Full Text of SB0715 95th General Assembly
SB0715 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0715
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the School Health Center Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to initiate 20 new school health centers over a 5-year period beginning July 1, 2007, and build capacity with existing school health centers in the State. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School | 5 |
| Health Center Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 7 |
| finds as follows: | 8 |
| (1) Asthma and oral health problems are 2 of the | 9 |
| leading causes of absenteeism among Illinois elementary | 10 |
| and secondary school students. | 11 |
| (2) Illinois youth must deal with increasing obesity, | 12 |
| poor nutrition, substance abuse, and mental health crises. | 13 |
| (3) Many Illinois families lack adequate health | 14 |
| insurance or access to health care facilities. | 15 |
| (4) Improving the physical and mental health of | 16 |
| Illinois' youth is vital to building an educated workforce | 17 |
| for Illinois' future. | 18 |
| (5) School health centers provide quality health care | 19 |
| services like immunizations, physical exams, asthma care, | 20 |
| mental health counseling, and health in schools, and
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| national and local evaluations have found that school | 22 |
| health centers increase access to health care, reduce | 23 |
| absenteeism, reduce health care access disparities, and |
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| reduce unhealthy behaviors that compromise health and | 2 |
| education success. | 3 |
| (6) Illinois school health centers were found to save | 4 |
| the State an estimated $2,500,000 each year by reducing | 5 |
| emergency room visits, $2,720,000 a year by providing | 6 |
| immunizations, and $233,000-$342,000 a year by reducing | 7 |
| asthma-related hospitalizations. | 8 |
| Section 10. Department of Human Services to initiate school | 9 |
| health centers. The Illinois Department of Human Services shall | 10 |
| initiate 20 new school health centers over a 5-year period | 11 |
| beginning July 1, 2007, and shall build capacity with existing | 12 |
| school health centers in the State of Illinois.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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