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Public Act 102-1006 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning emergency services.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 148 as follows: | ||||
(5 ILCS 490/148) | ||||
Sec. 148. First Responder Mental Health Awareness Day. The | ||||
third Friday in May of each year is designated as First | ||||
Responder Mental Health Awareness Day, to be observed | ||||
throughout the State as a day to honor firefighters, police | ||||
officers, emergency medical dispatchers, and other first | ||||
responders who have lost their lives due to and suffer from | ||||
post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and other mental | ||||
health issues.
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(Source: P.A. 100-900, eff. 1-1-19 .) | ||||
Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Section 2310-256 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-256)
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Sec. 2310-256.
Public information campaign;
statewide
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response plans.
The Department shall, whenever the State is |
required by the federal
government to
implement a statewide | ||
response plan to a national public health threat, conduct
an
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information campaign for
the general public and for medical | ||
professionals concerning the need for public
participation in
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the plan, the risks involved in inoculation or treatment, any | ||
advisories
concerning the need for
medical consultation before | ||
receiving inoculation or treatment, and the rights
and | ||
responsibilities
of the general public, medical professionals, | ||
and first responders , including, but not limited to, emergency | ||
medical dispatchers, regarding
the provision and
receipt of | ||
inoculation and treatment under the response plan.
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(Source: P.A. 93-161, eff. 7-10-03.)
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Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||
22-80 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 5/22-80) | ||
Sec. 22-80. Student athletes; concussions and head | ||
injuries. | ||
(a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: | ||
(1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported | ||
injuries in children and adolescents who participate in | ||
sports and recreational activities. The Centers for | ||
Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as | ||
3,900,000 sports-related and recreation-related | ||
concussions occur in the United States each year. A |
concussion is caused by a blow or motion to the head or | ||
body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the | ||
skull. The risk of catastrophic injuries or death is | ||
significant when a concussion or head injury is not | ||
properly evaluated and managed. | ||
(2) Concussions are a type of brain injury that can | ||
range from mild to severe and can disrupt the way the brain | ||
normally works. Concussions can occur in any organized or | ||
unorganized sport or recreational activity and can result | ||
from a fall or from players colliding with each other, the | ||
ground, or with obstacles. Concussions occur with or | ||
without loss of consciousness, but the vast majority of | ||
concussions occur without loss of consciousness. | ||
(3) Continuing to play with a concussion or symptoms | ||
of a head injury leaves a young athlete especially | ||
vulnerable to greater injury and even death. The General | ||
Assembly recognizes that, despite having generally | ||
recognized return-to-play standards for concussions and | ||
head injuries, some affected youth athletes are | ||
prematurely returned to play, resulting in actual or | ||
potential physical injury or death to youth athletes in | ||
this State. | ||
(4) Student athletes who have sustained a concussion | ||
may need informal or formal accommodations, modifications | ||
of curriculum, and monitoring by medical or academic staff | ||
until the student is fully recovered. To that end, all |
schools are encouraged to establish a return-to-learn | ||
protocol that is based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines and conduct baseline testing for | ||
student athletes. | ||
(b) In this Section: | ||
"Athletic trainer" means an athletic trainer licensed | ||
under the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act who is | ||
working under the supervision of a physician. | ||
"Coach" means any volunteer or employee of a school who is | ||
responsible for organizing and supervising students to teach | ||
them or train them in the fundamental skills of an | ||
interscholastic athletic activity. "Coach" refers to both head | ||
coaches and assistant coaches. | ||
"Concussion" means a complex pathophysiological process | ||
affecting the brain caused by a traumatic physical force or | ||
impact to the head or body, which may include temporary or | ||
prolonged altered brain function resulting in physical, | ||
cognitive, or emotional symptoms or altered sleep patterns and | ||
which may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. | ||
"Department" means the Department of Financial and | ||
Professional Regulation. | ||
"Game official" means a person who officiates at an | ||
interscholastic athletic activity, such as a referee or | ||
umpire, including, but not limited to, persons enrolled as | ||
game officials by the Illinois High School Association or |
Illinois Elementary School Association. | ||
