101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4589

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/10-22.39
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies. Defines "trauma kit". Provides that products purchased for the on-site trauma kit shall be, wherever possible, products that are manufactured in the United States. Requires a school board to conduct in-service training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma at least once every 2 years. Provides that a school board may satisfy the trauma response training requirements by using the training, including online training, available from the American College of Surgeons or any other similar organization. Provides that in all matters relating to trauma response training, school district employees are immune from civil liability in the use of or failure to use a trauma kit unless the action constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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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 changing Section
510-22.39 and by adding Sections 10-20.73 and 34-18.66 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)
8    Sec. 10-20.73. Trauma kit.
9    (a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid
10response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following:
11        (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on
12    Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
13        (2) One compression bandage.
14        (3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed
15    by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
16        (4) Protective gloves and a marker.
17        (5) Scissors.
18        (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the
19    Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States
20    Department of Homeland Security or the American College of
21    Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.
22        (7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar to
23    those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any other

 

 

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1    items that (i) are approved by a local law enforcement
2    agency or first responders, (ii) can adequately treat a
3    traumatic injury, and (iii) can be stored in a readily
4    available kit.
5    (b) Each school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit
6at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies.
7    (c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those
8products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty
9Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United
10States.
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
12    Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
13    (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
14    (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
15programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school
16personnel and administrators who work with pupils in
17kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the
18warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth
19and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral
20techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental
21Health First Aid training program, established under the
22Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered
23by certified instructors trained by a national association
24recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide the
25training and meet the requirements under this subsection. If

 

 

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1licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains mental
2health first aid training outside of an in-service training
3program, he or she may present a certificate of successful
4completion of the training to the school district to satisfy
5the requirements of this subsection.
6    (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
7school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
8basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
9immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
10disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
11preventing its transmission, and the availability of
12appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
13information that may be appropriate considering the age and
14grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise
15such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
16of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
17training.
18    (d) In this subsection (d):
19    "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
20member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
21defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of
221986.
23    "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
24of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
251961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
2611-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12,

 

 

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112-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual
2violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the
3victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are
4known or related by blood or marriage to the victim.
5    At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program
6for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not
7limited to, school and school district administrators,
8teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
9school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
10must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
11sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
12and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with
13and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
14and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
15victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and
16parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
17agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
18implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and
19protocols with regard to such youth, including
20confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained
21to understand, provide information and referrals, and address
22issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents,
23or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
24    (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
25for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by
26persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and

 

 

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1management.
2    (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
3conduct in-service training on educator ethics,
4teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct
5for all personnel.
6    (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
7conduct in-service training for all school district employees
8on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include
9instruction on how to respond to an incident involving
10life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a
11school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training
12requirements under this subsection by using the training,
13including online training, available from the American College
14of Surgeons or any other similar organization.
15    In all matters relating to trauma response training, school
16district employees are immune from civil liability in the use
17of or failure to use a trauma kit unless the action constitutes
18gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
19(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19; 101-350, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new)
21    Sec. 34-18.66. Trauma kit; trauma response training.
22    (a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid
23response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following:
24        (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on
25    Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

 

 

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1        (2) One compression bandage.
2        (3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed
3    by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
4        (4) Protective gloves and a marker.
5        (5) Scissors.
6        (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the
7    Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States
8    Department of Homeland Security or the American College of
9    Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.
10        (7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar to
11    those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any other
12    items that (i) are approved by a local law enforcement
13    agency or first responders, (ii) can adequately treat a
14    traumatic injury, and (iii) can be stored in a readily
15    available kit.
16    (b) The school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit
17at each school for bleeding emergencies.
18    (c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those
19products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty
20Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United
21States.
22    (d) At least once every 2 years, the board shall conduct
23in-service training for all school district employees on the
24methods to respond to trauma. The training must include
25instruction on how to respond to an incident involving
26life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a

 

 

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1school's trauma kit. The board may satisfy the training
2requirements under this subsection by using the training,
3including online training, available from the American College
4of Surgeons or any other similar organization. In all matters
5relating to trauma response training, school district
6employees are immune from civil liability in the use of or
7failure to use a trauma kit unless the action constitutes gross
8negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.