Illinois House Bill 4524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. With respect to school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that at least once every 2 years at an in-service training program or at another appropriate time when school personnel are scheduled to be in attendance and in addition to other topics covered at training throughout the school year, school personnel who work with pupils in grades kindergarten through 12 and are employed by the school district shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques (instead of providing that in addition to other topics at in-service training programs, school guidance counselors, teachers, school social workers, and other school personnel who work with pupils in grades 7 through 12 shall be trained to identify the warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral techniques). Makes similar changes with respect to the Chicago school district. Effective immediately.

SCH CD-SUICIDE PREVENTION

Rep. Christopher Davidsmeyer [R]

Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-06-11	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2018-02-02	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-02	House	First Reading
2018-02-02	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.39	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	34-18.7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4524&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4524.htm