Bill Text: IL HB0907 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to 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 school counselors, parents, and teachers with the goal of connecting those people with mental health resources related to bullying and school shootings and encouraging information sharing among educational administrators, school security personnel, and school resource officers. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0045 [HB0907 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB0907-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 101-0045 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 Mental Health and Developmental | ||||
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 76 | ||||
as follows:
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(20 ILCS 1705/76 new) | ||||
Sec. 76. Mental health database and resource page. The | ||||
Department shall create and maintain an online database and | ||||
resource page on its website. The database and resource page | ||||
shall contain mental health resources specifically geared | ||||
toward school social workers, school counselors, parents, | ||||
teachers, and school support personnel with the goal of | ||||
connecting those people with mental health resources related to | ||||
bullying and school shootings and encouraging information | ||||
sharing among educational administrators, school security | ||||
personnel, and school resource officers.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||
becoming law.
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