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4		-	AN ACT concerning health.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
8		-	Force for a Healing-Centered Illinois Act.
9		-	Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly makes the
10		-	following findings:
11		-	(1) The short-term, long-term, and multi-generational
12		-	impacts of trauma are well-documented and include
13		-	increased risk for reduced life expectancy, cancer,
14		-	cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking, substance
15		-	abuse, depression, unplanned pregnancies, low birth
16		-	weight, and suicide attempts as well as workplace
17		-	absenteeism, unemployment, lower educational achievement,
18		-	and lower wages.
19		-	(2) Trauma-informed and healing-centered principles,
20		-	policies, and practices can prevent and mitigate the
21		-	adverse health and social outcomes associated with trauma.
22		-	(3) Equitable strategies and a multisector approach
23		-	are needed to ensure that all residents at every stage of
24		-	life have the supports at home and in their communities
25		-	that build well-being, buffer against negative
26		-	experiences, foster healing, and make it possible to
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning health.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Task
	7	+	5 Force for a Healing-Centered Illinois Act.
	8	+	6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly makes the
	9	+	7 following findings:
	10	+	8 (1) The short-term, long-term, and multi-generational
	11	+	9 impacts of trauma are well-documented and include
	12	+	10 increased risk for reduced life expectancy, cancer,
	13	+	11 cardiovascular disease, diabetes, smoking, substance
	14	+	12 abuse, depression, unplanned pregnancies, low birth
	15	+	13 weight, and suicide attempts as well as workplace
	16	+	14 absenteeism, unemployment, lower educational achievement,
	17	+	15 and lower wages.
	18	+	16 (2) Trauma-informed and healing-centered principles,
	19	+	17 policies, and practices can prevent and mitigate the
	20	+	18 adverse health and social outcomes associated with trauma.
	21	+	19 (3) Equitable strategies and a multisector approach
	22	+	20 are needed to ensure that all residents at every stage of
	23	+	21 life have the supports at home and in their communities
	24	+	22 that build well-being, buffer against negative
	25	+	23 experiences, foster healing, and make it possible to
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33		-	thrive.
34		-	(4) The State of Illinois is a national leader in
35		-	supporting trauma-informed strategies and is committed to
36		-	becoming a trauma-informed and healing-centered State.
37		-	(5) The State of Illinois has previously recognized
38		-	the impact of trauma on its residents' health and
39		-	well-being, including through Trauma-Informed Awareness
40		-	resolutions in 2019, 2021, and 2022, the creation of the
41		-	Whole Child Task Force in 2021, and the Children's Mental
42		-	Health Transformation Initiative established in 2022.
43		-	(6) The State of Illinois has public entities, such as
44		-	the State Board of Education, the Department of Human
45		-	Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
46		-	Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Criminal
47		-	Justice Information Authority, non-governmental entities,
48		-	such as the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition and the
49		-	Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative, and public-private
50		-	entities, such as the Illinois Children's Mental Health
51		-	Partnership, leading efforts related to being
52		-	trauma-informed and healing-centered.
53		-	(7) Better coordination and alignment of existing
54		-	trauma-informed and healing-centered activities among
55		-	public and non-governmental agencies will lead to more
56		-	effective, equitable, and consistently high-quality
57		-	implementation of services and supports to Illinois
58		-	residents.
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	34	+	1 thrive.
	35	+	2 (4) The State of Illinois is a national leader in
	36	+	3 supporting trauma-informed strategies and is committed to
	37	+	4 becoming a trauma-informed and healing-centered State.
	38	+	5 (5) The State of Illinois has previously recognized
	39	+	6 the impact of trauma on its residents' health and
	40	+	7 well-being, including through Trauma-Informed Awareness
	41	+	8 resolutions in 2019, 2021, and 2022, the creation of the
	42	+	9 Whole Child Task Force in 2021, and the Children's Mental
	43	+	10 Health Transformation Initiative established in 2022.
	44	+	11 (6) The State of Illinois has public entities, such as
	45	+	12 the State Board of Education, the Department of Human
	46	+	13 Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
	47	+	14 Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Criminal
	48	+	15 Justice Information Authority, non-governmental entities,
	49	+	16 such as the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition and the
	50	+	17 Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative, and public-private
	51	+	18 entities, such as the Illinois Children's Mental Health
	52	+	19 Partnership, leading efforts related to being
	53	+	20 trauma-informed and healing-centered.
