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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Suicide Prevention, Education, and | ||||||
5 | Treatment Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 13, 15, 20, | ||||||
6 | 25, and 30 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (410 ILCS 53/10)
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8 | Sec. 10. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Act, unless | ||||||
9 | the context otherwise requires: | ||||||
10 | "Alliance" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Alliance.
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11 | "Committee" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention | ||||||
12 | Strategic Planning Committee. | ||||||
13 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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14 | "Plan" means the Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic | ||||||
15 | Plan set forth in Section 15.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||||
17 | (410 ILCS 53/13)
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18 | Sec. 13. Duration; report. All projects set forth in this | ||||||
19 | Act must be at least 3 years in duration, and the Department | ||||||
20 | and related contracts as well as the Illinois Suicide | ||||||
21 | Prevention Alliance
Suicide Prevention Strategic Planning | ||||||
22 | Committee must report annually to the Governor and General |
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1 | Assembly on the effectiveness of these activities and programs.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||||
3 | (410 ILCS 53/15)
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4 | Sec. 15. Suicide Prevention Alliance
Strategic Planning | ||||||
5 | Committee .
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6 | (a) The Alliance
Committee is created as the official | ||||||
7 | grassroots creator, planner, monitor, and advocate for the | ||||||
8 | Illinois Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan. No later than one | ||||||
9 | year after the effective date of this Act, the Alliance
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10 | Committee shall review, finalize, and submit to the Governor | ||||||
11 | and the General Assembly the Illinois Suicide Prevention | ||||||
12 | Strategic Plan and appropriate processes and outcome | ||||||
13 | objectives for 10 overriding recommendations and a timeline for | ||||||
14 | reaching these objectives. | ||||||
15 | (b) The Alliance
Committee shall use the United States | ||||||
16 | Surgeon General's National Suicide Prevention Strategy as a | ||||||
17 | model for the Plan. The Alliance
Committee shall review the | ||||||
18 | statutorily prescribed missions of major State mental health, | ||||||
19 | health, aging, and school mental health programs and recommend, | ||||||
20 | as necessary and appropriate, statutory changes to include | ||||||
21 | suicide prevention in the missions and procedures of those | ||||||
22 | programs. The Alliance
Committee shall prepare a report of that | ||||||
23 | review, including its recommendations, and shall submit the | ||||||
24 | report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 31, | ||||||
25 | 2004. |
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1 | (c) The Director of Public Health shall appoint the members | ||||||
2 | of the Alliance
Committee . The membership of the Alliance
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3 | Committee shall include, without limitation, representatives | ||||||
4 | of statewide organizations and other agencies that focus on the | ||||||
5 | prevention of suicide and the improvement of mental health | ||||||
6 | treatment or that provide suicide prevention or survivor | ||||||
7 | support services. Other disciplines that shall be considered | ||||||
8 | for membership on the Alliance
committee include law | ||||||
9 | enforcement, first responders, faith-based community leaders, | ||||||
10 | universities, and survivors of suicide (families and friends | ||||||
11 | who have lost persons to suicide) as well as consumers of | ||||||
12 | services of these agencies and organizations.
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13 | (d) The Alliance
committee shall meet at least 4 times a | ||||||
14 | year, and more as deemed necessary, in various sites statewide | ||||||
15 | in order to foster as much participation as possible. The | ||||||
16 | Alliance
Committee , a steering committee, and core members of | ||||||
17 | the full committee shall monitor and guide the definition and | ||||||
18 | direction of the goals of the full Alliance
Committee , shall | ||||||
19 | review and approve productions of the plan, and shall meet | ||||||
20 | before the full Alliance
Committee meetings.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||||
22 | (410 ILCS 53/20)
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23 | Sec. 20. General awareness and screening program.
