Full Text of HB5499 103rd General Assembly
HB5499 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5499 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | | Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that gambling and gambling addiction shall be included in the Comprehensive Health Education Program. Effective July 1, 2024. |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive | 5 | | Health Education Act is amended by changing Section 3 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 110/3) | 8 | | Sec. 3. Comprehensive Health Education Program. The | 9 | | program established under this Act shall include, but not be | 10 | | limited to, the following major educational areas as a basis | 11 | | for curricula in all elementary and secondary schools in this | 12 | | State: human ecology and health; human growth and development; | 13 | | the emotional, psychological, physiological, hygienic, and | 14 | | social responsibilities of family life, including sexual | 15 | | abstinence until marriage; the prevention and control of | 16 | | disease, including instruction in grades 6 through 12 on the | 17 | | prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS; age-appropriate | 18 | | sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in | 19 | | grades pre-kindergarten through 12; public and environmental | 20 | | health; consumer health; safety education and disaster | 21 | | survival; mental health and illness; personal health habits; | 22 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse, including the medical and | 23 | | legal ramifications of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; abuse |
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| 1 | | during pregnancy; evidence-based and medically accurate | 2 | | information regarding sexual abstinence; tobacco and | 3 | | e-cigarettes and other vapor devices; nutrition; gambling and | 4 | | gambling addiction; and dental health. The instruction on | 5 | | mental health and illness must evaluate the multiple | 6 | | dimensions of health by reviewing the relationship between | 7 | | physical and mental health so as to enhance student | 8 | | understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health, | 9 | | well-being, and human dignity and must include how and where | 10 | | to find mental health resources and specialized treatment in | 11 | | the State. The program shall also provide course material and | 12 | | instruction to advise pupils of the Abandoned Newborn Infant | 13 | | Protection Act. The program shall include information about | 14 | | cancer, including, without limitation, types of cancer, signs | 15 | | and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention | 16 | | and detection, and information on where to go for help. | 17 | | Notwithstanding the above educational areas, the following | 18 | | areas may also be included as a basis for curricula in all | 19 | | elementary and secondary schools in this State: basic first | 20 | | aid (including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary | 21 | | resuscitation and the Heimlich maneuver), heart disease, | 22 | | diabetes, stroke, the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and | 23 | | suicide, and teen dating violence in grades 7 through 12. | 24 | | Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, training on how to | 25 | | properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which | 26 | | training must be in accordance with standards of the American |
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| 1 | | Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another | 2 | | nationally recognized certifying organization) and how to use | 3 | | an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a | 4 | | basis for curricula in all secondary schools in this State. | 5 | | Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year in grades 9 | 6 | | through 12, the program shall include instruction, study, and | 7 | | discussion on the dangers of allergies. Information for the | 8 | | instruction, study, and discussion shall come from information | 9 | | provided by the Department of Public Health and the federal | 10 | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This instruction, | 11 | | study, and discussion shall include, at a minimum: | 12 | | (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of an allergic | 13 | | reaction, including anaphylaxis; | 14 | | (2) the steps to take to prevent exposure to | 15 | | allergens; and | 16 | | (3) safe emergency epinephrine administration. | 17 | | The school board of each public elementary and secondary | 18 | | school in the State shall encourage all teachers and other | 19 | | school personnel to acquire, develop, and maintain the | 20 | | knowledge and skills necessary to properly administer | 21 | | life-saving techniques, including, without limitation, the | 22 | | Heimlich maneuver and rescue breathing. The training shall be | 23 | | in accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | 24 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized | 25 | | certifying organization. A school board may use the services | 26 | | of non-governmental entities whose personnel have expertise in |
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| 1 | | life-saving techniques to instruct teachers and other school | 2 | | personnel in these techniques. Each school board is encouraged | 3 | | to have in its employ, or on its volunteer staff, at least one | 4 | | person who is certified, by the American Red Cross or by | 5 | | another qualified certifying agency, as qualified to | 6 | | administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In | 7 | | addition, each school board is authorized to allocate | 8 | | appropriate portions of its institute or inservice days to | 9 | | conduct training programs for teachers and other school | 10 | | personnel who have expressed an interest in becoming qualified | 11 | | to administer emergency first aid or cardiopulmonary | 12 | | resuscitation. School boards are urged to encourage their | 13 | | teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic | 14 | | programs and other extracurricular school activities to | 15 | | acquire, develop, and maintain the knowledge and skills | 16 | | necessary to properly administer first aid and cardiopulmonary | 17 | | resuscitation in accordance with standards and requirements | 18 | | established by the American Red Cross or another qualified | 19 | | certifying agency. Subject to appropriation, the State Board | 20 | | of Education shall establish and administer a matching grant | 21 | | program to pay for half of the cost that a school district | 22 | | incurs in training those teachers and other school personnel | 23 | | who express an interest in becoming qualified to administer | 24 | | cardiopulmonary resuscitation (which training must be in | 25 | | accordance with standards of the American Red Cross, the | 26 | | American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized |
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| 1 | | certifying organization) or in learning how to use an | 2 | | automated external defibrillator. A school district that | 3 | | applies for a grant must demonstrate that it has funds to pay | 4 | | half of the cost of the training for which matching grant money | 5 | | is sought. The State Board of Education shall award the grants | 6 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis. | 7 | | No pupil shall be required to take or participate in any | 8 | | class or course on AIDS or family life instruction or to | 9 | | receive training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary | 10 | | resuscitation or how to use an automated external | 11 | | defibrillator if his or her parent or guardian submits written | 12 | | objection thereto, and refusal to take or participate in the | 13 | | course or program or the training shall not be reason for | 14 | | suspension or expulsion of the pupil. | 15 | | Curricula developed under programs established in | 16 | | accordance with this Act in the major educational area of | 17 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include classroom | 18 | | instruction in grades 5 through 12. The instruction, which | 19 | | shall include matters relating to both the physical and legal | 20 | | effects and ramifications of drug and substance abuse, shall | 21 | | be integrated into existing curricula; and the State Board of | 22 | | Education shall develop and make available to all elementary | 23 | | and secondary schools in this State instructional materials | 24 | | and guidelines which will assist the schools in incorporating | 25 | | the instruction into their existing curricula. In addition, | 26 | | school districts may offer, as part of existing curricula |
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| 1 | | during the school day or as part of an after-school after | 2 | | school program, support services and instruction for pupils or | 3 | | pupils whose parent, parents, or guardians are chemically | 4 | | dependent. Curricula developed under programs established in | 5 | | accordance with this Act in the major educational area of | 6 | | alcohol and drug use and abuse shall include the instruction, | 7 | | study, and discussion required under subsection (c) of Section | 8 | | 27-13.2 of the School Code. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-464, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | 10 | | 102-1034, eff. 1-1-23; 103-212, eff. 1-1-24; 103-365, eff. | 11 | | 1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.) | 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 13 | | 2024. |
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