Bill Sponsor
Illinois Senate Bill 646
Session 103rd
Health-Tech
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Aug 11, 2023
Sponsors
Democrat
Don Harmon
Democrat
Justin Slaughter
First Action
Feb 2, 2023
Latest Action
Aug 11, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
646
State
Illinois
Session
103rd
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Cosponsor
Democrat
Cosponsor
Democrat
Cosponsor
Democrat
Cosponsor
Senate Votes (2)
House Votes (1)
Motion Text
Concurrence, Amendment 1
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 405 ILCS 5/1-100 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Task Force for a Healing-Centered Illinois Act. Creates the Healing-Centered Illinois Task Force to advance the State's efforts to become trauma-informed and healing-centered through improved alignment of existing efforts, common definitions and metrics, and strategic planning for long-term transformation. Sets forth the Task Force's objectives, including, but not limited to: (i) recommending shared language and common definitions for the State to become trauma-informed and healing-centered across sectors by aligning language and definitions included in the work of the Whole Child Task Force, the Children's Mental Health Transformation Initiative, and the Illinois Children's Mental Health Plan; (ii) ensuring the meaningful inclusion in Task Force matters of young people, parents, survivors of trauma, and residents who have engaged with Illinois systems or policies, such as child welfare and the legal criminal system; (iii) identifying the current training capacity and the training needs to support healing-centered and trauma-informed environments among organizations, professional cohorts, educational institutions, and future practitioners and project how best to meet those needs; and (iv) identifying what, if any, administrative or legislative policy changes are needed to advance goals to make Illinois a healing-centered or trauma-informed State. Contains provisions on Task Force membership; Task Force meetings; and reporting requirements. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved, and the Act is repealed, one year after the date of the Task Force's report. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes a provision that provides that task force members designated by the Lieutenant Governor at the time of appointment as community or system-impacted people may receive stipends as compensation for their time.
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Record Created
Feb 8, 2023 3:14:23 AM
Record Updated
Apr 12, 2024 4:22:16 AM