Illinois legislation · 104th General Assembly
Illinois SB3798: MENTAL HEALTH 9-1-1 CALLS
Status: Signed into law, August 7, 2026
Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Replaces all references to the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services with the Department of Human Services throughout the Act. Provides that 9-1-1 public safety answering points shall screen specific types of law enforcement calls and follow approved protocols and processes under the Act to identify callers experiencing behavioral health crises and to refer them for a behavioral health response. Provides that 9-1-1 public safety answering points shall open and follow the emergency medical dispatch protocols established under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act at the start of all emergency calls to ensure the protocols are used and applied consistently and uniformly to ensure that information related to behavioral health emergency calls is available for data collection and can be used to determine which calls should be referred for a behavioral health response. Provides that, among other things, each Regional Advisory Committee or subregional committee must (1) 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 (2) determine the need for and make a plan to support local communities to develop and use other resources to create additional mobile mental health relief provider services to expand the capacity to provide more immediate service coverage. Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, all public safety answering points shall use the protocols established under the Community Emergency Services and Support Act to identify behavioral and mental health-related emergencies that do not require a law enforcement response. Amends the Illinois State Police Law. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs shall include, among other things, community re
What the bill says
A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3798Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Robert PetersSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index See Index Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act…
From the introduced text, February 6, 2026:
A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3798Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Robert PetersSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index See Index Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Replaces allreferences to the Division of Mental Health of the Department of HumanServices with the Department of Human Services throughout the Act.Provides that 9-1-1 public safety answering points shall screen specifictypes of law enforcement calls and follow approved protocols and processesunder the Act to identify callers experiencing behavioral health crisesand to refer them for a behavioral health response. Provides that 9-1-1public safety answering points shall open and follow the emergency medicaldispatch protocols established under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)Systems Act at the start of all emergency calls to ensure the protocols areused and applied consistently and uniformly to ensure that informationrelated to behavioral health emergency calls is available for datacollection and can be used to determine which calls should be referred fora behavioral health response. Provides that, among other things, eachRegional Advisory Committee or subregional committee must (1) reviewregional and subregional crisis response system capacities and resourcesto inform planning and implementation and to foster collaboration acrossall sectors of the system and (2) determine the need for and make a plan tosupport local communities to develop and use other resources to createadditional mobile mental health relief provider services …
Sponsors
- Robert Peters (D, 13) · primary sponsor
- Celina Villanueva (D, 12)
- Mattie Hunter (D, 3)
- Adriane Johnson (D, 30)
- Mary Edly-Allen (D, 31)
- Mike Simmons (D, 7)
- Steve Stadelman (D, 34)
- Kelly M. Cassidy (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Yolonda Morris (D, 9)
Latest actions
- : Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0828
- : Effective Date January 1, 2027
- : Governor Approved
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Passed Both Houses
- : Senate Concurs
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Health and Human Services; 009-000-000
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Health and Human Services
- : House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
Votes
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs (May 31, 2026): 58 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Health and Human Services (May 28, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed (May 22, 2026): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee (May 14, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee (May 13, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed (May 12, 2026): 75 yea, 36 nay, passed
Subjects: ILCS 50 - Local Government, ILCS 20 - Executive Branch
Common questions
- What is SB3798?
- SB3798 is a bill in the Illinois Legislature (104th General Assembly): MENTAL HEALTH 9-1-1 CALLS.
- What does SB3798 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026SB3798Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. Robert PetersSYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index See Index Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act…
- What is the status of SB3798?
- Signed into law as of August 7, 2026. Latest action: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0828 (August 7, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB3798?
- Robert Peters (D, 13), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB3798?
- On the Illinois Legislature website: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3798&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114
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