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| Public Act 102-0373 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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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 Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act is | ||||
amended by changing Section 25 as follows: | ||||
(110 ILCS 58/25)
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Sec. 25. Awareness. To raise mental health awareness on | ||||
college campuses, each public college or university must do | ||||
all of the following: | ||||
(1) Develop and implement an annual student | ||||
orientation session aimed at raising awareness about | ||||
mental health conditions. | ||||
(2) Assess courses and seminars available to students | ||||
through their regular academic experiences and implement | ||||
mental health awareness curricula if opportunities for | ||||
integration exist. | ||||
(3) Create and feature a page on its website or mobile | ||||
application with information dedicated solely to the | ||||
mental health resources available to students at the | ||||
public college or university and in the surrounding | ||||
community. | ||||
(4) Distribute messages related to mental health | ||||
resources that encourage help-seeking behavior through the | ||||
online learning platform of the public college or | ||
university during high stress periods of the academic | ||
year, including, but not limited to, midterm or final | ||
examinations. These stigma-reducing strategies must be | ||
based on documented best practices. | ||
(5) Three years after the effective date of this Act, | ||
implement an online screening tool to raise awareness and | ||
establish a mechanism to link or refer students of the | ||
public college or university to services. Screenings and | ||
resources must be available year round for students and, | ||
at a minimum, must (i) include validated screening tools | ||
for depression, an anxiety disorder, an eating disorder, | ||
substance use, alcohol-use disorder, post-traumatic stress | ||
disorder, and bipolar disorder, (ii) provide resources for | ||
immediate connection to services, if indicated, including | ||
emergency resources, (iii) provide general information | ||
about all mental health-related resources available to | ||
students of the public college or university, and (iv) | ||
function anonymously. | ||
(6) At least once per term and at times of high | ||
academic stress, including midterm or final examinations, | ||
provide students information regarding online screenings | ||
and resources.
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(7) Provide contact information for the National | ||
Suicide Prevention Lifeline, for the Crisis Text Line, and | ||
for the mental health counseling center or program of the | ||
public college or university on the back of each student | ||
identification card issued by the public college or | ||
university after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||
of the 102nd General Assembly. If the public college or | ||
university does not issue student identification cards to | ||
its students, the public college or university must | ||
publish the contact information on its website. | ||
(Source: P.A. 101-251, eff. 7-1-20.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2022.
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