Public Act 102-0228
 
SB1786 EnrolledLRB102 11606 RLC 16940 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental 
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended  by adding Section 
18.8 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 1705/18.8 new)
    Sec. 18.8. Post-secondary mental health database and 
resource page. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall 
create and maintain an online database and resource page on 
its website. The database and resource page shall contain 
mental health resources specifically geared toward 
post-secondary social workers, counselors, parents, faculty, 
graduate assistants, school administrators, graduate and 
undergraduate students, and support personnel with the goal of 
connecting those people with mental health resources related 
to crisis services, wellness, sexual health, survivor support, 
gender-based violence, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, 
depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and 
substance use and encouraging information sharing among 
educational administrators, security personnel, resource 
officers, faculty, students, and all other employees of a 
university or college. Nothing in this Section shall be 
construed to authorize or permit the sharing or disclosure of 
any individual's identity, health, or other personal 
information, or any information from an individual's record, 
in connection with the creation or use of the post-secondary 
mental health database and resource page.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.