or charter school
8and the appropriate administrative officer of a private school
9with students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic
10athletic activity shall develop a school-specific emergency
11action plan for interscholastic athletic activities to address
12the serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the
13condition of the student may deteriorate rapidly. The plan
14shall include a delineation of roles, methods of
15communication, available emergency equipment, and access to
16and a plan for emergency transport. This emergency action plan
17must be:
18        (1) in writing;
19        (2) reviewed by the concussion oversight team;
20        (3) approved by the district superintendent or the
21    superintendent's designee in the case of a public
22    elementary or secondary school, the chief school
23    administrator or that person's designee in the case of a
24    charter school, or the appropriate administrative officer
25    or that person's designee in the case of a private school;
26        (4) distributed to all appropriate personnel;

 

 

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1        (5) posted conspicuously at all venues utilized by the
2    school; and
3        (6) reviewed annually by all athletic trainers, first
4    responders (including, but not limited to, emergency
5    medical dispatchers), coaches, school nurses, athletic
6    directors, and volunteers for interscholastic athletic
7    activities.
8    (j) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as
9necessary to administer this Section, including, but not
10limited to, rules governing the informal or formal
11accommodation of a student who may have sustained a concussion
12during an interscholastic athletic activity.
13(Source: P.A. 100-309, eff. 9-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18;
14100-747, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff.
157-12-19.)
 
16    Section 20. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by
17changing Section 5 as follows:
 
18    (105 ILCS 128/5)
19    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
20    "First responder" means and includes all fire departments
21and districts, law enforcement agencies and officials,
22emergency medical responders, emergency medical dispatchers,
23and emergency management officials involved in the execution
24and documentation of the drills administered under this Act.

 

 

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1    "School" means a public or private facility that offers
2elementary or secondary education to students under the age of
321. As used in this definition, "public facility" means a
4facility operated by the State or by a unit of local
5government. As used in this definition, "private facility"
6means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary or
7secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of the
8Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which satisfies the
9requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code. While more
10than one school may be housed in a facility, for purposes of
11this Act, the facility shall be considered a school. When a
12school has more than one location, for purposes of this Act,
13each different location shall be considered its own school.
14    "School safety drill" means a pre-planned exercise
15conducted by a school in accordance with the drills and
16requirements set forth in this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)
 
18    Section 25. The Suicide Prevention, Education, and
19Treatment Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
20    (410 ILCS 53/15)
21    Sec. 15. Suicide Prevention Alliance.
22    (a) The Alliance is created as the official grassroots
23creator, planner, monitor, and advocate for the Illinois
24Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. No later than one year

 

 

