Bill Amendment: IL SB1731 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0350 [SB1731 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1731-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
Status: 2019-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0350 [SB1731 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1731-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1731
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1731 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-22.39 and 34-18.7 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
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7 | Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs. | ||||||
8 | (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers. | ||||||
9 | (b) In addition to
other topics at in-service training
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10 | programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school | ||||||
11 | personnel and administrators who work with pupils in | ||||||
12 | kindergarten through grade 12 shall be
trained to identify the | ||||||
13 | warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth | ||||||
14 | and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral | ||||||
15 | techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental | ||||||
16 | Health First Aid training program, established under the |
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1 | Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered | ||||||
2 | by certified instructors trained by a national association | ||||||
3 | recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide the | ||||||
4 | training and meet the requirements under this subsection. If | ||||||
5 | licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains mental | ||||||
6 | health first aid training outside of an in-service training | ||||||
7 | program, he or she may present a certificate of successful | ||||||
8 | completion of the training to the school district to satisfy | ||||||
9 | the requirements of this subsection.
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10 | (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other | ||||||
11 | school personnel
who work with pupils may be trained to have a | ||||||
12 | basic knowledge of matters
relating to acquired | ||||||
13 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature
of the | ||||||
14 | disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
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15 | preventing its transmission, and the availability of | ||||||
16 | appropriate sources of
counseling and referral, and any other | ||||||
17 | information that may be appropriate
considering the age and | ||||||
18 | grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall
supervise | ||||||
19 | such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
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20 | of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such | ||||||
21 | training.
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22 | (d) In this subsection (d): | ||||||
23 | "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household | ||||||
24 | member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are | ||||||
25 | defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | ||||||
26 | 1986. |
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1 | "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking | ||||||
2 | of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of | ||||||
3 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, | ||||||
4 | 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5, 12-12, | ||||||
5 | 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including sexual | ||||||
6 | violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to the | ||||||
7 | victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are | ||||||
8 | known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. | ||||||
9 | At least once every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
10 | for school personnel who work with pupils, including, but not | ||||||
11 | limited to, school and school district administrators, | ||||||
12 | teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers, | ||||||
13 | school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses, | ||||||
14 | must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and | ||||||
15 | sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth | ||||||
16 | and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with | ||||||
17 | and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence | ||||||
18 | and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth | ||||||
19 | victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and | ||||||
20 | parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other | ||||||
21 | agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii) | ||||||
22 | implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and | ||||||
23 | protocols with regard to such youth, including | ||||||
24 | confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be trained | ||||||
25 | to understand, provide information and referrals, and address | ||||||
26 | issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant parents, |
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1 | or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
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2 | (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program | ||||||
3 | for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by | ||||||
4 | persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and | ||||||
5 | management.
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6 | (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall | ||||||
7 | conduct in-service training on educator ethics, | ||||||
8 | teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct | ||||||
9 | for all personnel. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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11 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.7) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 34-18.7. Youth mental illness and suicide detection | ||||||
13 | and intervention. At least once every 2 years, licensed school | ||||||
14 | personnel and administrators
who work
with pupils in | ||||||
15 | kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the | ||||||
16 | warning
signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth | ||||||
17 | and shall be taught
various intervention techniques. The school | ||||||
18 | district may utilize the Illinois Mental Health First Aid | ||||||
19 | training program, established under the Illinois Mental Health | ||||||
20 | First Aid Training Act and administered by certified | ||||||
21 | instructors trained by a national association recognized as an | ||||||
22 | authority in behavioral health, to provide the training and | ||||||
23 | meet the requirements under this Section. If licensed school | ||||||
24 | personnel or an administrator obtains mental health first aid | ||||||
25 | training outside of an in-service training program, he or she |
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1 | may present a certificate of successful completion of the | ||||||
2 | training to the school district to satisfy the requirements of | ||||||
3 | this Section. The Such training shall be provided within
the | ||||||
4 | framework of existing in-service training programs offered by | ||||||
5 | the Board or as part of the professional development activities | ||||||
6 | required under Section 21-14 of this Code. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19 .)".
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