Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Filed: 3/23/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5126

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5126 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 22-60 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/22-60 new)
7     Sec. 22-60. Student services personnel; confidentiality.
8     (a) In this Section, "confidential communication" means
9 any communication made by a student who is a recipient of
10 school counseling, school psychological, or school social work
11 services, including services provided by a school counselor
12 intern working under the supervision of a school counselor, a
13 school psychologist intern working under the supervision of a
14 school psychologist, or a school social worker intern working
15 under the supervision of a school social worker. "Confidential
16 communication" includes the fact that a student is a recipient

 

 

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1 of school counseling, school psychological, or school social
2 work services. "Confidential communication" does not include
3 (i) academic or career counseling information that is available
4 to the general public or (ii) in the case of a student with an
5 individualized education program (IEP) or a Section 504 plan
6 (under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973), general
7 information about a student's progress on IEP or Section 504
8 plan goals and benchmarks shared with the school district's IEP
9 or Section 504 plan team or individual members of the IEP or
10 Section 504 team for the purpose of developing or revising
11 goals and benchmarks.
12     (b) With the exception of information described in
13 subsection (c) of this Section, any confidential communication
14 disclosed by a student to a school counselor, school
15 psychologist, or school social worker or to a school counselor
16 intern working under the supervision of a school counselor, a
17 school psychologist intern working under the supervision of a
18 school psychologist, or a school social work intern working
19 under the supervision of a school social worker may be
20 disclosed only upon the execution of a written consent to the
21 release of information that conforms with the requirements of
22 the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
23 Confidentiality Act and any other statute governing the release
24 of confidential information applicable to the specific type of
25 information for which disclosure is sought.
26     (c) Communications that would otherwise be confidential

 

 

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1 communications must be disclosed as follows:
2         (1) When there is reasonable cause to believe that
3     failure to disclose confidential information would result
4     in a clear and present danger to the health, safety, or
5     welfare of the student or others.
6         (2) When disclosure is required by law.
7         (3) When disclosure is required by currently adopted
8     standards of professional conduct and codes of ethics
9     applicable respectively to school counselors, school
10     psychologists, and school social workers.
11     (d) Access to student records is governed by the Illinois
12 School Student Records Act.
13     (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the
14 school counselor or school counselor intern, the school
15 psychologist or school psychologist intern, or the school
16 social worker or school social worker intern from conferring
17 with other school staff, as appropriate, regarding
18 modification of the student's academic program.
 
19     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
20 Section 8.34 as follows:
 
21     (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new)
22     Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
23 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
24 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of

 

 

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1 the 96th General Assembly.
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".