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1after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
2General Assembly, the Alliance shall review, finalize, and
3submit to the Governor and the General Assembly the 2020
4Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan and appropriate
5processes and outcome objectives for 10 overriding
6recommendations and a timeline for reaching these objectives.
7    (b) The Plan shall include:
8        (1) recommendations from the most current National
9    Suicide Prevention Strategy;
10        (2) current research and experience into the
11    prevention of suicide;
12        (3) measures to encourage and assist health care
13    systems and primary care providers to include suicide
14    prevention as a core component of their services,
15    including, but not limited to, implementing the Zero
16    Suicide model; and
17        (4) additional elements as determined appropriate by
18    the Alliance.
19    The Alliance shall review the statutorily prescribed
20missions of major State mental health, health, aging, and
21school mental health programs and recommend, as necessary and
22appropriate, statutory changes to include suicide prevention
23in the missions and procedures of those programs. The Alliance
24shall prepare a report of that review, including its
25recommendations, and shall submit the report to the Department
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1General Assembly.
2    (c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint the
3members of the Alliance. The membership of the Alliance shall
4include, without limitation, representatives of statewide
5organizations and other agencies that focus on the prevention
6of suicide and the improvement of mental health treatment or
7that provide suicide prevention or survivor support services.
8Other disciplines that shall be considered for membership on
9the Alliance include law enforcement, first responders
10(including, but not limited to, emergency medical
11dispatchers), faith-based community leaders, universities, and
12survivors of suicide (families and friends who have lost
13persons to suicide) as well as consumers of services of these
14agencies and organizations.
15    (d) The Alliance shall meet at least 4 times a year, and
16more as deemed necessary, in various sites statewide in order
17to foster as much participation as possible. The Alliance, a
18steering committee, and core members of the full committee
19shall monitor and guide the definition and direction of the
20goals of the full Alliance, shall review and approve
21productions of the plan, and shall meet before the full
22Alliance meetings.
23(Source: P.A. 101-331, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
24    Section 30. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
25by changing Section 5-25 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (410 ILCS 705/5-25)
2    Sec. 5-25. Department of Public Health to make health
3warning recommendations.
4    (a) The Department of Public Health shall make
5recommendations to the Department of Agriculture and the
6Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on
7appropriate health warnings for dispensaries and advertising,
8which may apply to all cannabis products, including item-type
9specific labeling or warning requirements, regulate the
10facility where cannabis-infused products are made, regulate
11cannabis-infused products as provided in subsection (e) of
12Section 55-5, and facilitate the Adult Use Cannabis Health
13Advisory Committee.
14    (b) An Adult Use Cannabis Health Advisory Committee is
15hereby created and shall meet at least twice annually. The
16Chairperson may schedule meetings more frequently upon his or
17her initiative or upon the request of a Committee member.
18Meetings may be held in person or by teleconference. The
19Committee shall discuss and monitor changes in drug use data
20in Illinois and the emerging science and medical information
21relevant to the health effects associated with cannabis use
22and may provide recommendations to the Department of Human
23Services about public health awareness campaigns and messages.
24The Committee shall include the following members appointed by
25the Governor and shall represent the geographic, ethnic, and

 

 

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1racial diversity of the State:
2        (1) The Director of Public Health, or his or her
3    designee, who shall serve as the Chairperson.
4        (2) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her
5    designee, who shall serve as the Co-Chairperson.
6        (3) A representative of the poison control center.
7        (4) A pharmacologist.
8        (5) A pulmonologist.
9        (6) An emergency room physician.
10        (7) An emergency medical technician, paramedic,
11    emergency medical dispatcher, or other first responder.
12        (8) A nurse practicing in a school-based setting.
13        (9) A psychologist.
14        (10) A neonatologist.
15        (11) An obstetrician-gynecologist.
16        (12) A drug epidemiologist.
17        (13) A medical toxicologist.
18        (14) An addiction psychiatrist.
19        (15) A pediatrician.
20        (16) A representative of a statewide professional
21    public health organization.
22        (17) A representative of a statewide hospital/health
23    system association.
24        (18) An individual registered as a patient in the
25    Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.
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1    Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.
2        (20) A representative of an organization focusing on
3    cannabis-related policy.
4        (21) A representative of an organization focusing on
5    the civil liberties of individuals who reside in Illinois.
6        (22) A representative of the criminal defense or civil
7    aid community of attorneys serving Disproportionately
8    Impacted Areas.
9        (23) A representative of licensed cannabis business
10    establishments.
11        (24) A Social Equity Applicant.
12        (25) A representative of a statewide community-based
13    substance use disorder treatment provider association.
14        (26) A representative of a statewide community-based
15    mental health treatment provider association.
16        (27) A representative of a community-based substance
17    use disorder treatment provider.
18        (28) A representative of a community-based mental
19    health treatment provider.
20        (29) A substance use disorder treatment patient
21    representative.
22        (30) A mental health treatment patient representative.
23    (c) The Committee shall provide a report by September 30,
242021, and every year thereafter, to the General Assembly. The
25Department of Public Health shall make the report available on
26its website.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
2    Section 35. The Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act is
3amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
4    (720 ILCS 648/5)
5    Sec. 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to reduce the
6harm that methamphetamine manufacturing and manufacturers are
7inflicting on individuals, families, communities, first
8responders (including, but not limited to, emergency medical
9dispatchers), the economy, and the environment in Illinois, by
10making it more difficult for persons engaged in the unlawful
11manufacture of methamphetamine and related activities to
12obtain methamphetamine's essential ingredient, ephedrine or
13pseudoephedrine. It is the intent of the General Assembly that
14this Act operate in tandem with and be interpreted as
15consistent with federal laws and regulations relating to the
16subject matter of this Act to the greatest extent possible.
17(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 94-830, eff. 6-5-06.)
 
