Bill Text: IL SB1575 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall create and maintain an online database and resource page on its website. Provides that the database and resource page shall contain mental health resources specifically geared toward first responders with the goal of connecting those persons with mental health resources related to crisis services, wellness, trauma information, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety, depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and substance use and of encouraging information sharing among families of first responders, first responder organizations, first responder professional organizations, and first responders. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0337 [SB1575 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1575-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 102-0337
SB1575 Enrolled LRB102 17228 RLC 22689 b
AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section
76.1 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1705/76.1 new)
Sec. 76.1. First responder mental health database and
resource page. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
create and maintain an online database and resource page on
its website. The database and resource page shall contain
mental health resources specifically geared toward first
responders with the goal of connecting those persons with
mental health resources related to crisis services, wellness,
trauma information, nutrition, stress reduction, anxiety,
depression, violence prevention, suicide prevention, and
substance use and of encouraging information sharing among
families of first responders, first responder organizations,
first responder professional organizations, and first
responders.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.