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Public Act 095-0109 |
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AN ACT concerning public health.
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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 Suicide Prevention, Education, and | ||||
Treatment Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 13, 15, 20, | ||||
25, and 30 as follows: | ||||
(410 ILCS 53/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Act, unless | ||||
the context otherwise requires: | ||||
"Alliance" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance.
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"Committee" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention | ||||
Strategic Planning Committee. | ||||
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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"Plan" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic | ||||
Plan set forth in Section 15.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||
(410 ILCS 53/13)
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Sec. 13. Duration; report. All projects set forth in this | ||||
Act must be at least 3 years in duration, and the Department | ||||
and related contracts as well as the Illinois Suicide | ||||
Prevention Alliance
Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning | ||||
Committee must report annually to the Governor and General |
Assembly on the effectiveness of these activities and programs.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||
(410 ILCS 53/15)
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Sec. 15. Suicide Prevention Alliance
Strategic Planning | ||
Committee .
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(a) The Alliance
Committee 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 Act, the Alliance
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Committee shall review, finalize, and submit to the Governor | ||
and the General Assembly the Illinois Suicide Prevention | ||
Strategic Plan and appropriate processes and outcome | ||
objectives for 10 overriding recommendations and a timeline for | ||
reaching these objectives. | ||
(b) The Alliance
Committee shall use the United States | ||
Surgeon General's National Suicide Prevention Strategy as a | ||
model for the Plan. The Alliance
Committee 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
Committee shall prepare a report of that | ||
review, including its recommendations, and shall submit the | ||
report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, | ||
2004. |
(c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint the members | ||
of the Alliance
Committee . The membership of the Alliance
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Committee 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
committee include law | ||
enforcement, first responders, 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
committee 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
Committee , 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
Committee , shall | ||
review and approve productions of the plan, and shall meet | ||
before the full Alliance
Committee meetings.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||
(410 ILCS 53/20)
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Sec. 20. General awareness and screening program.
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(a) The Department shall provide technical assistance for | ||
the work of the Alliance
Committee and the production of the |
Plan and shall distribute general information and screening | ||
tools for suicide prevention to the general public through | ||
local public health departments throughout the State. These | ||
materials shall be distributed to agencies, schools, | ||
hospitals, churches, places of employment, and all related | ||
professional caregivers to educate all citizens about warning | ||
signs and interventions that all persons can do to stop the | ||
suicidal cycle. | ||
(b) This program shall include, without limitation, all of | ||
the following: | ||
(1) Educational programs about warning signs and how to | ||
help suicidal individuals. | ||
(2) Educational presentations about suicide risk and | ||
how to help at-risk people in special populations and with | ||
bilingual support to special cultures. | ||
(3) The designation of an annual suicide awareness week | ||
or month to include a public awareness campaign on suicide. | ||
(4) A statewide suicide prevention conference before | ||
November of 2004. | ||
(5) An Illinois Suicide Prevention Speaker's Bureau. | ||
(6) A program to educate the media regarding the | ||
guidelines developed by the American Association for | ||
Suicidology for coverage of suicides and to encourage media | ||
cooperation in adopting these guidelines in reporting | ||
suicides. | ||
(7) Increased training opportunities for volunteers, |
professionals, and other caregivers to develop specific | ||
skills for assessing suicide risk and intervening to | ||
prevent suicide.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||
(410 ILCS 53/25)
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Sec. 25. Additional duties of the Alliance
Committee .
The | ||
Alliance
Committee shall: | ||
(1) Act as an advisor and lead consultant on the | ||
design, implementation, and evaluation of all programs | ||
outlined in this Act. | ||
(2) Establish interagency policy and procedures among | ||
appropriate agencies for the collaboration and | ||
coordination needed to implement the programs outlined in | ||
this Act.
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(3) Design, review, select, and monitor proposals for | ||
the implementation of these activities in agencies | ||
throughout the State.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||
(410 ILCS 53/30)
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Sec. 30. Suicide prevention pilot programs. | ||
(a) The Department shall establish, when funds are | ||
appropriated, up to 5 pilot programs that provide training and | ||
direct service programs relating to youth, elderly, special | ||
populations, high-risk populations, and professional |
caregivers. The purpose of these pilot programs is to | ||
demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of the projects set | ||
forth in this Act in the communities in which they are offered. | ||
The pilot programs shall be operational for at least 2 years of | ||
the 3-year requirement set forth in Section 13. | ||
(b) The Director of Public Health is encouraged to ensure | ||
that the pilot programs include the following prevention | ||
strategies: | ||
(1) school gatekeeper and faculty training;
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(2) community gatekeeper training; | ||
(3) general community suicide prevention education; | ||
(4) health providers and physician training and | ||
consultation about high-risk cases; | ||
(5) depression, anxiety, and suicide screening | ||
programs;
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(6) peer support youth and older adult programs;
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(7) the enhancement of 24-hour crisis centers, | ||
hotlines, and person-to-person calling trees; | ||
(8) means restriction advocacy and collaboration; and
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(9) intervening and supporting after a suicide.
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(c) The funds appropriated for purposes of this Section | ||
shall be allocated by the Department on a competitive, | ||
grant-submission basis, which shall include consideration of | ||
different rates of risk of suicide based on age, ethnicity, | ||
gender, prevalence of mental health disorders, different rates | ||
of suicide based on geographic areas in Illinois, and the |
services and curriculum offered to fit these needs by the | ||
applying agency. | ||
(d) The Department and Alliance
Committee shall prepare a | ||
report as to the effectiveness of the demonstration projects | ||
established pursuant to this Section and submit that report no | ||
later than 6 months after the projects are completed to the | ||
Governor and General Assembly.
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(Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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