18    Section 40. The Mental Health Court Treatment Act is
19amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
 
20    (730 ILCS 168/40)
21    Sec. 40. Mental health court; Kane County.
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1County is directed to demonstrate the impact of alternative
2treatment court, crisis intervention training for first
3responders (including, but not limited to, emergency medical
4dispatchers), and assisted outpatient treatment in reducing
5the number of mentally ill people admitted into the
6correctional system. The mental health court in Kane County is
7authorized to cooperate with one or more accredited mental
8health service providers to provide services to defendants as
9directed by the mental health court. The mental health court
10in Kane County is authorized to cooperate with one or more
11institutions of higher education to publish peer-reviewed
12studies of the outcomes generated by the mental health court.
13    (b) In this Section, "accredited mental health service
14provider" refers to a provider of community mental health
15services as authorized by subsection (d-5) of Section 3 of the
16Community Services Act.
17(Source: P.A. 97-440, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
18    Section 45. The Workers' Occupational Diseases Act is
19amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
20    (820 ILCS 310/1)  (from Ch. 48, par. 172.36)
21    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
22"Workers' Occupational Diseases Act".
23    (a) The term "employer" as used in this Act shall be
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1        1. The State and each county, city, town, township,
2    incorporated village, school district, body politic, or
3    municipal corporation therein.
4        2. Every person, firm, public or private corporation,
5    including hospitals, public service, eleemosynary,
6    religious or charitable corporations or associations, who
7    has any person in service or under any contract for hire,
8    express or implied, oral or written.
9        3. Where an employer operating under and subject to
10    the provisions of this Act loans an employee to another
11    such employer and such loaned employee sustains a
12    compensable occupational disease in the employment of such
13    borrowing employer and where such borrowing employer does
14    not provide or pay the benefits or payments due such
15    employee, such loaning employer shall be liable to provide
16    or pay all benefits or payments due such employee under
17    this Act and as to such employee the liability of such
18    loaning and borrowing employers shall be joint and
19    several, provided that such loaning employer shall in the
20    absence of agreement to the contrary be entitled to
21    receive from such borrowing employer full reimbursement
22    for all sums paid or incurred pursuant to this paragraph
23    together with reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in
24    any hearings before the Illinois Workers' Compensation
25    Commission or in any action to secure such reimbursement.
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1    employer, the employee shall have the duty of rendering
2    reasonable co-operation in any hearings, trials or
3    proceedings in the case, including such proceedings for
4    reimbursement.
5        Where an employee files an Application for Adjustment
6    of Claim with the Illinois Workers' Compensation
7    Commission alleging that his or her claim is covered by
8    the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and joining
9    both the alleged loaning and borrowing employers, they and
10    each of them, upon written demand by the employee and
11    within 7 days after receipt of such demand, shall have the
12    duty of filing with the Illinois Workers' Compensation
13    Commission a written admission or denial of the allegation
14    that the claim is covered by the provisions of the
15    preceding paragraph and in default of such filing or if
16    any such denial be ultimately determined not to have been
17    bona fide then the provisions of Paragraph K of Section 19
18    of this Act shall apply.
19        An employer whose business or enterprise or a
20    substantial part thereof consists of hiring, procuring or
21    furnishing employees to or for other employers operating
22    under and subject to the provisions of this Act for the
23    performance of the work of such other employers and who
24    pays such employees their salary or wage notwithstanding
25    that they are doing the work of such other employers shall
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1    provisions of this Section.
2    (b) The term "employee" as used in this Act, shall be
3construed to mean:
4        1. Every person in the service of the State, county,
5    city, town, township, incorporated village or school
6    district, body politic or municipal corporation therein,
7    whether by election, appointment or contract of hire,
8    express or implied, oral or written, including any
9    official of the State, or of any county, city, town,
10    township, incorporated village, school district, body
