Bill Text: IL HJR0054 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the First Responders Suicide Task Force to pursue recommendations to help reduce the risk and rates of suicide amongst first responders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Resolution Adopted 117-000-000 [HJR0054 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0054-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, First responders are some of our most valuable | ||||||
| 3 | public servants; they protect both
the community and residents | ||||||
| 4 | in the State on a daily basis and can face tremendous pressure | ||||||
| 5 | from the
events in which they are involved; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United | ||||||
| 7 | States and first responders are at a greater risk for suicide | ||||||
| 8 | due to the nature of their work; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The State has an obligation to protect those who | ||||||
| 10 | dedicate themselves to protecting
its residents; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 14 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the First | ||||||
| 15 | Responders Suicide Task Force to pursue recommendations to help | ||||||
| 16 | reduce the risk and rates of suicide among first responders; | ||||||
| 17 | and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of the | ||||||
| 19 | following members: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) The Director of the Illinois State Police or his or | ||||||
| 21 | her designee; | ||||||
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| 1 | (2) The Director of the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
| 2 | Health or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 3 | (3) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 4 | appointed by the Speaker of the House,
one of whom will | ||||||
| 5 | serve as Co-Chair; | ||||||
| 6 | (4) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 7 | appointed by the House Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 8 | (5) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 9 | President, one of whom will serve as
Co-Chair; | ||||||
| 10 | (6) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 11 | Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 12 | (7) Two members who represent two different mental | ||||||
| 13 | health organizations, one appointed by the minority leader | ||||||
| 14 | of the House and one appointed by the minority leader of | ||||||
| 15 | the Senate; | ||||||
| 16 | (8) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
| 17 | advocates on behalf of police appointed by the Speaker of | ||||||
| 18 | the House; | ||||||
| 19 | (9) One member who represents the Chicago Police | ||||||
| 20 | Department appointed by the House Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 21 | (10) Two members who represent organizations that | ||||||
| 22 | advocate on behalf of firefighters appointed by the Senate | ||||||
| 23 | President; | ||||||
| 24 | (11) One member who represents the Chicago Fire | ||||||
| 25 | Department appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 26 | (12) One member who represents an organization that | ||||||
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| 1 | advocates on behalf of sheriffs in the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | appointed by the Speaker of the House; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That members of the Task Force shall be appointed | ||||||
| 4 | within 30 days
after passage of this resolution and shall serve | ||||||
| 5 | without compensation; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall commence meeting as | ||||||
| 7 | soon as possible; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Police shall provide | ||||||
| 9 | administrative support for the Task Force, and if the subject | ||||||
| 10 | matter is either sensitive or classified, the
Task Force may | ||||||
| 11 | hold the hearings in private; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a final report to | ||||||
| 13 | the
General Assembly by January 1, 2020 and, upon the filing of | ||||||
| 14 | its report, is dissolved; and be
it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | delivered to the above mentioned elected
and appointed | ||||||
| 17 | authorities.
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