Full Text of SB2606 103rd General Assembly
SB2606sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. David Koehler Filed: 3/8/2024 | | 10300SB2606sam001 | | LRB103 34587 RJT 70482 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2606
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2606 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act | 5 | | is amended by changing Sections 5, 15, and 25 by adding Section | 6 | | 43 as follows: | 7 | | (110 ILCS 58/5) | 8 | | Sec. 5. Intent. This Act is intended to address gaps in | 9 | | mental health services on college campuses across Illinois, | 10 | | including both 2-year and 4-year institutions, through | 11 | | training, peer support, and community-campus partnerships , and | 12 | | academic days off . | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 7-1-20 .) | 14 | | (110 ILCS 58/15) | 15 | | Sec. 15. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to accomplish |
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| 1 | | all of the following: | 2 | | (1) Further identify students with mental health needs | 3 | | and connect them to services. | 4 | | (2) Increase access to support services on college | 5 | | campuses. | 6 | | (3) Increase access to clinical mental health services | 7 | | on college campuses and in the surrounding communities for | 8 | | college students. | 9 | | (4) Empower students through peer-to-peer support and | 10 | | training on identifying mental health needs and resources. | 11 | | (5) Reduce administrative policies that put an undue | 12 | | burden on students seeking leave for their mental health | 13 | | conditions through technical assistance and training. | 14 | | (6) Increase the number of academic days off to | 15 | | prevent health issues from escalating. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 7-1-20 .) | 17 | | (110 ILCS 58/25) | 18 | | Sec. 25. Awareness. To raise mental health awareness on | 19 | | college campuses, each public college or university must do | 20 | | all of the following: | 21 | | (1) Develop and implement an annual student | 22 | | orientation session aimed at raising awareness about | 23 | | mental health conditions and informing students about the | 24 | | public college's or university's student wellness day | 25 | | policy . |
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| 1 | | (2) Assess courses and seminars available to students | 2 | | through their regular academic experiences and implement | 3 | | mental health awareness curricula if opportunities for | 4 | | integration exist. | 5 | | (3) Create and feature a page on its website or mobile | 6 | | application with information dedicated solely to the | 7 | | mental health resources available to students at the | 8 | | public college or university , including information about | 9 | | the public college's or university's student wellness day | 10 | | policy, and in the surrounding community. | 11 | | (4) Distribute messages related to mental health | 12 | | resources that encourage help-seeking behavior through the | 13 | | online learning platform of the public college or | 14 | | university during high stress periods of the academic | 15 | | year, including, but not limited to, midterm or final | 16 | | examinations. These stigma-reducing strategies must be | 17 | | based on documented best practices. | 18 | | (5) Three years after the effective date of this Act, | 19 | | implement an online screening tool to raise awareness and | 20 | | establish a mechanism to link or refer students of the | 21 | | public college or university to services. Screenings and | 22 | | resources must be available year round for students and, | 23 | | at a minimum, must (i) include validated screening tools | 24 | | for depression, an anxiety disorder, an eating disorder, | 25 | | substance use, alcohol-use disorder, post-traumatic stress | 26 | | disorder, and bipolar disorder, (ii) provide resources for |
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| 1 | | immediate connection to services, if indicated, including | 2 | | emergency resources, (iii) provide general information | 3 | | about all mental health-related resources available to | 4 | | students of the public college or university, and (iv) | 5 | | function anonymously. | 6 | | (6) At least once per term and at times of high | 7 | | academic stress, including midterm or final examinations, | 8 | | provide students information regarding online screenings | 9 | | and resources. | 10 | | (7) Provide contact information for the National | 11 | | Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988), the Crisis Text Line, a | 12 | | local suicide prevention hotline, and the mental health | 13 | | counseling center or program of the public college or | 14 | | university on the back of each student identification card | 15 | | issued by the public college or university after July 1, | 16 | | 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-373) if the | 17 | | public college or university issues student identification | 18 | | cards. If the public college or university does not issue | 19 | | student identification cards to its students, the public | 20 | | college or university must publish the contact information | 21 | | on its website. The contact information shall identify | 22 | | each helpline that may be contacted through text | 23 | | messaging. The contact information shall be included in | 24 | | the public college's or university's student handbook and | 25 | | also the student planner if a student planner is custom | 26 | | printed by the public college or university for |