11    politic or municipal corporation therein and except any
12    duly appointed member of the fire department in any city
13    whose population exceeds 500,000 according to the last
14    Federal or State census, and except any member of a fire
15    insurance patrol maintained by a board of underwriters in
16    this State. One employed by a contractor who has
17    contracted with the State, or a county, city, town,
18    township, incorporated village, school district, body
19    politic or municipal corporation therein, through its
20    representatives, shall not be considered as an employee of
21    the State, county, city, town, township, incorporated
22    village, school district, body politic or municipal
23    corporation which made the contract.
24        2. Every person in the service of another under any
25    contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, who
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1    State of Illinois, or who contracts an occupational
2    disease while working outside of the State of Illinois but
3    where the contract of hire is made within the State of
4    Illinois, and any person whose employment is principally
5    localized within the State of Illinois, regardless of the
6    place where the disease was contracted or place where the
7    contract of hire was made, including aliens, and minors
8    who, for the purpose of this Act, except Section 3 hereof,
9    shall be considered the same and have the same power to
10    contract, receive payments and give quittances therefor,
11    as adult employees. An employee or his or her dependents
12    under this Act who shall have a cause of action by reason
13    of an occupational disease, disablement or death arising
14    out of and in the course of his or her employment may elect
15    or pursue his or her remedy in the State where the disease
16    was contracted, or in the State where the contract of hire
17    is made, or in the State where the employment is
18    principally localized.
19    (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Workers' Compensation
20Commission created by the Workers' Compensation Act, approved
21July 9, 1951, as amended.
22    (d) In this Act the term "Occupational Disease" means a
23disease arising out of and in the course of the employment or
24which has become aggravated and rendered disabling as a result
25of the exposure of the employment. Such aggravation shall
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1and not common to the general public.
2    A disease shall be deemed to arise out of the employment if
3there is apparent to the rational mind, upon consideration of
4all the circumstances, a causal connection between the
5conditions under which the work is performed and the
6occupational disease. The disease need not to have been
7foreseen or expected but after its contraction it must appear
8to have had its origin or aggravation in a risk connected with
9the employment and to have flowed from that source as a
10rational consequence.
11    An employee shall be conclusively deemed to have been
12exposed to the hazards of an occupational disease when, for
13any length of time however short, he or she is employed in an
14occupation or process in which the hazard of the disease
15exists; provided however, that in a claim of exposure to
16atomic radiation, the fact of such exposure must be verified
17by the records of the central registry of radiation exposure
18maintained by the Department of Public Health or by some other
19recognized governmental agency maintaining records of such
20exposures whenever and to the extent that the records are on
21file with the Department of Public Health or the agency.
22    Any injury to or disease or death of an employee arising
23from the administration of a vaccine, including without
24limitation smallpox vaccine, to prepare for, or as a response
25to, a threatened or potential bioterrorist incident to the
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1connection with the person's employment or in connection with
2any governmental program or recommendation for the inoculation
3of workers in the employee's occupation, geographical area, or
4other category that includes the employee is deemed to arise
5out of and in the course of the employment for all purposes
6under this Act. This paragraph added by Public Act 93-829 is
7declarative of existing law and is not a new enactment.
8    The employer liable for the compensation in this Act
9provided shall be the employer in whose employment the
10employee was last exposed to the hazard of the occupational
11disease claimed upon regardless of the length of time of such
12last exposure, except, in cases of silicosis or asbestosis,
13the only employer liable shall be the last employer in whose
14employment the employee was last exposed during a period of 60
15days or more after the effective date of this Act, to the
16hazard of such occupational disease, and, in such cases, an
17exposure during a period of less than 60 days, after the
18effective date of this Act, shall not be deemed a last
19exposure. If a miner who is suffering or suffered from
20pneumoconiosis was employed for 10 years or more in one or more
