Bill Amendment: IL HB2372 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: OSFM-YOUTH INTERVENTIONISTS
Status: 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0307 [HB2372 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2372-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: OSFM-YOUTH INTERVENTIONISTS
Status: 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0307 [HB2372 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2372-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2372
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2372 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Fire Investigation Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 13.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (425 ILCS 25/13.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 13.2. Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator; | ||||||
| 8 | Certified Youth Firesetter Interventionists. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall create the | ||||||
| 10 | position of Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator | ||||||
| 11 | within the Division of Arson. The Youth Firesetter | ||||||
| 12 | Interventionist Coordinator must be a certified youth | ||||||
| 13 | firesetter interventionist. | ||||||
| 14 | The Office shall use National Fire Protection Association | ||||||
| 15 | standards related to the Youth Firesetter Intervention Program | ||||||
| 16 | Manager in the development of the job responsibilities for the | ||||||
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| 1 | Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator. | ||||||
| 2 | The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator shall | ||||||
| 3 | have the following responsibilities: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator | ||||||
| 5 | shall ensure that a Certified Youth Firesetter | ||||||
| 6 | Interventionist employed within the Office, or a local | ||||||
| 7 | Certified Youth Firesetter Interventionist, physically | ||||||
| 8 | sees or connects with a youth whose case was referred to | ||||||
| 9 | the Office within 72 hours of a referral. If no other | ||||||
| 10 | Certified Youth Firesetter Interventionist is available, | ||||||
| 11 | then the Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator must | ||||||
| 12 | take the case and ensure that he or she physically sees or | ||||||
| 13 | connects with the youth within 72 hours. The 72 hours | ||||||
| 14 | includes any weekend days or national or State holidays. | ||||||
| 15 | (2) The Youth Firesetter Interventionist Coordinator | ||||||
| 16 | shall assist with Freedom of Information Act requests. | ||||||
| 17 | (3) The Office shall create a report on Youth | ||||||
| 18 | Firesetter Interventions, and shall submit such report to | ||||||
| 19 | the General Assembly. The report shall be semiannual for | ||||||
| 20 | the first 2 years, and the first report shall be submitted | ||||||
| 21 | to the General Assembly by December 31, 2023. After the | ||||||
| 22 | first 3 semiannual reports, the report shall be submitted | ||||||
| 23 | annually. The semiannual reports shall be submitted by: | ||||||
| 24 | December 31, 2023, June 30, 2024, and December 31, 2024. | ||||||
| 25 | (b) A local Certified Youth Firesetter Interventionist | ||||||
| 26 | rostered with a fire department or fire protection district | ||||||
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| 1 | may receive a $250 stipend and mileage reimbursement for any | ||||||
| 2 | necessary travel for a case only if the local Certified Youth | ||||||
| 3 | Firesetter Interventionist is not otherwise compensated by | ||||||
| 4 | another employer or entity for that case.
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| 5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.".
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