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Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Filed: 3/28/2023
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 646
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 646 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task |
5 | | Force for a Healing-Centered Illinois Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly makes the |
7 | | following findings: |
8 | | (1) The short-term, long-term, and multi-generational |
9 | | impacts of trauma are well-documented and include |
10 | | increased risk for reduced life expectancy, cancer, |
11 | | cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking, substance |
12 | | abuse, depression, unplanned pregnancies, low birth |
13 | | weight, and suicide attempts as well as workplace |
14 | | absenteeism, unemployment, lower educational achievement, |
15 | | and lower wages. |
16 | | (2) Trauma-informed and healing-centered principles, |
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1 | | policies, and practices can prevent and mitigate the |
2 | | adverse health and social outcomes associated with trauma. |
3 | | (3) Equitable strategies and a multisector approach |
4 | | are needed to ensure that all residents at every stage of |
5 | | life have the supports at home and in their communities |
6 | | that build well-being, buffer against negative |
7 | | experiences, foster healing, and make it possible to |
8 | | thrive. |
9 | | (4) The State of Illinois is a national leader in |
10 | | supporting trauma-informed strategies and is committed to |
11 | | becoming a trauma-informed and healing-centered State. |
12 | | (5) The State of Illinois has previously recognized |
13 | | the impact of trauma on its residents' health and |
14 | | well-being, including through Trauma-Informed Awareness |
15 | | resolutions in 2019, 2021, and 2022, the creation of the |
16 | | Whole Child Task Force in 2021, and the Children's Mental |
17 | | Health Transformation Initiative established in 2022. |
18 | | (6) The State of Illinois has public entities, such as |
19 | | the State Board of Education, the Department of Human |
20 | | Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the |
21 | | Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Criminal |
22 | | Justice Information Authority, non-governmental entities, |
23 | | such as the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition and the |
24 | | Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative, and public-private |
25 | | entities, such as the Illinois Children's Mental Health |
26 | | Partnership, leading efforts related to being |
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1 | | trauma-informed and healing-centered. |
2 | | (7) Better coordination and alignment of existing |
3 | | trauma-informed and healing-centered activities among |
4 | | public and non-governmental agencies will lead to more |
5 | | effective, equitable, and consistently high-quality |
6 | | implementation of services and supports to Illinois |
7 | | residents. |
8 | | (8) Designing a sustainable structure to support and |
9 | | measure trauma-informed, healing-centered activities is |
10 | | essential to long-term transformation and should take into |
11 | | consideration the importance of providing ongoing training |
12 | | and support to the multisector, multidisciplinary |
13 | | workforce, as well as ongoing research to inform the |
14 | | development and implementation of trauma-informed, |
15 | | healing-centered policies, practices, and programs. |
16 | | Section 10. Purpose. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task |
17 | | Force is created to advance the State's efforts to become |
18 | | trauma-informed and healing-centered through improved |
19 | | alignment of existing efforts, common definitions and metrics, |
20 | | and strategic planning for long-term transformation. The Task |
21 | | Force shall have the following objectives: |
22 | | (1) Recommend shared language and common definitions |
23 | | for the State to become trauma-informed and |
24 | | healing-centered across sectors by aligning language and |
25 | | definitions included in the work of the Whole Child Task |
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1 | | Force, the Children's Mental Health Transformation |
2 | | Initiative, and the Illinois Children's Mental Health |
3 | | Plan. |
4 | | (2) Ensure the meaningful inclusion in Task Force |
5 | | matters of young people, parents, survivors of trauma, and |
6 | | residents who have engaged with Illinois systems or |
7 | | policies, such as child welfare and the legal criminal |
8 | | system. |
9 | | (3) Identify the current training capacity and the |
10 | | training needs to support healing-centered and |
11 | | trauma-informed environments among organizations, |
12 | | professional cohorts, educational institutions, and future |
13 | | practitioners and project how best to meet those needs. |
14 | | (4) Design a process identifying what data are needed |
15 | | to understand the dimensions of trauma in the State and |
16 | | the status of the trauma-related work in Illinois and |
17 | | identify current relevant data sources in Illinois. |
18 | | (5) Recommend a process for collecting and aggregating |
19 | | such data identified, as well as a process for improving |
20 | | transparency and accountability by developing and |
21 | | maintaining a platform of aggregated data that is |
22 | | accessible to a range of stakeholders, including the |
23 | | public. |
24 | | (6) Identify existing State resources that are being |
25 | | invested to support trauma-informed and healing-centered |
26 | | work, develop recommendations to align these resources, |
