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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1786 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. Provides that 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. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1786 | | LRB102 11606 RLC 16940 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental |
| 5 | | Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section |
| 6 | | 18.8 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1705/18.8 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 18.8. Post-secondary mental health database and |
| 9 | | resource page. The Department shall create and maintain an |
| 10 | | online database and resource page on its website. The database |
| 11 | | and resource page shall contain mental health resources |
| 12 | | specifically geared toward post-secondary social workers, |
| 13 | | counselors, parents, faculty, graduate assistants, school |
| 14 | | administrators, graduate and undergraduate students, and |
| 15 | | support personnel with the goal of connecting those people |
| 16 | | with mental health resources related to crisis services, |
| 17 | | wellness, sexual health, survivor support, gender-based |
| 18 | | violence, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, depression, |
| 19 | | violence prevention, suicide prevention, and substance use and |
| 20 | | encouraging information sharing among educational |
| 21 | | administrators, security personnel, resource officers, |
| 22 | | faculty, students, and all other employees of a university or |
| 23 | | college.
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