Bill Text: IL HB3928 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Adds e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3928 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3928-Introduced.html


101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3928

Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 110/3

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Adds e-cigarettes and other vapor devices as one of the educational areas the Comprehensive Health Education Program must include. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive
5Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as
6follows:
7 (105 ILCS 110/3)
8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-305)
9 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
10program established under this Act shall include, but not be
11limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
12for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
13State: human ecology and health; , human growth and
14development; , the emotional, psychological, physiological,
15hygienic, and social responsibilities of family life,
16including sexual abstinence until marriage; the , prevention
17and control of disease, including instruction in grades 6
18through 12 on the prevention, transmission, and spread of
19AIDS; , age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and
20prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; ,
21public and environmental health; , consumer health; , safety
22education and disaster survival; , mental health and illness; ,
23personal health habits; , alcohol and , drug use, and abuse,

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1including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug,
2and tobacco use; , abuse during pregnancy; , evidence-based and
3medically accurate information regarding sexual abstinence; ,
4tobacco and e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; , nutrition; ,
5and dental health. The program shall also provide course
6material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned
7Newborn Infant Protection Act. The program shall include
8information about cancer, including without limitation types
9of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of
10early prevention and detection, and information on where to go
11for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the
12following areas may also be included as a basis for curricula
13in all elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic
14first aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary
15resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease,
16diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and
17suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12.
18Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to
19properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which
20training must be in accordance with standards of the American
21Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another
22nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
23an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
24basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
25 The school board of each public elementary and secondary
26school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other

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1school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
2knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
3life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
4Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
5in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
6American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
7certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
8non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
9life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
10personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
11to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
12person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
13another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
14administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
15addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
16appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
17conduct training programs for teachers and other school
18personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
19to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
20resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
21teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
22programs and other extracurricular school activities to
23acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
24necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
25resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
26established by the American Red Cross or another qualified

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1certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of
2Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
3program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
4incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
5who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
6cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
7accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
8American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
9certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated
10external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a
11grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the
12cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought.
13The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a
14first-come, first-serve basis.
15 No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
16class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
17receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary
18resuscitation or how to use an automated external defibrillator
19if his or her parent or guardian submits written objection
20thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or
21program or the training shall not be reason for suspension or
22expulsion of the pupil.
23 Curricula developed under programs established in
24accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
25alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
26instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which

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1shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
2effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
3integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
4Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
5and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and
6guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
7instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
8districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
9school day or as part of an after school program, support
10services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
11parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
12(Source: P.A. 97-1147, eff. 1-24-13; 98-190, eff. 8-6-13;
1398-441, eff. 1-1-14; 98-632, eff. 7-1-14; 98-756, eff.
147-16-14.)
15 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-305)
16 Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The
17program established under this Act shall include, but not be
18limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis
19for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this
20State: human ecology and health; , human growth and
21development; , the emotional, psychological, physiological,
22hygienic, and social responsibilities of family life,
23including sexual abstinence until marriage; the , prevention
24and control of disease, including instruction in grades 6
25through 12 on the prevention, transmission, and spread of

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1AIDS; , age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and
2prevention education in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; ,
3public and environmental health; , consumer health; , safety
4education and disaster survival; , mental health and illness; ,
5personal health habits; , alcohol and , drug use, and abuse,
6including the medical and legal ramifications of alcohol, drug,
7and tobacco use; , abuse during pregnancy; , evidence-based and
8medically accurate information regarding sexual abstinence; ,
9tobacco and e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; , nutrition; ,
10and dental health. The instruction on mental health and illness
11must evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing
12the relationship between physical and mental health so as to
13enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that
14promote health, well-being, and human dignity. The program
15shall also provide course material and instruction to advise
16pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. The
17program shall include information about cancer, including
18without limitation types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk
19factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and
20information on where to go for help. Notwithstanding the above
21educational areas, the following areas may also be included as
22a basis for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools
23in this State: basic first aid (including, but not limited to,
24cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver),
25heart disease, diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse,
26neglect, and suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7

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1through 12. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training
2on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3(which training must be in accordance with standards of the
4American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another
5nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use
6an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a
7basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State.
8 The school board of each public elementary and secondary
9school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other
10school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the
11knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer
12life-saving techniques, including without limitation the
13Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be
14in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
15American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
16certifying organization. A school board may use the services of
17non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
18life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school
19personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged
20to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one
21person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by
22another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to
23administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In
24addition, each school board is authorized to allocate
25appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to
26conduct training programs for teachers and other school

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1personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified
2to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary
3resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their
4teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
5programs and other extracurricular school activities to
6acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills
7necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary
8resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
9established by the American Red Cross or another qualified
10certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board of
11Education shall establish and administer a matching grant
12program to pay for half of the cost that a school district
13incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel
14who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer
15cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
16accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the
17American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized
18certifying organization) or in learning how to use an automated
19external defibrillator. A school district that applies for a
20grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay half of the
21cost of the training for which matching grant money is sought.
22The State Board of Education shall award the grants on a
23first-come, first-serve basis.
24 No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any
25class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to
26receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary

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1resuscitation or how to use an automated external defibrillator
2if his or her parent or guardian submits written objection
3thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the course or
4program or the training shall not be reason for suspension or
5expulsion of the pupil.
6 Curricula developed under programs established in
7accordance with this Act in the major educational area of
8alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom
9instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which
10shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal
11effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall be
12integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of
13Education shall develop and make available to all elementary
14and secondary schools in this State instructional materials and
15guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating the
16instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, school
17districts may offer, as part of existing curricula during the
18school day or as part of an after school program, support
19services and instruction for pupils or pupils whose parent,
20parents, or guardians are chemically dependent.
21(Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20.)
22 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
23changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
24that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
25represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does

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1not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
2made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
3Public Act.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.
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