102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2990

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/10-22.39
105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies. Defines "trauma kit". Provides that products purchased for the on-site trauma kit shall be, wherever possible, products that are manufactured in the United States. Requires a school board to conduct in-service training for all school district employees on the methods to respond to trauma at least once every 2 years. Provides that a school board may satisfy the trauma response training requirements by using the training, including online training, available from the American College of Surgeons or any other similar organization. Provides that in all matters relating to trauma response training, school district employees are immune from civil liability in the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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 School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.73 and 34-18.67 and by changing Section 10-22.39 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)
8    Sec. 10-20.73. Trauma kit.
9    (a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid
10response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the
11following:
12        (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on
13    Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
14        (2) One compression bandage.
15        (3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed
16    by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
17        (4) Protective gloves and a marker.
18        (5) Scissors.
19        (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the
20    Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States
21    Department of Homeland Security or the American College of
22    Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.
23        (7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar

 

 

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1    to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any
2    other items that (i) are approved by a local law
3    enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can
4    adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be
5    stored in a readily available kit.
6    (b) Each school district may maintain an on-site trauma
7kit at each school of the district for bleeding emergencies.
8    (c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those
9products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty
10Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United
11States.
 
12    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.39)
13    Sec. 10-22.39. In-service training programs.
14    (a) To conduct in-service training programs for teachers.
15    (b) In addition to other topics at in-service training
16programs, at least once every 2 years, licensed school
17personnel and administrators who work with pupils in
18kindergarten through grade 12 shall be trained to identify the
19warning signs of mental illness and suicidal behavior in youth
20and shall be taught appropriate intervention and referral
21techniques. A school district may utilize the Illinois Mental
22Health First Aid training program, established under the
23Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act and administered
24by certified instructors trained by a national association
25recognized as an authority in behavioral health, to provide

 

 

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1the training and meet the requirements under this subsection.
2If licensed school personnel or an administrator obtains
3mental health first aid training outside of an in-service
4training program, he or she may present a certificate of
5successful completion of the training to the school district
6to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
7    (c) School guidance counselors, nurses, teachers and other
8school personnel who work with pupils may be trained to have a
9basic knowledge of matters relating to acquired
10immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including the nature of the
11disease, its causes and effects, the means of detecting it and
12preventing its transmission, and the availability of
13appropriate sources of counseling and referral, and any other
14information that may be appropriate considering the age and
15grade level of such pupils. The School Board shall supervise
16such training. The State Board of Education and the Department
17of Public Health shall jointly develop standards for such
18training.
19    (d) In this subsection (d):
20    "Domestic violence" means abuse by a family or household
21member, as "abuse" and "family or household members" are
22defined in Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act
23of 1986.
24    "Sexual violence" means sexual assault, abuse, or stalking
25of an adult or minor child proscribed in the Criminal Code of
261961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections 11-1.20,

 

 

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111-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-7.3, 12-7.4, 12-7.5,
212-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16, including
3sexual violence committed by perpetrators who are strangers to
4the victim and sexual violence committed by perpetrators who
5are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim.
6    At least once every 2 years, an in-service training
7program for school personnel who work with pupils, including,
8but not limited to, school and school district administrators,
9teachers, school guidance counselors, school social workers,
10school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses,
11must be conducted by persons with expertise in domestic and
12sexual violence and the needs of expectant and parenting youth
13and shall include training concerning (i) communicating with
14and listening to youth victims of domestic or sexual violence
15and expectant and parenting youth, (ii) connecting youth
16victims of domestic or sexual violence and expectant and
17parenting youth to appropriate in-school services and other
18agencies, programs, and services as needed, and (iii)
19implementing the school district's policies, procedures, and
20protocols with regard to such youth, including
21confidentiality. At a minimum, school personnel must be
22trained to understand, provide information and referrals, and
23address issues pertaining to youth who are parents, expectant
24parents, or victims of domestic or sexual violence.
25    (e) At least every 2 years, an in-service training program
26for school personnel who work with pupils must be conducted by

 

 

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1persons with expertise in anaphylactic reactions and
2management.
3    (f) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
4conduct in-service training on educator ethics,
5teacher-student conduct, and school employee-student conduct
6for all personnel.
7    (g) At least once every 2 years, a school board shall
8conduct in-service training for all school district employees
9on the methods to respond to trauma. The training must include
10instruction on how to respond to an incident involving
11life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a
12school's trauma kit. A school board may satisfy the training
13requirements under this subsection by using the training,
14including online training, available from the American College
15of Surgeons or any other similar organization.
16    In all matters relating to trauma response training,
17school district employees are immune from civil liability in
18the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful
19or wanton misconduct.
20(Source: P.A. 100-903, eff. 1-1-19; 101-350, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
22    Sec. 34-18.67. Trauma kit; trauma response training.
23    (a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid
24response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the
25following:

 

 

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1        (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on
2    Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
3        (2) One compression bandage.
4        (3) One hemostatic bleeding control dressing endorsed
5    by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
6        (4) Protective gloves and a marker.
7        (5) Scissors.
8        (6) Instructional documents developed by the Stop the
9    Bleed national awareness campaign of the United States
10    Department of Homeland Security or the American College of
11    Surgeons' Committee on Trauma, or both.
12        (7) Any other medical materials or equipment similar
13    to those described in paragraphs (1) through (3) or any
14    other items that (i) are approved by a local law
15    enforcement agency or first responders, (ii) can
16    adequately treat a traumatic injury, and (iii) can be
17    stored in a readily available kit.
18    (b) The school district may maintain an on-site trauma kit
19at each school for bleeding emergencies.
20    (c) Products purchased for the trauma kit, including those
21products endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty
22Care, shall, whenever possible, be manufactured in the United
23States.
24    (d) At least once every 2 years, the board shall conduct
25in-service training for all school district employees on the
26methods to respond to trauma. The training must include

 

 

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1instruction on how to respond to an incident involving
2life-threatening bleeding and, if applicable, how to use a
3school's trauma kit. The board may satisfy the training
4requirements under this subsection by using the training,
5including online training, available from the American College
6of Surgeons or any other similar organization.
7    In all matters relating to trauma response training,
8school district employees are immune from civil liability in
9the use of a trauma kit unless the action constitutes willful
10or wanton misconduct.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.