SB3098 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 19442 RPS 54605 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3098

Introduced 2/7/2014, by Sen. William R. Haine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 705/10.16 new
50 ILCS 740/12.5 new
210 ILCS 50/3.52 new

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act, the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act, and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and the Department of Public Health shall work with a statewide organization dealing with Alzheimer's disease to develop, adopt, or otherwise approve training courses regarding the risks associated with Alzheimer's disease and appropriate Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques. Requires police officers, persons seeking certification in a position of firefighter 1 or 2, and emergency medical technicians to satisfactorily complete an education course in Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by adding Section 10.16 as follows:

(50 ILCS 705/10.16 new)

Sec. 10.16. Alzheimer's recognition and response; training.

(a) The Board shall work with a statewide organization dealing with Alzheimer's disease to develop, adopt, or otherwise approve a training course regarding the risks associated with Alzheimer's disease and appropriate Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques.

(b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall impose a train-the-trainer level requirement.

(c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, a police officer must satisfactorily complete an education course in Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques before he or she is certified.

Section 10. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is amended by adding Section 12.5 as follows:

(50 ILCS 740/12.5 new)

Sec. 12.5. Alzheimer's recognition and response; training.

(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall work with a statewide organization dealing with Alzheimer's disease to develop, adopt, or otherwise approve a training course regarding the risks associated with Alzheimer's disease and appropriate Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques.

(b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall impose a train-the-trainer level requirement.

(c) Every person who, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, is seeking certification in a position of firefighter 1 or 2, whose duties involve fire suppression, firefighting, or fire rescue, whether as a volunteer or as a paid employee, must satisfactorily complete an education course in Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

Section 15. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is amended by adding Section 3.52 as follows:

(210 ILCS 50/3.52 new)

Sec. 3.52. Alzheimer's recognition and response; training.

(a) The Department shall work with a statewide organization dealing with Alzheimer's disease to develop, adopt, or otherwise approve a training course and curriculum with the purpose of informing emergency medical technicians of the risks associated with Alzheimer's disease, as well as providing instruction in appropriate Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques.

(b) The training may take the form of Internet, DVD, CD ROM, or classroom-based instruction. Nothing in this Act shall impose a train-the-trainer level requirement.

(c) Before being certified by the Department, each emergency medical technician trained in basic life support services must satisfactorily complete the training course developed under subsection (a). Every person who, on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, is serving in a capacity as a certified emergency medical technician must satisfactorily complete a continuing education course in Alzheimer's disease recognition and response techniques within 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.