103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5499 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 110/3 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. LRB103 37256 RJT 67376 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5499 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 110/3 105 ILCS 110/3 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. LRB103 37256 RJT 67376 b LRB103 37256 RJT 67376 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5499 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 110/3 105 ILCS 110/3
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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
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5499 Introduced , by Rep. Kevin John Olickal SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 110/3 105 ILCS 110/3
105 ILCS 110/3
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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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
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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.)
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