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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
5Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
618.8 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1705/18.8 new)
8    Sec. 18.8. Post-secondary mental health database and
9resource page. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
10create and maintain an online database and resource page on
11its website. The database and resource page shall contain
12mental health resources specifically geared toward
13post-secondary social workers, counselors, parents, faculty,
14graduate assistants, school administrators, graduate and
15undergraduate students, and support personnel with the goal of
16connecting those people with mental health resources related
17to crisis services, wellness, sexual health, survivor support,
18gender-based violence, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety,
19depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and
20substance use and encouraging information sharing among
21educational administrators, security personnel, resource
22officers, faculty, students, and all other employees of a
23university or college. Nothing in this Section shall be

 

 

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1construed to authorize or permit the sharing or disclosure of
2any individual's identity, health, or other personal
3information, or any information from an individual's record,
4in connection with the creation or use of the post-secondary
5mental health database and resource page.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.