Full Text of SJR0056 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, suicide is the eleventh leading cause | 3 | | of death and results in more than 1,000 deaths each year; for | 4 | | young adults 15 to 34 years of age, suicide is the third | 5 | | leading cause of death in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, men are three to four times more | 7 | | likely than women to die from suicide, while more women than | 8 | | men report attempting suicide; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Suicide rates are higher among middle aged adults, | 10 | | but suicide attempt rates are higher among young people; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in | 12 | | the United States in 2017; it is often a consequence of | 13 | | untreated mental illness and substance use disorders and as | 14 | | such is a preventable condition; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, More than 47,000 Americans died by suicide, and | 16 | | more than 1.4 million adults attempted suicide in 2017; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among | 18 | | young people aged 10 to 24, who have seen a 56 percent rise in | 19 | | suicide rates from 2007 to 2017; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, At-risk populations, such as veterans, LGBTQ | 2 | | youth, and American Indians, have been shown to be particularly | 3 | | vulnerable; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, More than 20 veterans die by suicide every day; | 5 | | between 2008 and 2016, there were more than 6,000 veteran | 6 | | suicides each year; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, A person with mental health issues will often be | 8 | | vulnerable to suicide, in part because they lack access to care | 9 | | or will not have a positive response to the care they receive; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | 12 | | Administration (SAMHSA) has reported positive results | 13 | | regarding the effectiveness of the Suicide Prevention Hotline | 14 | | in reductions of suicidal ideation and hopelessness, improved | 15 | | suicide risk assessment, response to callers at imminent risk, | 16 | | and improving follow-up; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 19 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support all efforts to make it | 20 | | easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially | 21 | | life-saving resources about suicide prevention, intervention, | 22 | | and mental health crisis by the Federal Communications |
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| 1 | | Commission (FCC); and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the FCC to establish a new hotline | 3 | | for those Americans experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental | 4 | | health crisis; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Commission to initiate a | 6 | | rulemaking proceeding to consider designating 988 as the | 7 | | 3-digit code to be used for this purpose.
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