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24 | (a) The Department shall provide technical assistance for | ||||||
25 | the work of the Alliance
Committee and the production of the |
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1 | Plan and shall distribute general information and screening | ||||||
2 | tools for suicide prevention to the general public through | ||||||
3 | local public health departments throughout the State. These | ||||||
4 | materials shall be distributed to agencies, schools, | ||||||
5 | hospitals, churches, places of employment, and all related | ||||||
6 | professional caregivers to educate all citizens about warning | ||||||
7 | signs and interventions that all persons can do to stop the | ||||||
8 | suicidal cycle. | ||||||
9 | (b) This program shall include, without limitation, all of | ||||||
10 | the following: | ||||||
11 | (1) Educational programs about warning signs and how to | ||||||
12 | help suicidal individuals. | ||||||
13 | (2) Educational presentations about suicide risk and | ||||||
14 | how to help at-risk people in special populations and with | ||||||
15 | bilingual support to special cultures. | ||||||
16 | (3) The designation of an annual suicide awareness week | ||||||
17 | or month to include a public awareness campaign on suicide. | ||||||
18 | (4) A statewide suicide prevention conference before | ||||||
19 | November of 2004. | ||||||
20 | (5) An Illinois Suicide Prevention Speaker's Bureau. | ||||||
21 | (6) A program to educate the media regarding the | ||||||
22 | guidelines developed by the American Association for | ||||||
23 | Suicidology for coverage of suicides and to encourage media | ||||||
24 | cooperation in adopting these guidelines in reporting | ||||||
25 | suicides. | ||||||
26 | (7) Increased training opportunities for volunteers, |
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1 | professionals, and other caregivers to develop specific | ||||||
2 | skills for assessing suicide risk and intervening to | ||||||
3 | prevent suicide.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||||
5 | (410 ILCS 53/25)
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6 | Sec. 25. Additional duties of the Alliance
Committee .
The | ||||||
7 | Alliance
Committee shall: | ||||||
8 | (1) Act as an advisor and lead consultant on the | ||||||
9 | design, implementation, and evaluation of all programs | ||||||
10 | outlined in this Act. | ||||||
11 | (2) Establish interagency policy and procedures among | ||||||
12 | appropriate agencies for the collaboration and | ||||||
13 | coordination needed to implement the programs outlined in | ||||||
14 | this Act.
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15 | (3) Design, review, select, and monitor proposals for | ||||||
16 | the implementation of these activities in agencies | ||||||
17 | throughout the State.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.) | ||||||
19 | (410 ILCS 53/30)
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20 | Sec. 30. Suicide prevention pilot programs. | ||||||
21 | (a) The Department shall establish, when funds are | ||||||
22 | appropriated, up to 5 pilot programs that provide training and | ||||||
23 | direct service programs relating to youth, elderly, special | ||||||
24 | populations, high-risk populations, and professional |
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1 | caregivers. The purpose of these pilot programs is to | ||||||
2 | demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of the projects set | ||||||
3 | forth in this Act in the communities in which they are offered. | ||||||
4 | The pilot programs shall be operational for at least 2 years of | ||||||
5 | the 3-year requirement set forth in Section 13. | ||||||
6 | (b) The Director of Public Health is encouraged to ensure | ||||||
7 | that the pilot programs include the following prevention | ||||||
8 | strategies: | ||||||
9 | (1) school gatekeeper and faculty training;
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10 | (2) community gatekeeper training; | ||||||
11 | (3) general community suicide prevention education; | ||||||
12 | (4) health providers and physician training and | ||||||
13 | consultation about high-risk cases; | ||||||
14 | (5) depression, anxiety, and suicide screening | ||||||
15 | programs;
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16 | (6) peer support youth and older adult programs;
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17 | (7) the enhancement of 24-hour crisis centers, | ||||||
18 | hotlines, and person-to-person calling trees; | ||||||
19 | (8) means restriction advocacy and collaboration; and
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20 | (9) intervening and supporting after a suicide.
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21 | (c) The funds appropriated for purposes of this Section | ||||||
22 | shall be allocated by the Department on a competitive, | ||||||
23 | grant-submission basis, which shall include consideration of | ||||||
24 | different rates of risk of suicide based on age, ethnicity, | ||||||
25 | gender, prevalence of mental health disorders, different rates | ||||||
26 | of suicide based on geographic areas in Illinois, and the |
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1 | services and curriculum offered to fit these needs by the | ||||||
2 | applying agency. | ||||||
3 | (d) The Department and Alliance
Committee shall prepare a | ||||||
4 | report as to the effectiveness of the demonstration projects | ||||||
5 | established pursuant to this Section and submit that report no | ||||||
6 | later than 6 months after the projects are completed to the | ||||||
7 | Governor and General Assembly.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-907, eff. 8-11-04.)
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