21coal mines there shall, effective July 1, 1973 be a rebuttable
22presumption that his or her pneumoconiosis arose out of such
23employment.
24    If a deceased miner was employed for 10 years or more in
25one or more coal mines and died from a respirable disease there
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1that his or her death was due to pneumoconiosis.
2    Any condition or impairment of health of an employee
3employed as a firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT),
4emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), advanced
5emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic which
6results directly or indirectly from any bloodborne pathogen,
7lung or respiratory disease or condition, heart or vascular
8disease or condition, hypertension, tuberculosis, or cancer
9resulting in any disability (temporary, permanent, total, or
10partial) to the employee shall be rebuttably presumed to arise
11out of and in the course of the employee's firefighting, EMT,
12EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employment and, further, shall be
13rebuttably presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or
14exposures of the employment. This presumption shall also apply
15to any hernia or hearing loss suffered by an employee employed
16as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic. However,
17this presumption shall not apply to any employee who has been
18employed as a firefighter, EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic for
19less than 5 years at the time he or she files an Application
20for Adjustment of Claim concerning this condition or
21impairment with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
22The rebuttable presumption established under this subsection,
23however, does not apply to an emergency medical technician
24(EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I),
25advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT), or paramedic
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1preponderance of his or her work time for that employer
2engaged in medical transfers between medical care facilities
3or non-emergency medical transfers to or from medical care
4facilities. The changes made to this subsection by this
5amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall be narrowly
6construed. The Finding and Decision of the Illinois Workers'
7Compensation Commission under only the rebuttable presumption
8provision of this paragraph shall not be admissible or be
9deemed res judicata in any disability claim under the Illinois
10Pension Code arising out of the same medical condition;
11however, this sentence makes no change to the law set forth in
12Krohe v. City of Bloomington, 204 Ill.2d 392.
13    The insurance carrier liable shall be the carrier whose
14policy was in effect covering the employer liable on the last
15day of the exposure rendering such employer liable in
16accordance with the provisions of this Act.
17    (e) "Disablement" means an impairment or partial
18impairment, temporary or permanent, in the function of the
19body or any of the members of the body, or the event of
20becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work in which
21the employee was engaged when last exposed to the hazards of
22the occupational disease by the employer from whom he or she
23claims compensation, or equal wages in other suitable
24employment; and "disability" means the state of being so
25incapacitated.
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1any occupational disease unless disablement, as herein
2defined, occurs within two years after the last day of the last
3exposure to the hazards of the disease, except in cases of
4occupational disease caused by berylliosis or by the
5inhalation of silica dust or asbestos dust and, in such cases,
6within 3 years after the last day of the last exposure to the
7hazards of such disease and except in the case of occupational
8disease caused by exposure to radiological materials or
9equipment, and in such case, within 25 years after the last day
10of last exposure to the hazards of such disease.
11    (g)(1) In any proceeding before the Commission in which
12the employee is a COVID-19 first responder or front-line
13worker as defined in this subsection, if the employee's injury
14or occupational disease resulted from exposure to and
15contraction of COVID-19, the exposure and contraction shall be
16rebuttably presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of
17the employee's first responder or front-line worker employment
18and the injury or occupational disease shall be rebuttably
19presumed to be causally connected to the hazards or exposures
20of the employee's first responder or front-line worker
21employment.
22    (2) The term "COVID-19 first responder or front-line
23worker" means: all individuals employed as police, fire
24personnel, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics; all
25individuals employed and considered as first responders
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1dispatchers); all workers for health care providers, including
2nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities and home care
3workers; corrections officers; and any individuals employed by