	54	+	21 (7) Better coordination and alignment of existing
	55	+	22 trauma-informed and healing-centered activities among
	56	+	23 public and non-governmental agencies will lead to more
	57	+	24 effective, equitable, and consistently high-quality
	58	+	25 implementation of services and supports to Illinois
	59	+	26 residents.
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61		-	(8) Designing a sustainable structure to support and
62		-	measure trauma-informed, healing-centered activities is
63		-	essential to long-term transformation and should take into
64		-	consideration the importance of providing ongoing training
65		-	and support to the multisector, multidisciplinary
66		-	workforce, as well as ongoing research to inform the
67		-	development and implementation of trauma-informed,
68		-	healing-centered policies, practices, and programs.
69		-	Section 10. Purpose. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
70		-	Force is created to advance the State's efforts to become
71		-	trauma-informed and healing-centered through improved
72		-	alignment of existing efforts, common definitions and metrics,
73		-	and strategic planning for long-term transformation. The Task
74		-	Force shall have the following objectives:
75		-	(1) Recommend shared language and common definitions
76		-	for the State to become trauma-informed and
77		-	healing-centered across sectors by aligning language and
78		-	definitions included in the work of the Whole Child Task
79		-	Force, the Children's Mental Health Transformation
80		-	Initiative, and the Illinois Children's Mental Health
81		-	Plan.
82		-	(2) Ensure the meaningful inclusion in Task Force
83		-	matters of young people, parents, survivors of trauma, and
84		-	residents who have engaged with Illinois systems or
85		-	policies, such as child welfare and the legal criminal
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88		-	system.
89		-	(3) Identify the current training capacity and the
90		-	training needs to support healing-centered and
91		-	trauma-informed environments among organizations,
92		-	professional cohorts, educational institutions, and future
93		-	practitioners and project how best to meet those needs.
94		-	(4) Design a process identifying what data are needed
95		-	to understand the dimensions of trauma in the State and
96		-	the status of the trauma-related work in Illinois and
97		-	identify current relevant data sources in Illinois.
98		-	(5) Recommend a process for collecting and aggregating
99		-	such data identified, as well as a process for improving
100		-	transparency and accountability by developing and
101		-	maintaining a platform of aggregated data that is
102		-	accessible to a range of stakeholders, including the
103		-	public.
104		-	(6) Identify existing State resources that are being
105		-	invested to support trauma-informed and healing-centered
106		-	work, develop recommendations to align these resources,
107		-	and propose an approach and recommendations to support
108		-	ongoing or expanded stable resources for this work.
109		-	(7) Identify what, if any, administrative or
110		-	legislative policy changes are needed to advance goals to
111		-	make Illinois a healing-centered or trauma-informed State.
112		-	(8) Recommend an overarching organizational structure
113		-	to ensure coordination, alignment, and progress to make
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116		-	Illinois a trauma-informed, healing-centered State.
117		-	(9) Devise a set of benchmarks to measure success in
118		-	advancing the State toward becoming trauma-informed and
119		-	healing-centered and a process for measuring them.
120		-	Section 15. Membership. Members of the Healing-Centered
121		-	Illinois Task Force must represent the diversity of this State
122		-	and possess the expertise needed to perform the work required
123		-	to meet the objectives of the Task Force set forth under
124		-	Section 10. Members of the Task Force shall include the
125		-	following:
126		-	(1) One representative of a statewide coalition
127		-	addressing childhood trauma, appointed by the Lieutenant
128		-	Governor.
129		-	(2) One representative of a statewide collaborative
130		-	addressing trauma across the lifespan (birth through older
131		-	adulthood), appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
132		-	(3) One representative from the Resilience Education
133		-	to Advance Community Healing (REACH) Statewide Initiative,
134		-	appointed by the Superintendent of the Illinois State
135		-	Board of Education.
136		-	(4) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
137		-	the President of the Senate.
138		-	(5) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
139		-	the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
140		-	(6) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
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	70	+	1 (8) Designing a sustainable structure to support and
	71	+	2 measure trauma-informed, healing-centered activities is
	72	+	3 essential to long-term transformation and should take into
	73	+	4 consideration the importance of providing ongoing training
	74	+	5 and support to the multisector, multidisciplinary
	75	+	6 workforce, as well as ongoing research to inform the
	76	+	7 development and implementation of trauma-informed,
	77	+	8 healing-centered policies, practices, and programs.
