Bill Text: IL SB1714 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Deletes a provision requiring fire fighter training schools to provide training in the history of the fire service labor movement using curriculum and instructors provided by a statewide organization representing professional union firefighters in Illinois.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-06 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0331 [SB1714 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1714-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0331
SB1714 Enrolled LRB102 11650 CPF 16984 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
(50 ILCS 740/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 538)
Sec. 8. Rules and minimum standards for schools. The
Office shall adopt rules and minimum standards for such
schools which shall include, but not be limited to, the
following:
a. Minimum courses of study, resources, facilities,
apparatus, equipment, reference material, established
records and procedures as determined by the Office.
b. Minimum requirements for instructors.
c. Minimum basic training requirements, which a
trainee must satisfactorily complete before being eligible
for permanent employment as a firefighter in the fire
department of a participating local governmental agency.
Those requirements shall include training in first aid
(including cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and , training in
the administration of opioid antagonists as defined in
paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the
Substance Use Disorder Act, and training in the history of

the fire service labor movement using curriculum and
instructors provided by a statewide organization
representing professional union firefighters in Illinois.
d. Training in effective recognition of and responses
to stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress experienced
by firefighters that is consistent with Section 25 of the
Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act in a peer
setting.
(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19;
101-620, eff. 12-20-19; revised 12-21-20.)