Sen. Michael E. Hastings
Filed: 4/15/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1793 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1793 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
52-3.163 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.163. Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
8    (a) This Section may be referred to as Ann Marie's Law.
9    (b) The State Board of Education shall do both of the 
10following:
11        (1) In consultation with a youth suicide prevention

12    organization operating in this State, develop a model
youth 
13    suicide awareness and prevention policy that is consistent 
14    with subsection (c) of this Section.
15        (2) Compile, develop, and post on its publicly 
16    accessible
Internet website both of the following, which 
 
 
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1    may include materials
already publicly available:
2            (A) Recommended guidelines and educational 
3        materials for
training and professional development.
4            (B) Recommended resources and age-appropriate 
5        educational
materials on youth suicide awareness and 
6        prevention.
7    (c) The model policy developed by the State Board of 
8Education under
subsection (b) of this Section and any policy 
9adopted by a school board
under subsection (d) of this Section 
10shall include all of the following:
11        (1) A statement on youth suicide awareness and 
12    prevention.
13        (2) Protocols for administering youth suicide 
14    awareness and
prevention education to staff and students.
15        (3) Methods of prevention, including procedures for 
16    early
identification and referral of students at risk of 
17    suicide.
18        (4) Methods of intervention, including procedures that

19    address an emotional or mental health safety plan for 
20    students
identified as being at increased risk of suicide.
21        (5) Methods of responding to a student or staff suicide 
22    or
suicide attempt.
23        (6) Reporting procedures.
24        (7) Recommended resources on youth suicide awareness 
25    and
prevention programs, including current contact 
26    information for
such programs.
 
 
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1    (d) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school 
2board shall adopt an age-appropriate youth suicide awareness 
3and
prevention policy consistent with subsection (c) of this 
4Section, inform each
school district employee and the parent or 
5legal guardian of each
student enrolled in the school district 
6of such policy, and post
such policy on the school district's 
7publicly accessible Internet
website. The policy adopted by a 
8school board under this
subsection (d) may be based upon the 
9model policy developed by the
State Board of Education under 
10subsection (b) of this Section.
 
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.".