Public Act 102-0416
 
HB1778 EnrolledLRB102 11751 CMG 17086 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the Beyond 
Charity Law.
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Sections 
10-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new)
    Sec. 10-20.75. Identification cards; suicide prevention 
information. Each school district that serves pupils in any of 
grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to 
pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 shall provide contact 
information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
(988), the Crisis Text Line, and either the Safe2Help Illinois 
helpline or a local suicide prevention hotline or both  on the 
identification card. The contact information shall identify 
each helpline that may be contacted through text messaging. 
The contact information shall be included in the school's 
student handbook and also the student planner if a student 
planner is custom printed by the school for distribution to 
pupils in any of grades 6 through 12.
 
    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
    Sec. 34-18.67. Identification cards; suicide prevention 
information. If the school district issues an identification 
card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12, the district 
shall provide contact information for the National Suicide 
Prevention Lifeline (988), the Crisis Text Line, and either 
the Safe2Help Illinois helpline or a local suicide prevention 
hotline or both on the identification card. The contact 
information shall identify each helpline that may be contacted 
through text messaging. The contact information shall be 
included in the school's student handbook and also the student 
planner if a student planner is custom printed by the school 
for distribution to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12.

 
    Section 10. The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act 
is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (110 ILCS 58/25)

    Sec. 25. Awareness.  To raise mental health awareness on 
college campuses, each public college or university must do 
all of the following: 
        (1) Develop and implement an annual student 
    orientation session aimed at raising awareness about 
    mental health conditions.
        (2) Assess courses and seminars available to students 
    through their regular academic experiences and implement 
    mental health awareness curricula if opportunities for 
    integration exist.
        (3) Create and feature a page on its website or mobile 
    application with information dedicated solely to the 
    mental health resources available to students at the 
    public college or university and in the surrounding 
    community.
        (4) Distribute messages related to mental health 
    resources that encourage help-seeking behavior through the 
    online learning platform of the public college or 
    university during high stress periods of the academic 
    year, including, but not limited to, midterm or final 
    examinations. These stigma-reducing strategies must be 
    based on documented best practices. 
        (5) Three years after the effective date of this Act, 
    implement an online screening tool to raise awareness and 
    establish a mechanism to link or refer students of the 
    public college or university to services. Screenings and 
    resources must be available year round for students and, 
    at a minimum, must (i) include validated screening tools 
    for depression, an anxiety disorder, an eating disorder, 
    substance use, alcohol-use disorder, post-traumatic stress 
    disorder, and bipolar disorder, (ii) provide resources for 
    immediate connection to services, if indicated, including 
    emergency resources, (iii) provide general information 
    about all mental health-related resources available to 
    students of the public college or university, and (iv) 
    function anonymously.
        (6) At least once per term and at times of high 
    academic stress, including midterm or final examinations, 
    provide students information regarding online screenings 
    and resources.  

        (7)     Provide contact information for the National 
    Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988), the Crisis Text Line, 
    and a local suicide prevention hotline on each student 
    identification card issued by the public college or 
    university if the public college or university issues 
    student identification cards. The contact information 
    shall identify each helpline that may be contacted through 
    text messaging. The contact information shall be included 
    in the public college's or university's student handbook 
    and also the student planner if a student planner is 
    custom printed by the public college or university for 
    distribution to students.
(Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 7-1-20.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2022.