Bill Text: IL HB3776 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to develop and adopt a trauma response protocol by the 2018-2019 school year. Requires the trauma response protocol to include long-term responses to a traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and community engagement. Allows school districts to partner with local community providers in establishing and implementing the protocol.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3776 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3776-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3776 Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new
Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to develop and adopt a trauma response protocol by the 2018-2019 school year. Requires the trauma response protocol to include long-term responses to a traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and community engagement. Allows school districts to partner with local community providers in establishing and implementing the protocol.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new)
Sec. 10-20.60. Trauma response protocol.
(a) School districts shall, by the 2018-2019 school year,
develop and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how
the school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma
response protocol shall include a long-term response to a
traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and
community engagement.
(b) School districts may partner with local community
providers of these services in establishing and implementing
the trauma response protocol.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new)
Sec. 34-18.53. Trauma response protocol.
(a) The board shall, by the 2018-2019 school year, develop
and adopt a trauma response protocol to establish how the
school district responds to traumatic incidents. The trauma
response protocol shall include a long-term response to a

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traumatic incident, long-term care and counseling, and
community engagement.
(b) The board may partner with local community providers of
these services in establishing and implementing the trauma
response protocol.