(50 ILCS 754/65) Sec. 65. PSAP and emergency service dispatched through a 9-1-1 PSAP; coordination of activities with mobile and behavioral health services. (a) Each 9-1-1 PSAP and emergency service dispatched through a 9-1-1 PSAP must begin coordinating its activities with the mobile mental and behavioral health services established by the Division of Mental Health once all 3 of the following conditions are met, but not later than July 1, 2027: (1) the Statewide Committee has negotiated useful |
| protocol and 9-1-1 operator script adjustments with the contracted services providing these tools to 9-1-1 PSAPs operating in Illinois;
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(2) the appropriate Regional Advisory Committee has
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| completed design of the specific 9-1-1 PSAP's process for coordinating activities with the mobile mental and behavioral health service; and
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(3) the mobile mental and behavioral health service
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| is available in their jurisdiction.
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(b) To achieve the conditions of subsection (a) by July 1, 2027, the following activities shall be completed:
(1) No later than June 30, 2025, pilot testing of the
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(2) No later than June 30, 2026:
(A) assessment and evaluation of the pilots;
(B) revisions, as needed, of protocols and
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| operations based on assessment and evaluation of the pilots;
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(C) implementation of revised protocols at pilot
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(D) implementation of revised protocols by PSAPs
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| who are ready to implement, otherwise known as early adopters; and
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(3) No later than June 30, 2027, implementation of
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| revised protocols by all remaining PSAPs, including any PSAPs that previously cited financial barriers to updating systems.
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(Source: P.A. 103-105, eff. 6-27-23; 103-645, eff. 7-1-24; 104-155, eff. 8-1-25.)
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