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SB1786 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1786

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1705/18.8 new

    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.


LRB102 11606 RLC 16940 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1786LRB102 11606 RLC 16940 b

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

 

 

SB1786- 2 -LRB102 11606 RLC 16940 b

1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.