102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5424
 
Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford - Deb Conroy - Katie Stuart
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
110 ILCS 58/55

     Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate $19,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 for the purposes of this Act. Provides that the funds shall be distributed to the public colleges and universities according to the recommendations of a specified report of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, in conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education, must make recommendations to the General Assembly on the amounts necessary to implement this Act for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2027, and may make such recommendations for Fiscal Years thereafter. Deletes provisions making the Act subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2022.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 55 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 58/55)

7    Sec. 55. Funding. The General Assembly shall appropriate 
8$19,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 for the purposes of this Act. 
9The funds shall be distributed to the public colleges and 
10universities as noted on pages 37-38, and to the Illinois 
11Board of Higher Education for the Technical Assistance Center 
12as noted in page 86, of the December 2019 Commission on 
13Government Forecasting and Accountability report. The 
14Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, in 
15conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board and the 
16Board of Higher Education, must make recommendations to the 
17General Assembly on the amounts necessary to implement this 
18Act for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2027, and may make such 
19recommendations for Fiscal Years thereafter. The funding 
20recommendation must be provided by the Commission no later 
21than December 31, 2022. This Act is subject to appropriation. 
22The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, 
23in conjunction with the Illinois Community College Board and 
 
 
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1the Board of Higher Education, must make  recommendations to 
2the General Assembly on the amounts necessary to implement 
3this Act. The initial recommendation must be provided by the 
4Commission no later than December 31, 2019. Any appropriation 
5provided in advance of this initial recommendation may be used 
6for planning purposes. No Section of this Act may be funded by 
7student fees created on or after July 1, 2020. Public colleges 
8or universities may seek federal funding or private grants, if 
9available, to support the provisions of this Act. 

10(Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
122022.