"Interscholastic athletic activity" means any organized | ||
school-sponsored or school-sanctioned activity for students, | ||
generally outside of school instructional hours, under the | ||
direction of a coach, athletic director, or band leader, | ||
including, but not limited to, baseball, basketball, | ||
cheerleading, cross country track, fencing, field hockey, | ||
football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, marching | ||
band, rugby, soccer, skating, softball, swimming and diving, | ||
tennis, track (indoor and outdoor), ultimate Frisbee, | ||
volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. All interscholastic | ||
athletics are deemed to be interscholastic activities. | ||
"Licensed healthcare professional" means a person who has | ||
experience with concussion management and who is a nurse, a | ||
psychologist who holds a license under the Clinical | ||
Psychologist Licensing Act and specializes in the practice of | ||
neuropsychology, a physical therapist licensed under the | ||
Illinois Physical Therapy Act, an occupational therapist | ||
licensed under the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, | ||
a physician assistant, or an athletic trainer. | ||
"Nurse" means a person who is employed by or volunteers at | ||
a school and is licensed under the Nurse Practice Act as a | ||
registered nurse, practical nurse, or advanced practice | ||
registered nurse. | ||
"Physician" means a physician licensed to practice | ||
medicine in all of its branches under the Medical Practice Act |
of 1987. | ||
"Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed | ||
under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. | ||
"School" means any public or private elementary or | ||
secondary school, including a charter school. | ||
"Student" means an adolescent or child enrolled in a | ||
school. | ||
(c) This Section applies to any interscholastic athletic | ||
activity, including practice and competition, sponsored or | ||
sanctioned by a school, the Illinois Elementary School | ||
Association, or the Illinois High School Association. This | ||
Section applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. | ||
(d) The governing body of each public or charter school | ||
and the appropriate administrative officer of a private school | ||
with students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic | ||
athletic activity shall appoint or approve a concussion | ||
oversight team. Each concussion oversight team shall establish | ||
a return-to-play protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to | ||
interscholastic athletics practice or competition following a | ||
force or impact believed to have caused a concussion. Each | ||
concussion oversight team shall also establish a | ||
return-to-learn protocol, based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, for a student's return to the classroom |
after that student is believed to have experienced a | ||
concussion, whether or not the concussion took place while the | ||
student was participating in an interscholastic athletic | ||
activity. | ||
Each concussion oversight team must include to the extent | ||
practicable at least one physician. If a school employs an | ||
athletic trainer, the athletic trainer must be a member of the | ||
school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. If | ||
a school employs a nurse, the nurse must be a member of the | ||
school concussion oversight team to the extent practicable. At | ||
a minimum, a school shall appoint a person who is responsible | ||
for implementing and complying with the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols adopted by the concussion oversight | ||
team. At a minimum, a concussion oversight team may be | ||
composed of only one person and this person need not be a | ||
licensed healthcare professional, but it may not be a coach. A | ||
school may appoint other licensed healthcare professionals to | ||
serve on the concussion oversight team. | ||
(e) A student may not participate in an interscholastic | ||
athletic activity for a school year until the student and the | ||
student's parent or guardian or another person with legal | ||
authority to make medical decisions for the student have | ||
signed a form for that school year that acknowledges receiving | ||
and reading written information that explains concussion | ||
prevention, symptoms, treatment, and oversight and that | ||
includes guidelines for safely resuming participation in an |
athletic activity following a concussion. The form must be | ||
approved by the Illinois High School Association. | ||
(f) A student must be removed from an interscholastic | ||
athletics practice or competition immediately if one of the | ||
following persons believes the student might have sustained a | ||
concussion during the practice or competition: | ||
(1) a coach; | ||
(2) a physician; | ||
(3) a game official; | ||
(4) an athletic trainer; | ||
(5) the student's parent or guardian or another person | ||
with legal authority to make medical decisions for the | ||
student; | ||
(6) the student; or | ||
(7) any other person deemed appropriate under the | ||
school's return-to-play protocol. | ||
(g) A student removed from an interscholastic athletics | ||
practice or competition under this Section may not be | ||
permitted to practice or compete again following the force or | ||
impact believed to have caused the concussion until: | ||
(1) the student has been evaluated, using established | ||
medical protocols based on peer-reviewed scientific | ||
evidence consistent with Centers for Disease Control and | ||
