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