	78	+	9 Section 10. Purpose. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
	79	+	10 Force is created to advance the State's efforts to become
	80	+	11 trauma-informed and healing-centered through improved
	81	+	12 alignment of existing efforts, common definitions and metrics,
	82	+	13 and strategic planning for long-term transformation. The Task
	83	+	14 Force shall have the following objectives:
	84	+	15 (1) Recommend shared language and common definitions
	85	+	16 for the State to become trauma-informed and
	86	+	17 healing-centered across sectors by aligning language and
	87	+	18 definitions included in the work of the Whole Child Task
	88	+	19 Force, the Children's Mental Health Transformation
	89	+	20 Initiative, and the Illinois Children's Mental Health
	90	+	21 Plan.
	91	+	22 (2) Ensure the meaningful inclusion in Task Force
	92	+	23 matters of young people, parents, survivors of trauma, and
	93	+	24 residents who have engaged with Illinois systems or
	94	+	25 policies, such as child welfare and the legal criminal
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143		-	the Minority Leader of the Senate.
144		-	(7) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
145		-	the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
146		-	(8) The Director of the Governor's Children's Mental
147		-	Health Transformation Initiative or the Director's
148		-	designee.
149		-	(9) The Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
150		-	Information Authority or the Director's designee.
151		-	(10) The Director of Public Health or the Director's
152		-	designee.
153		-	(11) The Secretary of Human Services or the
154		-	Secretary's designee.
155		-	(12) The State Superintendent of Education or the
156		-	State Superintendent's designee.
157		-	(13) The Director of Juvenile Justice or the
158		-	Director's designee.
159		-	(14) The Director of Corrections or the Director's
160		-	designee.
161		-	(15) The Director of Children and Family Services or
162		-	the Director's designee.
163		-	(16) The Director of Aging or the Director's designee.
164		-	(17) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or
165		-	the Director's designee.
166		-	(18) The Chair of the Illinois Law Enforcement
167		-	Training Standards Board or the Chair's designee.
168		-	(19) The Director of the Administrative Office of the
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171		-	Illinois Courts or the Director's designee.
172		-	(20) Up to 5 additional representatives appointed by
173		-	the Lieutenant Governor who have expertise in
174		-	trauma-informed policies and practices within health care,
175		-	public health, public education, the criminal legal
176		-	system, violence prevention, child welfare, human
177		-	services, adult behavioral health services, children's
178		-	behavioral health services, or law enforcement.
179		-	(21) Up to 3 representatives who have been impacted by
180		-	State systems, including the criminal legal system and
181		-	child welfare, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
182		-	(22) At least one representative from student and
183		-	youth counsels or advisory groups focused on advancing
184		-	awareness and resources for mental health and
185		-	trauma-informed services in diverse communities across the
186		-	State, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
187		-	(23) At least one representative from an organization
188		-	that brings parents together to improve mental health and
189		-	supports for children and families, appointed by the
190		-	Lieutenant Governor.
191		-	(24) One representative from a public-private
192		-	partnership to support children's behavioral health,
193		-	appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
194		-	Section 20. Meetings. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
195		-	Force shall meet at the call of the Lieutenant Governor or his
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198		-	or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. The
199		-	Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide administrative
200		-	support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall
201		-	serve without compensation.
202		-	Section 25. Reports. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
203		-	Force shall submit a report of its findings and
204		-	recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor
205		-	within one year after the effective date of this Act. The Task
206		-	Force is dissolved, and this Act is repealed, one year after
207		-	the date of the report.
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	105	+	1 system.
	106	+	2 (3) Identify the current training capacity and the
	107	+	3 training needs to support healing-centered and
	108	+	4 trauma-informed environments among organizations,
	109	+	5 professional cohorts, educational institutions, and future
	110	+	6 practitioners and project how best to meet those needs.
	111	+	7 (4) Design a process identifying what data are needed
	112	+	8 to understand the dimensions of trauma in the State and
	113	+	9 the status of the trauma-related work in Illinois and
	114	+	10 identify current relevant data sources in Illinois.
	115	+	11 (5) Recommend a process for collecting and aggregating
	116	+	12 such data identified, as well as a process for improving
	117	+	13 transparency and accountability by developing and
	118	+	14 maintaining a platform of aggregated data that is
	119	+	15 accessible to a range of stakeholders, including the
	120	+	16 public.
	121	+	17 (6) Identify existing State resources that are being
	122	+	18 invested to support trauma-informed and healing-centered
	123	+	19 work, develop recommendations to align these resources,
	124	+	20 and propose an approach and recommendations to support
	125	+	21 ongoing or expanded stable resources for this work.
	126	+	22 (7) Identify what, if any, administrative or
	127	+	23 legislative policy changes are needed to advance goals to
	128	+	24 make Illinois a healing-centered or trauma-informed State.
