Bill Amendment: IL HB2372 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: OSFM-YOUTH INTERVENTIONISTS

Status: 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0307 [HB2372 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2372-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Natalie A. Manley

Filed: 3/21/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2372
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2372 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
adding Section 5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2905/5 new)
Sec. 5. Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator;
certified youth firesetter interventionists.
(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall create the
position of Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator
within the Division of Arson and shall employ a person to serve
in that position. An applicant to the position of Youth
Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator must be a certified
youth firesetter interventionist coordinator based on the
standards set forth in Chapter 9 of the National Fire
Protection Association's "Standard on Fire and Life Safety

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Education, Public Information Officer, Youth Firesetter
Intervention Specialist and Youth Firesetting Program Manager
Professional Qualifications" (NFPA 1035).
(b) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator
employed by the Office shall be compensated at a rate that is
comparable to the rate of compensation for a State arson
investigator and shall be provided benefits similar to those
of a State arson investigator. The Youth Firesetter
Interventionist Coordinator shall also be provided similar
means and resources as those supplied to a State arson
investigator.
(c) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator shall
have those responsibilities that are stipulated for a Youth
Firesetter Program Manager in Chapter 9 of NFPA 1035. In
addition to those requirements, the Youth Firesetter
Interventionist Coordinator shall have the following
responsibilities:
(1) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator
shall ensure that a certified youth firesetter
interventionist employed within the Office, or a volunteer
certified youth firesetter interventionist, physically
sees a child whose case was referred to the coordinator
within 72 hours of the referral. If no certified youth
firesetter interventionist is available, then the Youth
Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator must take the case
and ensure the child is seen within 72 hours. The 72-hour

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requirement begins and continues from the time the Youth
Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator is referred the
case, including any weekend days or national and State
holidays.
(2) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator
shall process Freedom of Information Act requests.
(3) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator
shall create a report, to be submitted to the General
Assembly, that reports on the data collected in accordance
with NFPA 1035. The report shall be semiannual for the
first 2 years, and the first report shall be submitted to
the General Assembly by December 30, 2023. After the first
2 years of semiannual reporting, the report shall be
submitted annually.
(d) A volunteer certified youth firesetter interventionist
may receive a $250 stipend for a case only if the volunteer
certified youth firesetter interventionist is not otherwise
compensated by another employer or entity for that case. A
volunteer certified youth firesetter interventionist shall
receive mileage reimbursement for any necessary travel.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".