Bill Title: Creates the First Responder Mental Health Grant Program Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, there is created within the Department of Human Services a First Responder Behavioral Health Grant Program to provide grants to the following recipients: (1) units of local government; (2) law enforcement agencies; (3) fire protection districts; (4) school districts; (5) public or private hospitals; or (6) ambulance services that employ first responders. Creates a First Responder Behavioral Health Grant Fund in the State treasury, which shall be used by the Secretary of Human Services to make grants to eligible recipients. Provides that recipients eligible for grants shall use the grants for expenses related to behavioral health care services for first responders, including, but not limited to, telehealth services. Provides that an employer may not reduce behavioral health care provided through a first responder's employee benefit package as a result of the receipt of grant funds under the Act. Provides that all records, notes, and conclusions by a treatment provider providing behavioral health care to first responders whose employers receive grants under the Act shall not be shared with the employer unless otherwise mandated by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0911 [HB1321 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2022-06-02	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2022-04-18	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2022-04-05	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2021-02-11	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2022-04-05	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 003	2022-04-05	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2022-04-04	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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