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92_HB1694eng
HB1694 Engrossed LRB9205478MWks
1 AN ACT concerning emergency telephone services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended
5 by changing Section 10.1 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 750/10.1) (from Ch. 134, par. 40.1)
7 Sec. 10.1. Confidentiality.
8 (a) 9-1-1 information consisting of names, addresses and
9 telephone numbers of telephone customers whose listings are
10 not published in directories or listed in Directory
11 Assistance Offices is confidential. Except as provided in
12 subsection (b), information shall be provided on a
13 call-by-call basis only for the purpose of responding to
14 emergency calls. For the purposes of this subsection (a),
15 "emergency" means a situation in which property or human life
16 is in jeopardy and the prompt notification of the public
17 safety agency is essential.
18 (b) 9-1-1 information, including information described
19 in subsection (a), may be used by a public safety agency for
20 the purpose of placing out-going emergency calls.
21 (c) Any public safety agency that uses 9-1-1 information
22 for the purposes of subsection (b) must establish methods and
23 procedures that ensure the confidentiality of information as
24 required by subsection (a).
25 (d) Divulging confidential information in violation of
26 this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-146.)
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