	129	+	25 (8) Recommend an overarching organizational structure
	130	+	26 to ensure coordination, alignment, and progress to make
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	141	+	1 Illinois a trauma-informed, healing-centered State.
	142	+	2 (9) Devise a set of benchmarks to measure success in
	143	+	3 advancing the State toward becoming trauma-informed and
	144	+	4 healing-centered and a process for measuring them.
	145	+	5 Section 15. Membership. Members of the Healing-Centered
	146	+	6 Illinois Task Force must represent the diversity of this State
	147	+	7 and possess the expertise needed to perform the work required
	148	+	8 to meet the objectives of the Task Force set forth under
	149	+	9 Section 10. Members of the Task Force shall include the
	150	+	10 following:
	151	+	11 (1) One representative of a statewide coalition
	152	+	12 addressing childhood trauma, appointed by the Lieutenant
	153	+	13 Governor.
	154	+	14 (2) One representative of a statewide collaborative
	155	+	15 addressing trauma across the lifespan (birth through older
	156	+	16 adulthood), appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
	157	+	17 (3) One representative from the Resilience Education
	158	+	18 to Advance Community Healing (REACH) Statewide Initiative,
	159	+	19 appointed by the Superintendent of the Illinois State
	160	+	20 Board of Education.
	161	+	21 (4) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
	162	+	22 the President of the Senate.
	163	+	23 (5) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
	164	+	24 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
	165	+	25 (6) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
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	176	+	1 the Minority Leader of the Senate.
	177	+	2 (7) One member of the General Assembly, appointed by
	178	+	3 the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
	179	+	4 (8) The Director of the Governor's Children's Mental
	180	+	5 Health Transformation Initiative or the Director's
	181	+	6 designee.
	182	+	7 (9) The Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
	183	+	8 Information Authority or the Director's designee.
	184	+	9 (10) The Director of Public Health or the Director's
	185	+	10 designee.
	186	+	11 (11) The Secretary of Human Services or the
	187	+	12 Secretary's designee.
	188	+	13 (12) The State Superintendent of Education or the
	189	+	14 State Superintendent's designee.
	190	+	15 (13) The Director of Juvenile Justice or the
	191	+	16 Director's designee.
	192	+	17 (14) The Director of Corrections or the Director's
	193	+	18 designee.
	194	+	19 (15) The Director of Children and Family Services or
	195	+	20 the Director's designee.
	196	+	21 (16) The Director of Aging or the Director's designee.
	197	+	22 (17) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or
	198	+	23 the Director's designee.
	199	+	24 (18) The Chair of the Illinois Law Enforcement
	200	+	25 Training Standards Board or the Chair's designee.
	201	+	26 (19) The Director of the Administrative Office of the
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	212	+	1 Illinois Courts or the Director's designee.
	213	+	2 (20) Up to 5 additional representatives appointed by
	214	+	3 the Lieutenant Governor who have expertise in
	215	+	4 trauma-informed policies and practices within health care,
	216	+	5 public health, public education, the criminal legal
	217	+	6 system, violence prevention, child welfare, human
	218	+	7 services, adult behavioral health services, children's
	219	+	8 behavioral health services, or law enforcement.
	220	+	9 (21) Up to 3 representatives who have been impacted by
	221	+	10 State systems, including the criminal legal system and
	222	+	11 child welfare, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
	223	+	12 (22) At least one representative from student and
	224	+	13 youth counsels or advisory groups focused on advancing
	225	+	14 awareness and resources for mental health and
	226	+	15 trauma-informed services in diverse communities across the
	227	+	16 State, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
	228	+	17 (23) At least one representative from an organization
	229	+	18 that brings parents together to improve mental health and
	230	+	19 supports for children and families, appointed by the
	231	+	20 Lieutenant Governor.
	232	+	21 (24) One representative from a public-private
	233	+	22 partnership to support children's behavioral health,
	234	+	23 appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.
	235	+	24 Section 20. Meetings. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
	236	+	25 Force shall meet at the call of the Lieutenant Governor or his
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	247	+	1 or her designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. The
	248	+	2 Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall provide administrative
	249	+	3 support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force shall
	250	+	4 serve without compensation.
	251	+	5 Section 25. Reports. The Healing-Centered Illinois Task
	252	+	6 Force shall submit a report of its findings and
	253	+	7 recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor
	254	+	8 within one year after the effective date of this Act. The Task
	255	+	9 Force is dissolved, and this Act is repealed, one year after
	256	+	10 the date of the report.
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