Jehan Gordon-Booth Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders
Signed by Governor JB Pritzker
Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders
Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes access to a mental health grant for first responders.
Authorizes full access for first responders to supportive and responsive behavioral health services and treatments (Sec. 5).
Specifies there is, created within the Department of Human Services, a First Responder Behavioral Health Grant Program to provide grants to the following (Sec. 15):
Units of local government;
Law enforcement agencies;
Fire protection districts;
School districts;
Public or private hospitals; or
Ambulance services that employ first responders.
Requires recipients eligible for grants shall use the grants for expenses related to behavioral health care services for first responders (Sec. 15).
Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders