Bill Text: IL SJR0056 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, suicide is the eleventh leading cause | ||||||
3 | of death and results in more than 1,000 deaths each year; for | ||||||
4 | young adults 15 to 34 years of age, suicide is the third | ||||||
5 | leading cause of death in Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, men are three to four times more | ||||||
7 | likely than women to die from suicide, while more women than | ||||||
8 | men report attempting suicide; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Suicide rates are higher among middle aged adults, | ||||||
10 | but suicide attempt rates are higher among young people; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in | ||||||
12 | the United States in 2017; it is often a consequence of | ||||||
13 | untreated mental illness and substance use disorders and as | ||||||
14 | such is a preventable condition; and
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15 | WHEREAS, More than 47,000 Americans died by suicide, and | ||||||
16 | more than 1.4 million adults attempted suicide in 2017; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Suicide is the second leading cause of death among | ||||||
18 | young people aged 10 to 24, who have seen a 56 percent rise in | ||||||
19 | suicide rates from 2007 to 2017; and
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1 | WHEREAS, At-risk populations, such as veterans, LGBTQ | ||||||
2 | youth, and American Indians, have been shown to be particularly | ||||||
3 | vulnerable; and
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4 | WHEREAS, More than 20 veterans die by suicide every day; | ||||||
5 | between 2008 and 2016, there were more than 6,000 veteran | ||||||
6 | suicides each year; and
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7 | WHEREAS, A person with mental health issues will often be | ||||||
8 | vulnerable to suicide, in part because they lack access to care | ||||||
9 | or will not have a positive response to the care they receive; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | ||||||
12 | Administration (SAMHSA) has reported positive results | ||||||
13 | regarding the effectiveness of the Suicide Prevention Hotline | ||||||
14 | in reductions of suicidal ideation and hopelessness, improved | ||||||
15 | suicide risk assessment, response to callers at imminent risk, | ||||||
16 | and improving follow-up; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
19 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we support all efforts to make it | ||||||
20 | easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially | ||||||
21 | life-saving resources about suicide prevention, intervention, | ||||||
22 | and mental health crisis by the Federal Communications |
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1 | Commission (FCC); and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That we urge the FCC to establish a new hotline | ||||||
3 | for those Americans experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental | ||||||
4 | health crisis; and be it further
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5 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Commission to initiate a | ||||||
6 | rulemaking proceeding to consider designating 988 as the | ||||||
7 | 3-digit code to be used for this purpose.
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