(30 ILCS 105/6z-134)

Sec. 6z-134. Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund.

(a) The Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Human Services for the purposes of establishing and maintaining a statewide 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis system pursuant to the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, the Federal Communication Commission's rules adopted on July 16, 2020, and national guidelines for crisis care. The Fund shall consist of:

(1) appropriations by the General Assembly;

(2) grants and gifts intended for deposit in the Fund;

(3) interest, premiums, gains, or other earnings on the Fund;

(4) moneys received from any other source that are deposited in or transferred into the Fund.

(b) Moneys in the Fund:

(1) do not revert at the end of any State fiscal year but remain available for the purposes of the Fund in subsequent State fiscal years; and

(2) are not subject to transfer to any other Fund or to transfer, assignment, or reassignment for any other use or purpose outside of those specified in this Section.

(c) An annual report of Fund deposits and expenditures shall be made to the General Assembly and the Federal Communications Commission.

(d) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)