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1 | | and propose an approach and recommendations to support |
2 | | ongoing or expanded stable resources for this work. |
3 | | (7) Identify what, if any, administrative or |
4 | | legislative policy changes are needed to advance goals to |
5 | | make Illinois a healing-centered or trauma-informed State. |
6 | | (8) Recommend an overarching organizational structure |
7 | | to ensure coordination, alignment, and progress to make |
8 | | Illinois a trauma-informed, healing-centered State. |
9 | | (9) Devise a set of benchmarks to measure success in |
10 | | advancing the State toward becoming trauma-informed and |
11 | | healing-centered and a process for measuring them. |
12 | | Section 15. Membership. Members of the Healing-Centered |
13 | | Illinois Task Force must represent the diversity of this State |
14 | | and possess the expertise needed to perform the work required |
15 | | to meet the objectives of the Task Force set forth under |
16 | | Section 10. Members of the Task Force shall include the |
17 | | following: |
18 | | (1) One representative of a statewide coalition |
19 | | addressing childhood trauma, appointed by the Lieutenant |
20 | | Governor. |
21 | | (2) One representative of a statewide collaborative |
22 | | addressing trauma across the lifespan (birth through older |
23 | | adulthood), appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. |
24 | | (3) One representative from the Resilience Education |
25 | | to Advance Community Healing (REACH) Statewide Initiative, |
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1 | | appointed by the Superintendent of the Illinois State |
2 | | Board of Education. |
3 | | (4) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by |
4 | | the President of the Senate. |
5 | | (5) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by |
6 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
7 | | (6) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by |
8 | | the Minority Leader of the Senate. |
9 | | (7) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by |
10 | | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. |
11 | | (8) The Director of the Governor's Children's Mental |
12 | | Health Transformation Initiative or the Director's |
13 | | designee. |
14 | | (9) The Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice |
15 | | Information Authority or the Director's designee. |
16 | | (10) The Director of Public Health or the Director's |
17 | | designee. |
18 | | (11) The Secretary of Human Services or the |
19 | | Secretary's designee. |
20 | | (12) The State Superintendent of Education or the |
21 | | State Superintendent's designee. |
22 | | (13) The Director of Juvenile Justice or the |
23 | | Director's designee. |
24 | | (14) The Director of Corrections or the Director's |
25 | | designee. |
26 | | (15) The Director of Children and Family Services or |
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1 | | the Director's designee. |
2 | | (16) The Director of Aging or the Director's designee. |
3 | | (17) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or |
4 | | the Director's designee. |
5 | | (18) The Chair of the Illinois Law Enforcement |
6 | | Training Standards Board or the Chair's designee. |
7 | | (19) The Director of the Administrative Office of the |
8 | | Illinois Courts or the Director's designee. |
9 | | (20) Up to 5 additional representatives appointed by |
10 | | the Lieutenant Governor who have expertise in |
11 | | trauma-informed policies and practices within health care, |
12 | | public health, public education, the criminal legal |
13 | | system, violence prevention, child welfare, human |
14 | | services, adult behavioral health services, children's |
15 | | behavioral health services, or law enforcement. |
16 | | (21) Up to 3 representatives who have been impacted by |
17 | | State systems, including the criminal legal system and |
18 | | child welfare, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. |
19 | | (22) At least one representative from student and |
20 | | youth counsels or advisory groups focused on advancing |
21 | | awareness and resources for mental health and |
22 | | trauma-informed services in diverse communities across the |
23 | | State, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. |
24 | | (23) At least one representative from an organization |
25 | | that brings parents together to improve mental health and |
26 | | supports for children and families, appointed by the |
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1 | | Lieutenant Governor. |
2 | | (24) One representative from a public-private |
3 | | partnership to support children's behavioral health, |
4 | | appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. |
5 | | Section 20. Meetings. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task |
6 | | Force shall meet at the call of the Lieutenant Governor or his |
7 | | or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. The |
8 | | Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide administrative |
9 | | support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall |
10 | | serve without compensation except those designated by the |
11 | | Lieutenant Governor at the time of appointment as community or |
12 | | system-impacted people may receive stipends as compensation |
13 | | for their time. |
14 | | Section 25. Reports. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task |
15 | | Force shall submit a report of its findings and |
16 | | recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor |
17 | | within one year after the effective date of this Act. The Task |
18 | | Force is dissolved, and this Act is repealed, one year after |
19 | | the date of the report.".
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