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Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Filed: 5/15/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3538
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3538, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | by adding Section 15 in its proper numeric sequence as |
| 4 | | follows:
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| 5 | | "Section 15. The Fire Protection District Act is amended |
| 6 | | by adding Section 6.3 as follows:
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| 7 | | (70 ILCS 705/6.3 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 6.3. Mental health counseling. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 10 | | "First responders" means firefighters, emergency medical |
| 11 | | services personnel, as that term is defined in Section 3.5 of |
| 12 | | the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, dispatched |
| 13 | | pursuant to a 9-1-1 call, emergency medical dispatchers, as |
| 14 | | that term is defined in Section 3.70 of the Emergency Medical |
| 15 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act, and public safety |
| 16 | | telecommunicators, as that term is defined in Section 2 of the |