Bill Text: IL SB2192 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Referred to Assignments [SB2192 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2192-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2192 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Preventing Targeted Violence Act. States the purpose of the Act. Provides that a community support team may be established by a unit of local government. Provides that membership of the community support teams is limited to participating member agencies. Provides that membership of a community support team shall include at least one member from specified entities. Provides that a participating member agency is any agency, organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic area encompassed by the community support team that may elect to present a case to the community support team for case review and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation. Provides that a member of a community support team shall be appointed by the head of the participating member agency. Provides the duties and responsibilities of a community support team. Requires community support teams to comply with all applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records. Provides that, if acting in good faith, without malice, and within the protocols established by the Act, then members of the community support team, community support team staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone participating in a case review shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or omission related to the participation in a case review with specified exceptions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Preventing Targeted Violence Act.
Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to
establish community support teams that work to prevent
targeted violence incidents by:
(1) providing case review and behavioral threat
assessment and management consultation to participating
member agencies;
(2) supporting targeted violence prevention efforts by
working as a centralized information hub for local, State,
and federal resources; and
(3) increasing the capacities and competencies of
organizations and communities by educating and training
employees and community members about targeted violence
and behaviors that may indicate concern.
Section 10. Participating member agencies.
(a) A participating member agency is any agency,
organization, or entity located in or serving the geographic
area encompassed by the community support team that may elect

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to present a case to the community support team for case review
and behavioral threat assessment and management consultation.
(b) Participating member agencies shall sign a memorandum
of understanding to participate in the community support team.
(c) Participating member agencies may elect an Executive
Board of at least 5 executive members selected from
participating member agencies to oversee the activities of
their community support team.
Section 15. Community support teams.
(a) A community support team may be established by a unit
of local government. Membership of the community support teams
is limited to participating member agencies. Membership of a
community support team shall include at least one member from
the following entities:
(1) a municipal law enforcement officer, sheriff's
deputy, or state certified law enforcement officer;
(2) a licensed mental health professional such as a
psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, license clinical
professional counselor, or licensed clinical social
worker;
(3) an expert trained in behavioral threat assessment
and management; and
(4) a member of the States' Attorney's Office; a
public school administrator, teacher, or school support
staff person licensed and endorsed by the Illinois State

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Board of Education; a representative of a university or
community college; a representative from the county Public
Health Department; a representative from the county Office
of Homeland Security; a representative from the State or
federal Department of Veterans Affairs; a representative
from a domestic violence service provider; a
representative from a social service provider; a
representative from the private business sector; a
representative from the private business sector; a
probation or parole officer; a member of the clergy or
other representative of the faith community; or a
representative from a Hospital or medical clinic.
(b) A member of a community support team shall be
appointed by the head of the participating member agency.
Section 20. Duties and responsibilities of community
support teams.
(a) Each community support team shall carry out the
following duties and responsibilities:
(1) Form a community support team consistent with
Section 15 of this Act.
(2) Maintain the names, professional titles, and
business contact information of each community safety team
member.
(3) Ensure that each member of the community safety
team completes, at minimum, the frontline practitioner and

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the community safety team trainings developed by the
University of Illinois-Chicago.
(4) Meet at least monthly.
(5) Execute memorandums of understanding with
participating member agencies.
(6) Execute confidentiality agreements with each
member of the community safety teams or any other
participant present during a case review.
(7) Conduct case reviews and behavioral threat
assessment and management consultations.
(b) Each community support team may carry out the
following duties and responsibilities:
(1) Conduct case reviews and behavioral threat
assessment and management consultation at the request of
participating member agencies.
(2) Seek funds to support the operations of the
community support team.
(3) Collect and document information from local,
State, and federal resources.
(4) Assist agencies with developing education and
training plans specific to targeted violence and behaviors
that may indicate concern.
(5) Facilitate education and training events for
agencies and community members.
(6) Engage in any other activities that enable the
community support team to carry out the purpose of this

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Act.
Section 25. Confidentiality of community support teams.
(a) Community support teams shall comply with all
applicable laws governing the sharing of confidential records.
(b) Meetings in which the community support team is
engaged in any activity related to case review, behavioral
threat assessment and management consultation, or in which
confidential information is shared or disclosed related to
cases are closed to the public and not subject to Section 2 of
the Open Meetings Act.
(c) Unless otherwise available and lawfully obtained
through another source pursuant to an applicable law that
allows the disclosure and release of the information,
confidential information discussed during a case review is
not:
(1) subject to the Freedom of Information Act;
(2) subject to subpoena and discovery under Section
2-402 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Article 115 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or Illinois Supreme
Court Rule 412; and
(3) admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal
proceeding.
(d) All participating member agencies must sign a
memorandum of understanding to be able to present cases to the
community support team.

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(e) All community support team members, community support
team staff, and any other person who participates in any
manner in a case review or behavioral threat assessment and
management consultation shall execute a confidentiality
agreement that acknowledges and agrees to comply with the
responsibility not to disclose or release any confidential
information. All executed confidentiality agreements shall be
maintained by the community support team.
(f) Community support team members, community support team
staff, and participating member agency staff cannot be subject
to examination or compelled to disclose or release
confidential information in any administrative, civil, or
criminal proceeding, except for information that is otherwise
available and lawfully obtained through another source
pursuant to an applicable law that allows the disclosure and
release of the information.
Section 30. Penalty for unlawful disclosure of
confidential information. Anyone who discloses, receives,
makes use of, or knowingly permits the use of any confidential
information in violation of this Act commits a Class A
misdemeanor.
Section 35. Immunity. If acting in good faith, without
malice, and within the protocols established by this Act, then
members of the community support team, community support team

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staff, participating member agency staff, and anyone
participating in a case review shall have immunity from
administrative, civil, or criminal liability for an act or
omission related to the participation in a case review,
notwithstanding Section 30.