Prevention guidelines, by a treating physician (chosen by | ||
the student or the student's parent or guardian or another | ||
person with legal authority to make medical decisions for |
the student), an athletic trainer, an advanced practice | ||
registered nurse, or a physician assistant; | ||
(2) the student has successfully completed each | ||
requirement of the return-to-play protocol established | ||
under this Section necessary for the student to return to | ||
play; | ||
(3) the student has successfully completed each | ||
requirement of the return-to-learn protocol established | ||
under this Section necessary for the student to return to | ||
learn; | ||
(4) the treating physician, the athletic trainer, or | ||
the physician assistant has provided a written statement | ||
indicating that, in the physician's professional judgment, | ||
it is safe for the student to return to play and return to | ||
learn or the treating advanced practice registered nurse | ||
has provided a written statement indicating that it is | ||
safe for the student to return to play and return to learn; | ||
and | ||
(5) the student and the student's parent or guardian | ||
or another person with legal authority to make medical | ||
decisions for the student: | ||
(A) have acknowledged that the student has | ||
completed the requirements of the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols necessary for the student to | ||
return to play; | ||
(B) have provided the treating physician's, |
athletic trainer's, advanced practice registered | ||
nurse's, or physician assistant's written statement | ||
under subdivision (4) of this subsection (g) to the | ||
person responsible for compliance with the | ||
return-to-play and return-to-learn protocols under | ||
this subsection (g) and the person who has supervisory | ||
responsibilities under this subsection (g); and | ||
(C) have signed a consent form indicating that the | ||
person signing: | ||
(i) has been informed concerning and consents | ||
to the student participating in returning to play | ||
in accordance with the return-to-play and | ||
return-to-learn protocols; | ||
(ii) understands the risks associated with the | ||
student returning to play and returning to learn | ||
and will comply with any ongoing requirements in | ||
the return-to-play and return-to-learn protocols; | ||
and | ||
(iii) consents to the disclosure to | ||
appropriate persons, consistent with the federal | ||
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability | ||
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), of the treating | ||
physician's, athletic trainer's, physician | ||
assistant's, or advanced practice registered | ||
nurse's written statement under subdivision (4) of | ||
this subsection (g) and, if any, the |
return-to-play and return-to-learn | ||
recommendations of the treating physician, the | ||
athletic trainer, the physician assistant, or the | ||
advanced practice registered nurse, as the case | ||
may be. | ||
A coach of an interscholastic athletics team may not | ||
authorize a student's return to play or return to learn. | ||
The district superintendent or the superintendent's | ||
designee in the case of a public elementary or secondary | ||
school, the chief school administrator or that person's | ||
designee in the case of a charter school, or the appropriate | ||
administrative officer or that person's designee in the case | ||
of a private school shall supervise an athletic trainer or | ||
other person responsible for compliance with the | ||
return-to-play protocol and shall supervise the person | ||
responsible for compliance with the return-to-learn protocol. | ||
The person who has supervisory responsibilities under this | ||
paragraph may not be a coach of an interscholastic athletics | ||
team. | ||
(h)(1) The Illinois High School Association shall approve, | ||
for coaches, game officials, and non-licensed healthcare | ||
professionals, training courses that provide for not less than | ||
2 hours of training in the subject matter of concussions, | ||
including evaluation, prevention, symptoms, risks, and | ||
long-term effects. The Association shall maintain an updated | ||
list of individuals and organizations authorized by the |
Association to provide the training. | ||
(2) The following persons must take a training course in | ||
accordance with paragraph (4) of this subsection (h) from an | ||
authorized training provider at least once every 2 years: | ||
(A) a coach of an interscholastic athletic activity; | ||
(B) a nurse, licensed healthcare professional, or | ||
non-licensed healthcare professional who serves as a | ||
member of a concussion oversight team either on a | ||
volunteer basis or in his or her capacity as an employee, | ||
representative, or agent of a school; and | ||
(C) a game official of an interscholastic athletic | ||
activity. | ||
(3) A physician who serves as a member of a concussion | ||
oversight team shall, to the greatest extent practicable, | ||
periodically take an appropriate continuing medical education | ||
course in the subject matter of concussions. | ||
(4) For purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection (h): | ||
(A) a coach, game official, or non-licensed healthcare | ||
professional, as the case may be, must take a course | ||
described in paragraph (1) of this subsection (h); | ||
(B) an athletic trainer must take a concussion-related | ||
continuing education course from an athletic trainer | ||
continuing education sponsor approved by the Department; | ||
(C) a nurse must take a concussion-related continuing | ||
