Full Text of HJR0095 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Mental health includes emotional, psychological, | 3 | | and social well-being; it affects how people
think, feel, and | 4 | | act; it also affects how we handle stress, relate to others, | 5 | | and make choices; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mental health disorders are health conditions | 7 | | that are characterized by alterations in thinking,
mood, or | 8 | | behavior, or some combination thereof, and are associated with | 9 | | distress or impaired functioning; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, One in six U.S. youth aged six to 17 experience a | 11 | | mental health disorder each year; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, LGBTQ youth experience mental health disorders at | 13 | | a significantly higher rate; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Bullying can affect one's mental health, both in | 15 | | the short term and later in life; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Bullying is a prevalent issue among youth ages 12 | 17 | | to 18 years old, with 35% and 15% of that age
group reporting | 18 | | involvement in traditional bullying and cyberbullying, | 19 | | respectively; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among | 2 | | people aged 10 to 34 and the 10th leading
cause of death in the | 3 | | United States; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois' 2018 Illinois Youth | 5 | | Survey found that 58% of 12th grade students
used alcohol, | 6 | | tobacco, inhalants, or marijuana in the past year; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Interactions with their peers is a major component | 8 | | of a student's daily life; school days
last for an average of | 9 | | 6.5 hours, and Illinois requires a minimum of 176 school | 10 | | attendance days each school
year; therefore, students are | 11 | | exposed to their peers for a minimum of 1,144 hours each year; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Schools are the most effective and efficient | 14 | | places to teach youths to identify, understand, and
respond to | 15 | | signs of substance use and mental health disorders in | 16 | | themselves and among their peers;
schools can provide | 17 | | meaningful instruction to students on how to help someone who | 18 | | is developing a
mental health problem or experiencing a mental | 19 | | health crisis; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 22 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge Illinois schools to |
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education for all students in grades six to 12 on how | 2 | | to identify, understand, and respond to signs of
addictions and | 3 | | mental illnesses, as well as provide instruction on how to help | 4 | | someone who is developing
a mental health problem or | 5 | | experiencing a mental health crisis; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That we commend the National Council for | 7 | | Behavioral Health and the Illinois Association for
Behavioral | 8 | | Health for their work in developing and directing teen Mental | 9 | | Health First Aid training programs for schools;
and be it | 10 | | further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, | 12 | | the Paris Union School District, and Clinton High
School for | 13 | | participating in the first nationwide pilot programs of teen | 14 | | Mental Health First Aid training for schools; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Operation Snowball, the Human | 16 | | Resources Center of Edgar and Clark Counties,
and the Heritage | 17 | | Behavioral Health Center for participating in the first | 18 | | nationwide teen Mental Health First
Aid instructor trainings; | 19 | | and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the National Council for Behavioral Health, the | 22 | | Illinois Association for
Behavioral Health, Amos Alonzo Stagg |
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| 1 | | High School, the Paris Union School District, Clinton High
| 2 | | School, Operation Snowball, the Human Resources Center of Edgar | 3 | | and Clark Counties,
and the Heritage Behavioral Health Center.
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