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Public Act 095-0109
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| HB1643 Enrolled |
LRB095 10030 KBJ 30244 b |
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AN ACT concerning public health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Suicide Prevention, Education, and |
Treatment Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 13, 15, 20, |
25, and 30 as follows:
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(410 ILCS 53/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Act, unless |
the context otherwise requires: |
"Alliance" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance.
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"Committee" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention |
Strategic Planning Committee. |
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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"Plan" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic |
Plan set forth in Section 15.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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(410 ILCS 53/13)
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Sec. 13. Duration; report. All projects set forth in this |
Act must be at least 3 years in duration, and the Department |
and related contracts as well as the Illinois Suicide |
Prevention Alliance
Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning |
Committee must report annually to the Governor and General |
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Assembly on the effectiveness of these activities and programs.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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(410 ILCS 53/15)
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Sec. 15. Suicide Prevention Alliance
Strategic Planning |
Committee.
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(a) The Alliance
Committee is created as the official |
grassroots creator, planner, monitor, and advocate for the |
Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. No later than one |
year after the effective date of this Act, the Alliance
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Committee shall review, finalize, and submit to the Governor |
and the General Assembly the Illinois Suicide Prevention |
Strategic Plan and appropriate processes and outcome |
objectives for 10 overriding recommendations and a timeline for |
reaching these objectives. |
(b) The Alliance
Committee shall use the United States |
Surgeon General's National Suicide Prevention Strategy as a |
model for the Plan. The Alliance
Committee shall review the |
statutorily prescribed missions of major State mental health, |
health, aging, and school mental health programs and recommend, |
as necessary and appropriate, statutory changes to include |
suicide prevention in the missions and procedures of those |
programs. The Alliance
Committee shall prepare a report of that |
review, including its recommendations, and shall submit the |
report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, |
2004. |
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(c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint the members |
of the Alliance
Committee. The membership of the Alliance
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Committee shall include, without limitation, representatives |
of statewide organizations and other agencies that focus on the |
prevention of suicide and the improvement of mental health |
treatment or that provide suicide prevention or survivor |
support services. Other disciplines that shall be considered |
for membership on the Alliance
committee include law |
enforcement, first responders, faith-based community leaders, |
universities, and survivors of suicide (families and friends |
who have lost persons to suicide) as well as consumers of |
services of these agencies and organizations.
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(d) The Alliance
committee shall meet at least 4 times a |
year, and more as deemed necessary, in various sites statewide |
in order to foster as much participation as possible. The |
Alliance
Committee, a steering committee, and core members of |
the full committee shall monitor and guide the definition and |
direction of the goals of the full Alliance
Committee, shall |
review and approve productions of the plan, and shall meet |
before the full Alliance
Committee meetings.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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(410 ILCS 53/20)
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Sec. 20. General awareness and screening program.
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(a) The Department shall provide technical assistance for |
the work of the Alliance
Committee and the production of the |
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Plan and shall distribute general information and screening |
tools for suicide prevention to the general public through |
local public health departments throughout the State. These |
materials shall be distributed to agencies, schools, |
hospitals, churches, places of employment, and all related |
professional caregivers to educate all citizens about warning |
signs and interventions that all persons can do to stop the |
suicidal cycle. |
(b) This program shall include, without limitation, all of |
the following: |
(1) Educational programs about warning signs and how to |
help suicidal individuals. |
(2) Educational presentations about suicide risk and |
how to help at-risk people in special populations and with |
bilingual support to special cultures. |
(3) The designation of an annual suicide awareness week |
or month to include a public awareness campaign on suicide. |
(4) A statewide suicide prevention conference before |
November of 2004. |
(5) An Illinois Suicide Prevention Speaker's Bureau. |
(6) A program to educate the media regarding the |
guidelines developed by the American Association for |
Suicidology for coverage of suicides and to encourage media |
cooperation in adopting these guidelines in reporting |
suicides. |
(7) Increased training opportunities for volunteers, |
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professionals, and other caregivers to develop specific |
skills for assessing suicide risk and intervening to |
prevent suicide.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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(410 ILCS 53/25)
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Sec. 25. Additional duties of the Alliance
Committee.
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Alliance
Committee shall: |
(1) Act as an advisor and lead consultant on the |
design, implementation, and evaluation of all programs |
outlined in this Act. |
(2) Establish interagency policy and procedures among |
appropriate agencies for the collaboration and |
coordination needed to implement the programs outlined in |
this Act.
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(3) Design, review, select, and monitor proposals for |
the implementation of these activities in agencies |
throughout the State.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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(410 ILCS 53/30)
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Sec. 30. Suicide prevention pilot programs. |
(a) The Department shall establish, when funds are |
appropriated, up to 5 pilot programs that provide training and |
direct service programs relating to youth, elderly, special |
populations, high-risk populations, and professional |
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caregivers. The purpose of these pilot programs is to |
demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of the projects set |
forth in this Act in the communities in which they are offered. |
The pilot programs shall be operational for at least 2 years of |
the 3-year requirement set forth in Section 13. |
(b) The Director of Public Health is encouraged to ensure |
that the pilot programs include the following prevention |
strategies: |
(1) school gatekeeper and faculty training;
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(2) community gatekeeper training; |
(3) general community suicide prevention education; |
(4) health providers and physician training and |
consultation about high-risk cases; |
(5) depression, anxiety, and suicide screening |
programs;
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(6) peer support youth and older adult programs;
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(7) the enhancement of 24-hour crisis centers, |
hotlines, and person-to-person calling trees; |
(8) means restriction advocacy and collaboration; and
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(9) intervening and supporting after a suicide.
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(c) The funds appropriated for purposes of this Section |
shall be allocated by the Department on a competitive, |
grant-submission basis, which shall include consideration of |
different rates of risk of suicide based on age, ethnicity, |
gender, prevalence of mental health disorders, different rates |
of suicide based on geographic areas in Illinois, and the |