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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive |
5 | | Health
Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as |
6 | | follows:
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7 | | (105 ILCS 110/3)
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8 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The |
9 | | program established
under this Act shall include, but not be |
10 | | limited to, the following major
educational areas as a basis |
11 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary
schools in this |
12 | | State: human ecology and health; human growth and
development; |
13 | | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and
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14 | | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual |
15 | | abstinence until
marriage; the prevention and control of |
16 | | disease, including instruction in
grades 6 through 12 on the |
17 | | prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate |
18 | | sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in |
19 | | grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental |
20 | | health; consumer health; safety education and
disaster |
21 | | survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits;
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22 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and |
23 | | legal ramifications
of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse |
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1 | | during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate |
2 | | information regarding sexual
abstinence; tobacco and |
3 | | e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; and dental |
4 | | health. The instruction on mental health and illness must |
5 | | evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the |
6 | | relationship between physical and mental health so as to |
7 | | enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that |
8 | | promote health, well-being, and human dignity and must include |
9 | | how and where to find mental health resources and specialized |
10 | | treatment in the State . The program shall also provide course |
11 | | material and instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned |
12 | | Newborn Infant Protection Act.
The program shall include |
13 | | information about cancer, including, without limitation, types |
14 | | of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of |
15 | | early prevention and detection, and information on where to go |
16 | | for help. Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the |
17 | | following areas may also
be included as a basis for curricula |
18 | | in all elementary and secondary
schools in this State: basic |
19 | | first aid (including, but not limited to,
cardiopulmonary |
20 | | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, |
21 | | diabetes, stroke, the
prevention of child abuse, neglect, and |
22 | | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. |
23 | | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to |
24 | | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which |
25 | | training must be in accordance with standards of the American |
26 | | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another |
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1 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use |
2 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a |
3 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. |
4 | | The school board of each
public elementary and secondary |
5 | | school in the State
shall encourage all teachers and other |
6 | | school personnel to acquire,
develop, and maintain the |
7 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly
administer |
8 | | life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the
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9 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing.
The training shall be |
10 | | in
accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
11 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
12 | | certifying organization.
A school board may use the
services |
13 | | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in
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14 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school |
15 | | personnel in
these techniques. Each school board
is encouraged |
16 | | to have in
its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one |
17 | | person who is certified, by
the American Red Cross or by |
18 | | another qualified certifying agency,
as qualified to |
19 | | administer first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In |
20 | | addition, each school board is authorized to
allocate |
21 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to |
22 | | conduct
training programs for teachers and other school |
23 | | personnel who have expressed an
interest in becoming qualified |
24 | | to administer emergency first aid or
cardiopulmonary |
25 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to
encourage their |
26 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic
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1 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to |
2 | | acquire, develop, and
maintain the knowledge and skills |
3 | | necessary to properly administer first aid
and cardiopulmonary |
4 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements
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5 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified |
6 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board |
7 | | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant |
8 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district |
9 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel |
10 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer |
11 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in
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12 | | accordance with standards of the
American Red Cross, the |
13 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally
recognized |
14 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an |
15 | | automated external defibrillator. A school district that |
16 | | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay |
17 | | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money |
18 | | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants |
19 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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20 | | No pupil shall be
required to take or participate in any |
21 | | class or course on AIDS or family
life instruction or to |
22 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary |
23 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external |
24 | | defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written |
25 | | objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the |
26 | | course or program or the training shall
not be reason for |
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1 | | suspension or expulsion of the pupil.
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2 | | Curricula developed under programs established in |
3 | | accordance with this
Act in the major educational area of |
4 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall
include classroom |
5 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction,
which |
6 | | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal |
7 | | effects
and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall |
8 | | be integrated into
existing curricula; and the State Board of |
9 | | Education shall develop and make
available to all elementary |
10 | | and secondary schools in this State
instructional materials |
11 | | and guidelines which will assist the schools in
incorporating |
12 | | the instruction into their existing curricula. In
addition, |
13 | | school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula |
14 | | during
the school day or as part of an after school program, |
15 | | support services and
instruction for pupils or pupils whose |
16 | | parent, parents, or guardians are
chemically dependent.
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17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-305, eff. 1-1-20; 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; |
18 | | 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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19 | | Section 10. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is |
20 | | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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21 | | (405 ILCS 49/5)
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22 | | Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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23 | | (a) The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's |
24 | | Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term |
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1 | | recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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2 | | health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services |
3 | | for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
shall |
4 | | include but not be limited to:
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5 | | (1) Coordinated provider services and interagency |
6 | | referral networks for
children from birth through age 18 |
7 | | to maximize resources and
minimize duplication of |
8 | | services.
