100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5613

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to develop and adopt a trauma response protocol by the 2019-2020 school year. Requires the trauma response protocol to include long-term responses to a traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and community engagement. Allows school districts to partner with local community providers in establishing and implementing the protocol.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.67 and 34-18.60 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.67. Trauma response protocol.
8    (a) School districts shall, by the 2019-2020 school year,
9develop and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how
10the school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma
11response protocol shall include a long-term response to a
12traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and
13community engagement.
14    (b) School districts may partner with local community
15providers of these services in establishing and implementing
16the trauma response protocol.
 
17    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new)
18    Sec. 34-18.60. Trauma response protocol.
19    (a) The board shall, by the 2019-2020 school year, develop
20and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how the
21school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma
22response protocol shall include a long-term response to a

 

 

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1traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and
2community engagement.
3    (b) The board may partner with local community providers of
4these services in establishing and implementing the trauma
5response protocol.