Bill Text: IL HB3037 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to assess reasonable fees for attendance at Agency-sponsored conferences and trainings to enable the Agency to carry out the requirements of the Act. Requires moneys generated from these fees to be deposited in the Emergency Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3037 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3037-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB3037 Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3305/5 from Ch. 127, par. 1055
Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to assess reasonable fees for attendance at Agency-sponsored conferences and trainings to enable the Agency to carry out the requirements of the Act. Requires moneys generated from these fees to be deposited in the Emergency Planning and Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation, to effectuate planning and training activities. Effective immediately.
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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 Emergency Management Agency Act is
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3305/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 1055)
Sec. 5. Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
(a) There is created within the executive branch of the
State Government an Illinois Emergency Management Agency and a
Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, herein
called the "Director" who shall be the head thereof. The
Director shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2
years beginning on the third Monday in January of the
odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has
qualified; except that the term of the first Director appointed
under this Act shall expire on the third Monday in January,
1989. The Director shall not hold any other remunerative public
office. The Director shall receive an annual salary as set by
the Compensation Review Board.
(b) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall obtain,
under the provisions of the Personnel Code, technical,
clerical, stenographic and other administrative personnel, and

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may make expenditures within the appropriation therefor as may
be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. The agency
created by this Act is intended to be a successor to the agency
created under the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster
Agency Act of 1975 and the personnel, equipment, records, and
appropriations of that agency are transferred to the successor
agency as of the effective date of this Act.
(c) The Director, subject to the direction and control of
the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency and the State Emergency Response
Commission and shall be responsible under the direction of the
Governor, for carrying out the program for emergency management
of this State. The Director shall also maintain liaison and
cooperate with the emergency management organizations of this
State and other states and of the federal government.
(d) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall take an
integral part in the development and revision of political
subdivision emergency operations plans prepared under
paragraph (f) of Section 10. To this end it shall employ or
otherwise secure the services of professional and technical
personnel capable of providing expert assistance to the
emergency services and disaster agencies. These personnel
shall consult with emergency services and disaster agencies on
a regular basis and shall make field examinations of the areas,
circumstances, and conditions that particular political
subdivision emergency operations plans are intended to apply.

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(e) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and political
subdivisions shall be encouraged to form an emergency
management advisory committee composed of private and public
personnel representing the emergency management phases of
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The Local
Emergency Planning Committee, as created under the Illinois
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, shall serve
as an advisory committee to the emergency services and disaster
agency or agencies serving within the boundaries of that Local
Emergency Planning Committee planning district for:
(1) the development of emergency operations plan
provisions for hazardous chemical emergencies; and
(2) the assessment of emergency response capabilities
related to hazardous chemical emergencies.
(f) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall:
(1) Coordinate the overall emergency management
program of the State.
(2) Cooperate with local governments, the federal
government and any public or private agency or entity in
achieving any purpose of this Act and in implementing
emergency management programs for mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery.
(2.5) Develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness
and response plan for any nuclear accident in accordance
with Section 65 of the Department of Nuclear Safety Law of
2004 (20 ILCS 3310) and in development of the Illinois

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Nuclear Safety Preparedness program in accordance with
Section 8 of the Illinois Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
(2.6) Coordinate with the Department of Public Health
with respect to planning for and responding to public
health emergencies.
(3) Prepare, for issuance by the Governor, executive
orders, proclamations, and regulations as necessary or
appropriate in coping with disasters.
(4) Promulgate rules and requirements for political
subdivision emergency operations plans that are not
inconsistent with and are at least as stringent as
applicable federal laws and regulations.
(5) Review and approve, in accordance with Illinois
Emergency Management Agency rules, emergency operations
plans for those political subdivisions required to have an
emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to this
Act.
(5.5) Promulgate rules and requirements for the
political subdivision emergency management exercises,
including, but not limited to, exercises of the emergency
operations plans.
(5.10) Review, evaluate, and approve, in accordance
with Illinois Emergency Management Agency rules, political
subdivision emergency management exercises for those
political subdivisions required to have an emergency
services and disaster agency pursuant to this Act.

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(6) Determine requirements of the State and its
political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other
necessities in event of a disaster.
(7) Establish a register of persons with types of
emergency management training and skills in mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery.
(8) Establish a register of government and private
response resources available for use in a disaster.
(9) Expand the Earthquake Awareness Program and its
efforts to distribute earthquake preparedness materials to
schools, political subdivisions, community groups, civic
organizations, and the media. Emphasis will be placed on
those areas of the State most at risk from an earthquake.
Maintain the list of all school districts, hospitals,
airports, power plants, including nuclear power plants,
lakes, dams, emergency response facilities of all types,
and all other major public or private structures which are
at the greatest risk of damage from earthquakes under
circumstances where the damage would cause subsequent harm
to the surrounding communities and residents.
(10) Disseminate all information, completely and
without delay, on water levels for rivers and streams and
any other data pertaining to potential flooding supplied by
the Division of Water Resources within the Department of
Natural Resources to all political subdivisions to the
maximum extent possible.

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(11) Develop agreements, if feasible, with medical
supply and equipment firms to supply resources as are
necessary to respond to an earthquake or any other disaster
as defined in this Act. These resources will be made
available upon notifying the vendor of the disaster.
Payment for the resources will be in accordance with
Section 7 of this Act. The Illinois Department of Public
Health shall determine which resources will be required and
requested.
(11.5) In coordination with the Department of State
Police, develop and implement a community outreach program
to promote awareness among the State's parents and children
of child abduction prevention and response.
(12) Out of funds appropriated for these purposes,
award capital and non-capital grants to Illinois hospitals
or health care facilities located outside of a city with a
population in excess of 1,000,000 to be used for purposes
that include, but are not limited to, preparing to respond
to mass casualties and disasters, maintaining and
improving patient safety and quality of care, and
protecting the confidentiality of patient information. No
single grant for a capital expenditure shall exceed
$300,000. No single grant for a non-capital expenditure
shall exceed $100,000. In awarding such grants, preference
shall be given to hospitals that serve a significant number
of Medicaid recipients, but do not qualify for

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disproportionate share hospital adjustment payments under
the Illinois Public Aid Code. To receive such a grant, a
hospital or health care facility must provide funding of at
least 50% of the cost of the project for which the grant is
being requested. In awarding such grants the Illinois
Emergency Management Agency shall consider the
recommendations of the Illinois Hospital Association.
(13) Do all other things necessary, incidental or
appropriate for the implementation of this Act.
(g) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is authorized
to make grants to various higher education institutions for
safety and security improvements. For the purpose of this
subsection (g), "higher education institution" means a public
university, a public community college, or an independent,
not-for-profit or for-profit higher education institution
located in this State. Grants made under this subsection (g)
shall be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose from
the Build Illinois Bond Fund. The Illinois Emergency Management
Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection (g).
These rules may specify: (i) the manner of applying for grants;
(ii) project eligibility requirements; (iii) restrictions on
the use of grant moneys; (iv) the manner in which the various
higher education institutions must account for the use of grant
moneys; and (v) any other provision that the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency determines to be necessary or useful for the
administration of this subsection (g).

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(h) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may assess
reasonable fees for attendance at Agency-sponsored conferences
and trainings to enable the Agency to carry out the
requirements of this Act. Any moneys generated pursuant to this
subsection shall be deposited in the Emergency Planning and
Training Fund and used by the Agency, subject to appropriation,
to effectuate planning and training activities.
(Source: P.A. 96-800, eff. 10-30-09; 96-820, eff. 11-18-09;
96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.