Bill Text: IL HB5572 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions regarding youth suicide awareness and prevention. Sets forth some of the characteristics of students at an increased risk of suicide. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5572 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5572-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5572 Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.166
Amends the School Code. Makes changes to provisions regarding youth suicide awareness and prevention. Sets forth some of the characteristics of students at an increased risk of suicide. Effective immediately.
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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 changing Section
2-3.166 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.166)
Sec. 2-3.166. Youth suicide awareness and prevention.
(a) This Section may be referred to as Ann Marie's Law.
(b) The State Board of Education shall do both of the
following:
(1) In consultation with a youth suicide prevention
organization operating in this State and organizations
representing school boards and school personnel, develop a
model youth suicide awareness and prevention policy that is
consistent with subsection (c) of this Section.
(2) Compile, develop, and post on its publicly
accessible Internet website both of the following, which
may include materials already publicly available:
(A) Recommended guidelines and educational
materials for training and professional development.
(B) Recommended resources and age-appropriate
educational materials on youth suicide awareness and
prevention.

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(c) The model policy developed by the State Board of
Education under subsection (b) of this Section and any policy
adopted by a school board under subsection (d) of this Section
shall include all of the following:
(1) A statement on youth suicide awareness and
prevention.
(2) Protocols for administering youth suicide
awareness and prevention education to staff and students.
(3) Methods of prevention, including procedures for
early identification and referral of students at risk of
suicide.
(4) Methods of intervention, including procedures that
address an emotional or mental health safety plan for
students identified as being at increased risk of suicide,
including those students who: .
(A) suffer from a mental health disorder;
(B) suffer from a substance abuse disorder;
(C) engage in self-harm or have previously
attempted suicide;
(D) reside in an out-of-home placement;
(E) are experiencing homelessness;
(F) are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or
questioning (LGBTQ);
(G) are bereaved by suicide; or
(H) have a medical condition or certain types of
disabilities.

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(5) Methods of responding to a student or staff suicide
or suicide attempt.
(6) Reporting procedures.
(7) Recommended resources on youth suicide awareness
and prevention programs, including current contact
information for such programs.
(d) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school
board shall review and update its current suicide awareness and
prevention policy to be consistent with subsection (c) of this
Section or adopt an age-appropriate youth suicide awareness and
prevention policy consistent with subsection (c) of this
Section, inform each school district employee and the parent or
legal guardian of each student enrolled in the school district
of such policy, and post such policy on the school district's
publicly accessible Internet website. The policy adopted by a
school board under this subsection (d) may be based upon the
model policy developed by the State Board of Education under
subsection (b) of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-443, eff. 8-21-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.