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| 1 | | distribution to students. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 7-1-20; 102-373, eff. 7-1-22; | 3 | | 102-416, eff. 7-1-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) | 4 | | (110 ILCS 58/43 new) | 5 | | Sec. 43. Student wellness days. | 6 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 7 | | "Academic day" means any day Monday through Friday during | 8 | | an academic term. "Academic day" does not include any academic | 9 | | day off that is already being provided by each public college | 10 | | or university for students during an academic term, including, | 11 | | but not limited to, fall breaks, winter breaks, spring breaks, | 12 | | public holidays, or any other academic day that a public | 13 | | college or university provides to enrolled students as not | 14 | | attending academic classes that is not a student wellness day. | 15 | | "Academic term" means a division of the academic year | 16 | | during which a course of studies from each public college or | 17 | | university is offered. "Academic term" includes the spring | 18 | | academic semester and fall academic semester. | 19 | | "Academic year" means the period of time from September 1 | 20 | | of one year through August 31 of the next year or as otherwise | 21 | | defined by the public college or university. | 22 | | "Student wellness day" means an excused academic day of | 23 | | absence for a student from all academic enrolled courses | 24 | | during an academic term for any reason. | 25 | | (b) In order to improve overall student health, beginning |
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| 1 | | no later than the 2026-2027 academic year, the governing body | 2 | | of each public college or university shall adopt a student | 3 | | wellness day policy for each academic term that does one of the | 4 | | following: | 5 | | (1) allows students to use a minimum of 2 student | 6 | | wellness days per academic term; | 7 | | (2) provides students a minimum of 2 scheduled student | 8 | | wellness days per academic term; or | 9 | | (3) allows students to use a minimum of one student | 10 | | wellness day per academic term and provides students a | 11 | | minimum of one scheduled student wellness day per academic | 12 | | term. | 13 | | Each public college or university student wellness day | 14 | | policy adopted under this subsection shall apply to students | 15 | | who are enrolled in at least one academic course that lasts 9 | 16 | | weeks or longer during an academic term, unless the course | 17 | | conflicts with subsection (c) or subsection (d). | 18 | | (c) A student wellness day policy adopted by a public | 19 | | college or university under subsection (b) shall not apply to | 20 | | a clinical component course, credit internship course, or a | 21 | | fieldwork placement course. | 22 | | (d) Each public college or university shall determine | 23 | | whether its student wellness day policy adopted under | 24 | | subsection (b) shall apply to the following students: | 25 | | (1) students who are only enrolled in courses that are | 26 | | 8 weeks or less during an academic term; |
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| 1 | | (2) students who are only enrolled in non-credited | 2 | | courses, unless the non-credited courses are remedial | 3 | | courses; or | 4 | | (3) students who are only enrolled in non-standard | 5 | | courses, flexible term courses, or online courses during | 6 | | an academic term. | 7 | | Each public college or university student wellness day | 8 | | policy may allow students under paragraph (1), (2), and (3) to | 9 | | either receive one or more scheduled student wellness day or | 10 | | use one or more student wellness day if the student wellness | 11 | | day is a part of the students public college or university | 12 | | student wellness days policy adopted under subsection (b) and | 13 | | the students courses are 8 weeks or less in length during an | 14 | | academic term. | 15 | | (e) Student wellness days shall only be used on academic | 16 | | days. No student wellness days may be carried over from one | 17 | | academic term to the next academic term. | 18 | | (f) No academic course work shall be assigned or due to | 19 | | students on a scheduled student wellness day, if the scheduled | 20 | | student wellness day does not conflict with any of the rules or | 21 | | policies established in subsection (b), (c), and (d). | 22 | | (g) Nothing in this Section shall interfere with or in any | 23 | | way diminish the right of academic course instructors to | 24 | | bargain collectively with their employers through | 25 | | representatives of their own choosing to determine the | 26 | | responsibility of tracking any student wellness days that are |
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| 1 | | used by students under this Section. No public college or | 2 | | university's student wellness day's policy under this Section | 3 | | shall infringe upon any academic course instructor's ability | 4 | | to allow students to miss additional academic course classes. | 5 | | (h) At a minimum, for each academic year or academic term, | 6 | | beginning no later than the start of the 2026-2027 academic | 7 | | year, each public college or university shall provide | 8 | | information about the public college's or university's | 9 | | wellness day policy in its institutions academic student | 10 | | handbook. If a public college or university schedules a | 11 | | student wellness day for students, the student wellness day | 12 | | shall be scheduled before the academic term begins, and a | 13 | | reasonable notice of the scheduled student wellness day date | 14 | | shall be provided to the students and course instructors that | 15 | | the student wellness day applies to before the academic term | 16 | | begins. | 17 | | (i) Each public college or university shall only use the | 18 | | term "student wellness day" as the name of the day that a | 19 | | student does not have to attend an academic class or classes | 20 | | during an academic day under this Section. | 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.". |
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