education course from a nurse continuing education sponsor | ||
approved by the Department; |
(D) a physical therapist must take a | ||
concussion-related continuing education course from a | ||
physical therapist continuing education sponsor approved | ||
by the Department; | ||
(E) a psychologist must take a concussion-related | ||
continuing education course from a psychologist continuing | ||
education sponsor approved by the Department; | ||
(F) an occupational therapist must take a | ||
concussion-related continuing education course from an | ||
occupational therapist continuing education sponsor | ||
approved by the Department; and | ||
(G) a physician assistant must take a | ||
concussion-related continuing education course from a | ||
physician assistant continuing education sponsor approved | ||
by the Department. | ||
(5) Each person described in paragraph (2) of this | ||
subsection (h) must submit proof of timely completion of an | ||
approved course in compliance with paragraph (4) of this | ||
subsection (h) to the district superintendent or the | ||
superintendent's designee in the case of a public elementary | ||
or secondary school, the chief school administrator or that | ||
person's designee in the case of a charter school, or the | ||
appropriate administrative officer or that person's designee | ||
in the case of a private school. | ||
(6) A physician, licensed healthcare professional, or | ||
non-licensed healthcare professional who is not in compliance |
with the training requirements under this subsection (h) may | ||
not serve on a concussion oversight team in any capacity. | ||
(7) A person required under this subsection (h) to take a | ||
training course in the subject of concussions must complete | ||
the training prior to serving on a concussion oversight team | ||
in any capacity. | ||
(i) The governing body of each public or charter school | ||
and the appropriate administrative officer of a private school | ||
with students enrolled who participate in an interscholastic | ||
athletic activity shall develop a school-specific emergency | ||
action plan for interscholastic athletic activities to address | ||
the serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the | ||
condition of the student may deteriorate rapidly. The plan | ||
shall include a delineation of roles, methods of | ||
communication, available emergency equipment, and access to | ||
and a plan for emergency transport. This emergency action plan | ||
must be: | ||
(1) in writing; | ||
(2) reviewed by the concussion oversight team; | ||
(3) approved by the district superintendent or the | ||
superintendent's designee in the case of a public | ||
elementary or secondary school, the chief school | ||
administrator or that person's designee in the case of a | ||
charter school, or the appropriate administrative officer | ||
or that person's designee in the case of a private school; | ||
(4) distributed to all appropriate personnel; |
(5) posted conspicuously at all venues utilized by the | ||
school; and | ||
(6) reviewed annually by all athletic trainers, first | ||
responders (including, but not limited to, emergency | ||
medical dispatchers) , coaches, school nurses, athletic | ||
directors, and volunteers for interscholastic athletic | ||
activities. | ||
(j) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules as | ||
necessary to administer this Section, including, but not | ||
limited to, rules governing the informal or formal | ||
accommodation of a student who may have sustained a concussion | ||
during an interscholastic athletic activity.
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(Source: P.A. 100-309, eff. 9-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; | ||
100-747, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-81, eff. | ||
7-12-19.) | ||
Section 20. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 5 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 128/5)
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Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||
"First responder" means and includes all fire departments | ||
and districts, law enforcement agencies and officials, | ||
emergency medical responders, emergency medical dispatchers, | ||
and emergency management officials involved in the execution | ||
and documentation of the drills administered under this Act. |
"School" means a public or private facility that offers | ||
elementary or secondary education to students under the age of | ||
21. As used in this definition, "public facility" means a | ||
facility operated by the State or by a unit of local | ||
government. As used in this definition, "private facility" | ||
means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary or | ||
secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of the | ||
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which satisfies the | ||
requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code. While more | ||
than one school may be housed in a facility, for purposes of | ||
this Act, the facility shall be considered a school. When a | ||
school has more than one location, for purposes of this Act, | ||
each different location shall be considered its own school. | ||
"School safety drill" means a pre-planned exercise | ||
conducted by a school in accordance with the drills and | ||
requirements set forth in this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.) | ||
Section 25. The Suicide Prevention, Education, and | ||
Treatment Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | ||
(410 ILCS 53/15)
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Sec. 15. Suicide Prevention Alliance.
