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HB 1321 - Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders - Illinois Key Vote

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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

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Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes access to a mental health grant for first responders.

Highlights:


  • 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).

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Title: Authorizes Access to Mental Health Resources for First Responders

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