Bill Text: IL SB1321 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act. Provides that whenever a supplier of pressurized oxygen cylinders causes a pressurized oxygen cylinder to be delivered to the residence of a user of pressurized oxygen cylinders, the supplier shall report the delivery to the appropriate local law enforcement agency and the appropriate local fire department or fire protection district within 2 days after the delivery. Provides that the local law enforcement agency to whom the information is reported shall ensure that the information is entered into the PAP database. Also requires a supplier to give notice to the user. Provides that if a supplier fails to report the delivery of a pressurized oxygen cylinder as required, the supplier is subject to a civil penalty of $250, which may be imposed by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Creates the Premise Alert Program (PAP) Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, and provides that all civil penalties collected under these provisions shall be deposited into the Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall, subject to appropriation, be used by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to administer these provisions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0476 [SB1321 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1321-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 10. The Illinois Premise Alert Program (PAP) Act is
amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
(430 ILCS 132/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Disability" means an individual's physical or mental
impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major
life activities; a record of such impairment; or when the
individual is regarded as having such an impairment.
"Disability" includes, but is not limited to, a medical
impairment that requires the use of pressurized oxygen.
"Special needs individuals" means those individuals who
have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical,
developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also
require health and related services of a type or amount beyond
that required by individuals generally. "Special needs
individual" includes, but is not limited to, an individual with
a medical impairment that requires the use of pressurized
oxygen.
"Public safety agency" means a functional division of a
public agency that provides firefighting, police, medical, or

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other emergency services.
"Computer aided dispatch" or "CAD" means a database
maintained by the public safety agency or public safety
answering point used in conjunction with 9-1-1 caller data.
"Premise Alert Program" or "PAP" means a computer aided
dispatch database of individuals with special needs maintained
by public safety agencies.
(Source: P.A. 96-788, eff. 8-28-09.)
(430 ILCS 132/15)
Sec. 15. Reporting of Special Needs Individuals.
(a) Public safety agencies and suppliers of oxygen
containers used for medical purposes shall make reasonable
efforts to publicize the Premise Alert Program (PAP) database.
Means of publicizing the database include, but are not limited
to, pamphlets and websites.
(b) Families, caregivers, or the individuals with
disabilities or special needs may contact their local law
enforcement agency or fire department or fire protection
district.
(c) Public safety workers are to be cognizant cognitive of
special needs individuals they may come across when they
respond to calls. If workers are able to identify individuals
who have special needs, they shall try to ascertain as
specifically as possible what that special need might be. The
public safety worker should attempt to verify the special need

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as provided in item (2) of subsection (d).
(d) The disabled individual's name, date of birth, phone
number, and residential address or place of employment, and a
description of whether oxygen canisters are kept at that
location for medical purposes should also be obtained for
possible entry into the PAP database.
(1) Whenever possible, it is preferable that written
permission is obtained from a parent, guardian, family
member, or caregiver of the individual themselves prior to
being entered into the PAP database.
(2) No individual may be entered into a PAP database
unless the special need has been verified. Acceptable means
of verifying a special need for purposes of this program
shall include statements by:
(A) the individual,
(B) family members,
(C) friends,
(D) caregivers, or
(E) medical personnel familiar with the
individual.
(e) For public safety agencies that share the same CAD
database, information collected by one agency serviced by the
CAD database is to be disseminated to all agencies utilizing
that database.
(f) Information received at an incorrect public safety
agency shall be accepted and forwarded to the correct agency as

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soon as possible.
(g) All information entered into the PAP database must be
updated every 2 years or when such information changes.
(Source: P.A. 96-788, eff. 8-28-09; revised 9-16-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.