Bill Text: IL HJR0095 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Illinois schools to provide education for all students in grades six to 12 on how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses, as well as provide instruction for how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Commends the National Council for Behavioral Health and the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health for their work in developing and directing teen Mental Health First Aid training programs for schools. Commends Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, the Paris Union School District, and Clinton High School for participating in the first nationwide pilot programs of teen Mental Health First Aid training for schools. Commends Operation Snowball, the Human Resources Center of Edgar and Clark Counties, and the Heritage Behavioral Health Center for participating in the first nationwide teen Mental Health First Aid instructor trainings.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0095 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0095-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Mental health includes emotional, psychological, | ||||||
3 | and social well-being; it affects how people
think, feel, and | ||||||
4 | act; it also affects how we handle stress, relate to others, | ||||||
5 | and make choices; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Mental health disorders are health conditions | ||||||
7 | that are characterized by alterations in thinking,
mood, or | ||||||
8 | behavior, or some combination thereof, and are associated with | ||||||
9 | distress or impaired functioning; and
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10 | WHEREAS, One in six U.S. youth aged six to 17 experience a | ||||||
11 | mental health disorder each year; and
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12 | WHEREAS, LGBTQ youth experience mental health disorders at | ||||||
13 | a significantly higher rate; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Bullying can affect one's mental health, both in | ||||||
15 | the short term and later in life; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Bullying is a prevalent issue among youth ages 12 | ||||||
17 | to 18 years old, with 35% and 15% of that age
group reporting | ||||||
18 | involvement in traditional bullying and cyberbullying, | ||||||
19 | respectively; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among | ||||||
2 | people aged 10 to 34 and the 10th leading
cause of death in the | ||||||
3 | United States; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The University of Illinois' 2018 Illinois Youth | ||||||
5 | Survey found that 58% of 12th grade students
used alcohol, | ||||||
6 | tobacco, inhalants, or marijuana in the past year; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Interactions with their peers is a major component | ||||||
8 | of a student's daily life; school days
last for an average of | ||||||
9 | 6.5 hours, and Illinois requires a minimum of 176 school | ||||||
10 | attendance days each school
year; therefore, students are | ||||||
11 | exposed to their peers for a minimum of 1,144 hours each year; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Schools are the most effective and efficient | ||||||
14 | places to teach youths to identify, understand, and
respond to | ||||||
15 | signs of substance use and mental health disorders in | ||||||
16 | themselves and among their peers;
schools can provide | ||||||
17 | meaningful instruction to students on how to help someone who | ||||||
18 | is developing a
mental health problem or experiencing a mental | ||||||
19 | health crisis; therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
21 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
22 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge Illinois schools to |
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1 | provide
education for all students in grades six to 12 on how | ||||||
2 | to identify, understand, and respond to signs of
addictions and | ||||||
3 | mental illnesses, as well as provide instruction on how to help | ||||||
4 | someone who is developing
a mental health problem or | ||||||
5 | experiencing a mental health crisis; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That we commend the National Council for | ||||||
7 | Behavioral Health and the Illinois Association for
Behavioral | ||||||
8 | Health for their work in developing and directing teen Mental | ||||||
9 | Health First Aid training programs for schools;
and be it | ||||||
10 | further
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11 | RESOLVED, That we commend Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, | ||||||
12 | the Paris Union School District, and Clinton High
School for | ||||||
13 | participating in the first nationwide pilot programs of teen | ||||||
14 | Mental Health First Aid training for schools; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That we commend Operation Snowball, the Human | ||||||
16 | Resources Center of Edgar and Clark Counties,
and the Heritage | ||||||
17 | Behavioral Health Center for participating in the first | ||||||
18 | nationwide teen Mental Health First
Aid instructor trainings; | ||||||
19 | and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the National Council for Behavioral Health, the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Association for
Behavioral Health, Amos Alonzo Stagg |
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1 | High School, the Paris Union School District, Clinton High
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2 | School, Operation Snowball, the Human Resources Center of Edgar | ||||||
3 | and Clark Counties,
and the Heritage Behavioral Health Center.
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