Regional Advisory Committee responsibilities
50 ILCS 754/50
in effect(50 ILCS 754/50) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-828) Sec. 50. Regional Advisory Committee responsibilities. Each Regional Advisory Committee and subregional committee established by the Regional Advisory Committee are responsible for designing the local protocols to allow its region's or subregion's 9-1-1 call centers and emergency responders to coordinate their activities with 9-8-8 as required by this Act and monitoring current operation to advise on ongoing adjustments to the local protocols. A subregional committee, which may be convened by a majority vote of a Regional Advisory Committee, must include members that are representative of all required categories of the full Regional Advisory Committee and must provide guidance to the Regional Advisory Committees on adjustments that need to be made for local level operationalization of protocols. Included in this responsibility, each Regional Advisory Committee or subregional committee must: (1) negotiate the appropriate amendment of each 9-1-1 PSAP emergency dispatch protocols, in consultation with each 9-1-1 PSAP in the EMS Region and consistent with national certification requirements; (2) set maximum response times for 9-8-8 to provide service when an in-person response is required, based on type of mental or behavioral health emergency, which, if exceeded, constitute grounds for sending other emergency responders through the 9-1-1 system; (3) report, geographically by police district if practical, the data collected through the direction provided by the Statewide Advisory Committee in aggregated, non-individualized monthly reports. These reports shall be available to the Regional Advisory Committee members, subregional committee members, the Department of Human Service Division of Mental Health, the Administrator of the 9-1-1 Authority, and to the public upon request; (4) convene, after the initial regional policies are established, at least every 2 years to consider amendment of the regional policies, if any, and also convene whenever a member of the Committee requests that the Committee or subregional committee consider an amendment; and (5) identify regional resources and supports for use by the mobile mental health relief providers as they respond to the requests for services. (Source: P.A. 102-580, eff. 1-1-22; 103-105, eff. 6-27-23; 103-645, eff. 7-1-24.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-828) Sec. 50. Regional Advisory Committee responsibilities. (a) Each Regional Advisory Committee and subregional committee established by the Regional Advisory Committee are responsible for designing the local protocols to allow its region's or subregion's 9-1-1 call centers and emergency responders to coordinate their activities with 9-8-8 as required by this Act and monitoring current operation to advise on ongoing adjustments to the local protocols. (b) A subregional committee, which may be convened by a majority vote of a Regional Advisory Committee, must include members that are representative of all required categories of the full Regional Advisory Committee and must provide guidance to the Regional Advisory Committees on adjustments that need to be made for local level operationalization of protocols. (1) Any subregional committee formed shall be comprised of at least 25% of individuals with lived experience of a condition commonly regarded as a mental health or behavioral health disability, developmental disability, or intellectual disability; guardians of such individuals; or individuals from mental or behavioral health providers, groups, or networks. (2) Each member of a subregional committee must be approved by a majority of Regional Advisory Committee members, but is not required to be a member of the Regional Advisory Committee. (3) Meetings of subregional committees shall be accessible to all members of the Regional Advisory Committee and interested stakeholders. (4) Subregional committees shall also provide a list of their members to their Regional Advisory Committee, share meeting dates and locations with Regional Advisory Committee members and the public, and make meeting minutes available to the Regional Advisory Committee following each meeting. (5) No subregional committee shall be formed or meet without the approval of a majority of Regional Advisory Committee members. (6) Subregional committees may not develop policies that are in conflict with this Act or policies of the Regional Advisory Committee. (c) Included in this responsibility, each Regional Advisory Committee or subregional committee must: (1) negotiate the appropriate amendment of each 9-1-1 PSAP emergency dispatch protocols, in consultation with each 9-1-1 PSAP in the EMS Region and consistent with national certification requirements; (2) set maximum response times for 9-8-8 to provide service when an in-person response is required, based on type of mental or behavioral health emergency, which, if exceeded, constitute grounds for sending other emergency responders through the 9-1-1 system; (3) report, geographically by police district if practical, the data collected through the direction provided by the Statewide Advisory Committee in aggregated, non-individualized monthly reports. These reports shall be available to the Regional Advisory Committee members, subregional committee members, the Department, the Administrator of the 9-1-1 Authority, and to the public upon request; (4) convene, after the initial regional policies are established, at least every 2 years to consider amendment of the regional policies, if any, and also convene whenever a member of the Committee requests that the Committee or subregional committee consider an amendment; (5) identify regional resources and supports for use by the mobile mental health relief providers as they respond to the requests for services; (6) review regional and subregional crisis response system capacities and resources to inform planning and implementation and to foster collaboration across all sectors of the system; and (7) determine community needs and make a plan to support local communities that wish to explore potential resources that may be used to create additional mobile mental health relief provider services to provide more immediate service coverage where needed. These additional mobile mental health relief provider services may be dispatched from 9-1-1, 9-8-8, or successor dispatch systems and shall be subject to the same standards and requirements as mobile mental health relief providers funded by the State. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any locality or municipality to fund crisis services that are not currently available, or to prohibit any such locality or municipality from funding such services. (d) Sections 40, 45, and 50 place the Statewide Advisory Committee in an advisory role to the Regional Advisory Committees that are responsible for developing protocols for their regions. Nothing outside of this Act shall be construed to erode or compromise the autonomy and authority of the Regional Advisory Committees or to grant any authority to the Statewide Advisory Committee that is assigned to the Regional Advisory Committees. (Source: P.A. 103-105, eff. 6-27-23; 103-645, eff. 7-1-24; 104-828, eff. 1-1-27.)
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