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(a) The Alliance is created as the official grassroots | ||
creator, planner, monitor, and advocate for the Illinois | ||
Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. No later than one year |
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st | ||
General Assembly, the Alliance shall review, finalize, and | ||
submit to the Governor and the General Assembly the 2020 | ||
Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan and appropriate | ||
processes and outcome objectives for 10 overriding | ||
recommendations and a timeline for reaching these objectives. | ||
(b) The Plan shall include: | ||
(1) recommendations from the most current National | ||
Suicide Prevention Strategy; | ||
(2) current research and experience into the | ||
prevention of suicide; | ||
(3) measures to encourage and assist health care | ||
systems and primary care providers to include suicide | ||
prevention as a core component of their services, | ||
including, but not limited to, implementing the Zero | ||
Suicide model; and | ||
(4) additional elements as determined appropriate by | ||
the Alliance. | ||
The Alliance shall review the statutorily prescribed | ||
missions of major State mental health, health, aging, and | ||
school mental health programs and recommend, as necessary and | ||
appropriate, statutory changes to include suicide prevention | ||
in the missions and procedures of those programs. The Alliance | ||
shall prepare a report of that review, including its | ||
recommendations, and shall submit the report to the Department | ||
for inclusion in its annual report to the Governor and the |
General Assembly. | ||
(c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint the | ||
members of the Alliance. The membership of the Alliance shall | ||
include, without limitation, representatives of statewide | ||
organizations and other agencies that focus on the prevention | ||
of suicide and the improvement of mental health treatment or | ||
that provide suicide prevention or survivor support services. | ||
Other disciplines that shall be considered for membership on | ||
the Alliance include law enforcement, first responders | ||
(including, but not limited to, emergency medical | ||
dispatchers) , faith-based community leaders, universities, and | ||
survivors of suicide (families and friends who have lost | ||
persons to suicide) as well as consumers of services of these | ||
agencies and organizations.
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(d) The Alliance shall meet at least 4 times a year, and | ||
more as deemed necessary, in various sites statewide in order | ||
to foster as much participation as possible. The Alliance, a | ||
steering committee, and core members of the full committee | ||
shall monitor and guide the definition and direction of the | ||
goals of the full Alliance, shall review and approve | ||
productions of the plan, and shall meet before the full | ||
Alliance meetings.
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(Source: P.A. 101-331, eff. 8-9-19.) | ||
Section 30. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | ||
by changing Section 5-25 as follows: |
(410 ILCS 705/5-25)
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Sec. 5-25. Department of Public Health to make health | ||
warning recommendations. | ||
(a) The Department of Public Health shall make | ||
recommendations to the Department of Agriculture and the | ||
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on | ||
appropriate health warnings for dispensaries and advertising, | ||
which may apply to all cannabis products, including item-type | ||
specific labeling or warning requirements, regulate the | ||
facility where cannabis-infused products are made, regulate | ||
cannabis-infused products as provided in subsection (e) of | ||
Section 55-5, and facilitate the Adult Use Cannabis Health | ||
Advisory Committee. | ||
(b) An Adult Use Cannabis Health Advisory Committee is | ||
hereby created and shall meet at least twice annually. The | ||
Chairperson may schedule meetings more frequently upon his or | ||
her initiative or upon the request of a Committee member. | ||
Meetings may be held in person or by teleconference. The | ||
Committee shall discuss and monitor changes in drug use data | ||
in Illinois and the emerging science and medical information | ||
relevant to the health effects associated with cannabis use | ||
and may provide recommendations to the Department of Human | ||
Services about public health awareness campaigns and messages. | ||
The Committee shall include the following members appointed by | ||
the Governor and shall represent the geographic, ethnic, and |
racial diversity of the State: | ||
(1) The Director of Public Health, or his or her | ||
