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| Mental Health Income Tax Checkoff Fund |
Creates an income tax checkoff for the Mental Health Income Tax Checkoff Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund may be used by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making grants to providers of mental health services in the State. Effective immediately. |
HB0184 |
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Mental Health Instruction
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Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to require the instruction on mental health and illness to evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the relationship between physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health, well-being, and human dignity.
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HB0205
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FAILED
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Health Care for All
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Creates the Health Care for All Illinois Act that provides that all individuals residing in this State are covered under the Illinois Health Services Program for health insurance.
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HB0207
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Cannabis Instruction
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Provides that beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, in every public school maintaining any of grades kindergarten through 12, there shall be instruction, study, and discussion on the side effects of cannabis when the use of cannabis is not authorized by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act.
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HB0208
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Requires Teaching LGBTQ History
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Provides that textbooks purchased with grant funds must be non-discriminatory. Provides that in public schools only, the teaching of history of the United States shall include a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State. Effective July 1, 2020.
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HB0246 |
Signed into L:aw. Effective 7/1/20
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| Health Insurer Claims Assessment Act |
Imposes an assessment of 1% on claims paid by a health insurance carrier or third-party administrator. Provides that the moneys received and collected under the Act shall be used solely for the purpose of funding Medicaid services. |
HB0272
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Online Mental Health Database
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Maintain an online database and resource page on its website. Provides that the page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared towards 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.
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HB907 |
Signed into Law. Effective 7/12/19
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| Higher Education Mental Health Act |
Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish the Advisory Commission on Serving and Supporting Students with Mental Health Disabilities in Institutions of Higher Education |
HB0908
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| Mental Health Online Resource Database |
Directs the Department of Public Health to create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website containing mental health resources specifically geared towards 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. |
HB0907 |
Signed into law Effective 7/12/19 |
Threat Assessment
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Requires all school boards of school districts to develop threat assessment protocols and to create threat assessment teams. Provides that a school board shall create the threat assessment team within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act and adopt an initial threat assessment protocol within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a school district may share information concerning a clear and present danger with another school district |
HB1561
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Sent to the Gov
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Sessions for Adults under Guardianship
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Until the consent of the adult's guardian has been obtained, counseling or psychotherapy provided to an adult under guardianship shall be limited to not more than 12 (rather than 5) sessions, a session lasting not more than 60 (rather than 45) minutes. |
HB2142
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Signed into Law. Effective 7/12/19
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Parent present when School Police question student
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Provides that a student may not be questioned or detained at a school site at which students are detained in connection with criminal charges or allegations, taken into custody, or engaged with law enforcement personnel without the presence of the student's parent or guardian, a school social worker, or a licensed mental health professional.
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HB2627
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Signed into law Effective 8/23/19
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Requires for HS graduation completion of the FAFSA or a waiver
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Requires as a graduation requirment completion of the FAFSA or sign a waiver that they understand and are not competing it.
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HB2719
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Signed into law. Effective 6/1/20
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Requires all post-secondary education options be discussed.
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In assisting all students with a college or post-secondary education plan, a school counselor must include a discussion on all post-secondary education options, including 4-year colleges or universities, community colleges, and vocational schools.
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HB3652 |
Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19
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Suicide Prevention Office
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Creates the Office of Suicide Prevention within the Department of Public Health
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SB1425
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Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19
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Mental Health First Aid Training for School Personnel
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Allows use of the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training to satisfy training requirement.
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SB1731
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Signed into law. Effective 8/9/19
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Eliminates required Basic Skills Test for educators
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Eliminates the requirement to pass the basic skills test for educators.
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SB1952 |
Signed into law. Effective 8/7/19
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