HB4425 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4425

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Crisis Intervention Training Program for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Emergency Medical, and Corrections Community Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain a program to contract with qualified crisis intervention training entities for the purpose of providing peer support crisis intervention, counseling, and wellness for the law enforcement, firefighter, emergency medical, and corrections communities impacted by trauma, cumulative stress, anxiety, addictions, death, and suicide and the impact on their personal lives. Provides that the required wellness strategies shall include, but not be limited to, resilience trainings related to resiliency for the job, emotional survival, substance abuse prevention, financial and relationship strategies, and suicide prevention. Defines "qualified crisis intervention training entity" to mean an entity approved by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation to instruct the Critical Incident Stress Management crisis intervention process or any other public or private entity approved by the Department to provide the services required under the Act. Grants the Department rulemaking authority.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning crisis intervention.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Crisis Intervention Training Program for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Emergency Medical, and Corrections Community Act.

Section 5. Crisis intervention training program. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain a program to contract with qualified crisis intervention training entities for the purpose of providing peer support crisis intervention, counseling, and wellness for the law enforcement, firefighter, emergency medical, and corrections communities impacted by trauma, cumulative stress, anxiety, addictions, death, and suicide and the impact on their personal lives. Wellness strategies, required under this Section, shall include, but not be limited to, resilience trainings related to resiliency for the job, emotional survival, substance abuse prevention, financial and relationship strategies, and suicide prevention.

As used in this Section, "qualified crisis intervention training entity" means an entity approved by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation to instruct the Critical Incident Stress Management crisis intervention process or any other public or private entity approved by the Department to provide the services required under this Act.

The Department may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the program.