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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, During the 97th General Assembly, House
3Resolution 39 created the Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk
4Task Force to (1) study and report upon the available research
5relevant to the reputed causal link between prescription of
6psychotropic substances and acts of suicide or violence against
7others; (2) to evaluate whether the State of Illinois' current
8policies with regard to psychotropic substances are adequate to
9protect the public; and (3) to make recommendations as to
10whether Illinois should consider adopting additional policies
11with regard to psychotropic substances, including but not
12limited to requiring county coroners to test for psychotropic
13substances in cases of suspected suicide; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task
15Force was to report its finding and recommendations to the
16General Assembly by December 31, 2011; and
 
17    WHEREAS, The Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task
18Force needs additional time to complete its work; therefore, be
19it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22the Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task Force shall

 

 

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1submit a report, as required in House Resolution 39 of the 97th
2General Assembly, no later than December 31, 2012; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That with this reporting extension, The
5Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task Force shall continue
6to operate pursuant to House Resolution 39 of the 97th General
7Assembly.