designee, who shall serve as the Chairperson. | ||
(2) The Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | ||
designee, who shall serve as the Co-Chairperson. | ||
(3) A representative of the poison control center. | ||
(4) A pharmacologist. | ||
(5) A pulmonologist. | ||
(6) An emergency room physician. | ||
(7) An emergency medical technician, paramedic, | ||
emergency medical dispatcher, or other first responder. | ||
(8) A nurse practicing in a school-based setting. | ||
(9) A psychologist. | ||
(10) A neonatologist. | ||
(11) An obstetrician-gynecologist. | ||
(12) A drug epidemiologist. | ||
(13) A medical toxicologist. | ||
(14) An addiction psychiatrist. | ||
(15) A pediatrician. | ||
(16) A representative of a statewide professional | ||
public health organization. | ||
(17) A representative of a statewide hospital/health | ||
system association. | ||
(18) An individual registered as a patient in the | ||
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program. | ||
(19) An individual registered as a caregiver in the |
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program. | ||
(20) A representative of an organization focusing on | ||
cannabis-related policy. | ||
(21) A representative of an organization focusing on | ||
the civil liberties of individuals who reside in Illinois. | ||
(22) A representative of the criminal defense or civil | ||
aid community of attorneys serving Disproportionately | ||
Impacted Areas. | ||
(23) A representative of licensed cannabis business | ||
establishments. | ||
(24) A Social Equity Applicant. | ||
(25) A representative of a statewide community-based | ||
substance use disorder treatment provider association. | ||
(26) A representative of a statewide community-based | ||
mental health treatment provider association. | ||
(27) A representative of a community-based substance | ||
use disorder treatment provider. | ||
(28) A representative of a community-based mental | ||
health treatment provider. | ||
(29) A substance use disorder treatment patient | ||
representative. | ||
(30) A mental health treatment patient representative. | ||
(c) The Committee shall provide a report by September 30, | ||
2021, and every year thereafter, to the General Assembly. The | ||
Department of Public Health shall make the report available on | ||
its website.
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(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.) | ||
Section 35. The Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 5 as follows: | ||
(720 ILCS 648/5) | ||
Sec. 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to reduce the | ||
harm that methamphetamine manufacturing and manufacturers are | ||
inflicting on individuals, families, communities, first | ||
responders (including, but not limited to, emergency medical | ||
dispatchers) , the economy, and the environment in Illinois, by | ||
making it more difficult for persons engaged in the unlawful | ||
manufacture of methamphetamine and related activities to | ||
obtain methamphetamine's essential ingredient, ephedrine or | ||
pseudoephedrine. It is the intent of the General Assembly that | ||
this Act operate in tandem with and be interpreted as | ||
consistent with federal laws and regulations relating to the | ||
subject matter of this Act to the greatest extent possible.
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(Source: P.A. 94-694, eff. 1-15-06; 94-830, eff. 6-5-06.) | ||
Section 40. The Mental Health Court Treatment Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 40 as follows: | ||
(730 ILCS 168/40) | ||
Sec. 40. Mental health court; Kane County. | ||
(a) The mental health court currently operating in Kane |
County is directed to demonstrate the impact of alternative | ||
treatment court, crisis intervention training for first | ||
responders (including, but not limited to, emergency medical | ||
dispatchers) , and assisted outpatient treatment in reducing | ||
the number of mentally ill people admitted into the | ||
correctional system. The mental health court in Kane County is | ||
authorized to cooperate with one or more accredited mental | ||
health service providers to provide services to defendants as | ||
directed by the mental health court. The mental health court | ||
in Kane County is authorized to cooperate with one or more | ||
institutions of higher education to publish peer-reviewed | ||
studies of the outcomes generated by the mental health court. | ||
(b) In this Section, "accredited mental health service | ||
provider" refers to a provider of community mental health | ||
services as authorized by subsection (d-5) of Section 3 of the | ||
Community Services Act.
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(Source: P.A. 97-440, eff. 1-1-12.)
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