Bill Text: IL SJR0056 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Supports all efforts to make it easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially life-saving resources about suicide prevention, intervention, and mental health crisis by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Urges the FCC to establish a new hotline for those Americans experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis. Further urges the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider designating 988 as the 3-digit code to be used for this purpose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0056 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0056-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, In Illinois, suicide is the eleventh leading cause
of death and results in more than 1,000 deaths each year; for
young adults 15 to 34 years of age, suicide is the third
leading cause of death in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, In Illinois, men are three to four times more
likely than women to die from suicide, while more women than
men report attempting suicide; and
WHEREAS, Suicide rates are higher among middle aged adults,
but suicide attempt rates are higher among young people; and
WHEREAS, Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in
the United States in 2017; it is often a consequence of
untreated mental illness and substance use disorders and as
such is a preventable condition; and
WHEREAS, More than 47,000 Americans died by suicide, and
more than 1.4 million adults attempted suicide in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among
young people aged 10 to 24, who have seen a 56 percent rise in
suicide rates from 2007 to 2017; and

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WHEREAS, At-risk populations, such as veterans, LGBTQ
youth, and American Indians, have been shown to be particularly
vulnerable; and
WHEREAS, More than 20 veterans die by suicide every day;
between 2008 and 2016, there were more than 6,000 veteran
suicides each year; and
WHEREAS, A person with mental health issues will often be
vulnerable to suicide, in part because they lack access to care
or will not have a positive response to the care they receive;
and
WHEREAS, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) has reported positive results
regarding the effectiveness of the Suicide Prevention Hotline
in reductions of suicidal ideation and hopelessness, improved
suicide risk assessment, response to callers at imminent risk,
and improving follow-up; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support all efforts to make it
easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially
life-saving resources about suicide prevention, intervention,
and mental health crisis by the Federal Communications

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Commission (FCC); and be it further
RESOLVED, That we urge the FCC to establish a new hotline
for those Americans experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental
health crisis; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we urge the Commission to initiate a
rulemaking proceeding to consider designating 988 as the
3-digit code to be used for this purpose.