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9 | | (2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional |
10 | | development into
school learning standards and educational |
11 | | programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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12 | | (3) Protocols for implementing screening and |
13 | | assessment of children prior
to any admission to an |
14 | | inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to |
15 | | subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public |
16 | | Aid
Code.
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17 | | (4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for |
18 | | children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, |
19 | | and treatment across all State
agencies.
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20 | | (5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for |
21 | | integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for |
22 | | children's mental health.
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23 | | (6) Recommendations for building a qualified and |
24 | | adequately trained
workforce prepared to provide mental |
25 | | health services for children
from birth through age 18 and |
26 | | their families.
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1 | | (7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best |
2 | | practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this |
3 | | information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and |
4 | | the general public through training,
technical assistance, |
5 | | and educational materials.
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6 | | (8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted |
7 | | public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental |
8 | | illness and
educate families, the general public, and |
9 | | other key audiences about the
benefits of children's |
10 | | social and emotional development, and how to
access |
11 | | services.
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12 | | (9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven |
13 | | children's mental
health system with shared accountability |
14 | | among key State agencies
and programs that conducts |
15 | | ongoing needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and |
16 | | benchmarks to measure progress, and implements
quality |
17 | | data tracking and reporting systems. |
18 | | (10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth |
19 | | receive mental health education and have access to mental |
20 | | health care in the school setting. In developing these |
21 | | recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership |
22 | | created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State |
23 | | Board of Education, education practitioners, including, |
24 | | but not limited to, administrators, regional |
25 | | superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support |
26 | | personnel, health care
professionals, including mental |
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1 | | health professionals and child health leaders, disability |
2 | | advocates, and other representatives as necessary to |
3 | | ensure the interests of all students are represented.
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4 | | (b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter |
5 | | referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership |
6 | | shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the |
7 | | implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as |
8 | | approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
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9 | | Partnership shall be comprised of: the Secretary of Human |
10 | | Services or his or
her designee; the State Superintendent of |
11 | | Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the |
12 | | departments of Children and Family
Services, Healthcare and |
13 | | Family Services, Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
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14 | | designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention |
15 | | Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his |
16 | | or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental |
17 | | health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and |
18 | | family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance |
19 | | abuse, violence prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations |
20 | | or associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 |
21 | | members of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and |
22 | | Senate appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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23 | | Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively. |
24 | | The
Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall |
25 | | designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the |
26 | | Partnership.
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1 | | (b-5) The Partnership shall include an adjunct council |
2 | | comprised of no more than 6 youth aged 14 to 25 and 4 |
3 | | representatives of 4 different community based organizations |
4 | | that focus on youth mental health. Of the community-based |
5 | | organizations that focus on youth mental health, one of the |
6 | | community-based organizations shall be led by an |
7 | | LGBTQ-identified person, one of the community-based |
8 | | organizations shall be led by a person of color, and one of the |
9 | | community-based organizations shall be led by a woman. Of the |
10 | | representatives appointed to the council from the |
11 | | community-based organizations, at least one representative |
12 | | shall be LGBTQ-identified, at least one representative shall |
13 | | be a person of color, and at least one representative shall be |
14 | | a woman. The council members shall be appointed by the Chair of |
15 | | the Partnership and shall reflect the racial, gender identity, |
16 | | sexual orientation, ability, socioeconomic, ethnic, and |
17 | | geographic diversity of the State, including rural, suburban, |
18 | | and urban appointees. The council shall make recommendations |
19 | | to the Partnership regarding youth mental health, including, |
20 | | but not limited to, identifying barriers to youth feeling |
21 | | supported by and empowered by the system of mental health and |
22 | | treatment providers, barriers perceived by youth in accessing |
23 | | mental health services, gaps in the mental health system, |
24 | | available resources in schools, including youth's perceptions |
25 | | and experiences with outreach personnel, agency websites, and |
26 | | informational materials, methods to destigmatize mental health |
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1 | | services, and how to improve State policy concerning student |
2 | | mental health. The mental health system may include services |
3 | | for substance use disorders and addiction. The council shall |
4 | | meet at least 4 times annually. |
5 | | (c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the |
6 | | Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan |
7 | | on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the |
8 | | Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor on |
9 | | the progress of Plan implementation
and recommendations for |
10 | | revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports |
11 | | submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of |
12 | | savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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13 | | Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal |
14 | | financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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15 | | Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and |
16 | | Family Services shall provide
technical assistance in |
17 | | developing these estimates and reports.
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18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-116, eff. 7-23-21.)
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