4essential businesses and operations as defined in Executive
5Order 2020-10 dated March 20, 2020, as long as individuals
6employed by essential businesses and operations are required
7by their employment to encounter members of the general public
8or to work in employment locations of more than 15 employees.
9For purposes of this subsection only, an employee's home or
10place of residence is not a place of employment, except for
11home care workers.
12    (3) The presumption created in this subsection may be
13rebutted by evidence, including, but not limited to, the
14following:
15        (A) the employee was working from his or her home, on
16    leave from his or her employment, or some combination
17    thereof, for a period of 14 or more consecutive days
18    immediately prior to the employee's injury, occupational
19    disease, or period of incapacity resulted from exposure to
20    COVID-19; or
21        (B) the employer was engaging in and applying to the
22    fullest extent possible or enforcing to the best of its
23    ability industry-specific workplace sanitation, social
24    distancing, and health and safety practices based on
25    updated guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control
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1    was using a combination of administrative controls,
2    engineering controls, or personal protective equipment to
3    reduce the transmission of COVID-19 to all employees for
4    at least 14 consecutive days prior to the employee's
5    injury, occupational disease, or period of incapacity
6    resulting from exposure to COVID-19. For purposes of this
7    subsection, "updated" means the guidance in effect at
8    least 14 days prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis. For
9    purposes of this subsection, "personal protective
10    equipment" means industry-specific equipment worn to
11    minimize exposure to hazards that cause illnesses or
12    serious injuries, which may result from contact with
13    biological, chemical, radiological, physical, electrical,
14    mechanical, or other workplace hazards. "Personal
15    protective equipment" includes, but is not limited to,
16    items such as face coverings, gloves, safety glasses,
17    safety face shields, barriers, shoes, earplugs or muffs,
18    hard hats, respirators, coveralls, vests, and full body
19    suits; or
20        (C) the employee was exposed to COVID-19 by an
21    alternate source.
22    (4) The rebuttable presumption created in this subsection
23applies to all cases tried after June 5, 2020 (the effective
24date of Public Act 101-633) and in which the diagnosis of
25COVID-19 was made on or after March 9, 2020 and on or before
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1and the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
2General Assembly).
3    (5) Under no circumstances shall any COVID-19 case
4increase or affect any employer's workers' compensation
5insurance experience rating or modification, but COVID-19
6costs may be included in determining overall State loss costs.
7    (6) In order for the presumption created in this
8subsection to apply at trial, for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring
9on or before June 15, 2020, an employee must provide a
10confirmed medical diagnosis by a licensed medical practitioner
11or a positive laboratory test for COVID-19 or for COVID-19
12antibodies; for COVID-19 diagnoses occurring after June 15,
132020, an employee must provide a positive laboratory test for
14COVID-19 or for COVID-19 antibodies.
15    (7) The presumption created in this subsection does not
16apply if the employee's place of employment was solely the
17employee's home or residence for a period of 14 or more
18consecutive days immediately prior to the employee's injury,
19occupational disease, or period of incapacity resulted from
20exposure to COVID-19.
21    (8) The date of injury or the beginning of the employee's
22occupational disease or period of disability is either the
23date that the employee was unable to work due to contraction of
24COVID-19 or was unable to work due to symptoms that were later
25diagnosed as COVID-19, whichever came first.
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1establish the rebuttable presumption is not precluded from
2filing for compensation under this Act or under the Workers'
3Compensation Act.
4    (10) To qualify for temporary total disability benefits
5under the presumption created in this subsection, the employee
6must be certified for or recertified for temporary disability.
7    (11) An employer is entitled to a credit against any
8liability for temporary total disability due to an employee as
9a result of the employee contracting COVID-19 for (A) any sick
10leave benefits or extended salary benefits paid to the
11employee by the employer under Emergency Family Medical Leave
12Expansion Act, Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act of the Families
13First Coronavirus Response Act, or any other federal law, or
14(B) any other credit to which an employer is entitled under the
15Workers' Compensation Act.
16(Source: P.A. 101-633, eff. 6-5-20; 101-653, eff. 2-28-21.)