Bill Text: IL HR0039 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task Force within the Department of Public Health.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-31 - Resolution Adopted 104-005-000 [HR0039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0039-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The prescription of psychotropic drugs to treat | ||||||
| 3 | psychiatric disorders has greatly increased in recent years; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has, since | ||||||
| 6 | 2004, required manufacturers of selective serotonin reuptake | ||||||
| 7 | inhibitor antidepressant medications (SSRIs) to add black box | ||||||
| 8 | warnings to their product labeling, advising that studies have | ||||||
| 9 | shown an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior among | ||||||
| 10 | children and adolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Health authorities in Canada, the European Union, | ||||||
| 13 | Australia, and Great Britain have issued warnings regarding the | ||||||
| 14 | increased risk of self-harm or harm to others associated with | ||||||
| 15 | SSRIs; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In recent years there have been numerous | ||||||
| 17 | documented instances of suicides and acts of violence against | ||||||
| 18 | others by persons reported to have been taking antidepressants | ||||||
| 19 | and/or other psychotropic medications; therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
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| 1 | the Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task Force be created | ||||||
| 2 | within the Department of Public Health to (1) study and report | ||||||
| 3 | upon the available research relevant to the reputed causal link | ||||||
| 4 | between prescription of psychotropic substances and acts of | ||||||
| 5 | suicide or violence against others; (2) to evaluate whether the | ||||||
| 6 | State of Illinois' current policies with regard to psychotropic | ||||||
| 7 | substances are adequate to protect the public; and (3) to make | ||||||
| 8 | recommendations as to whether Illinois should consider | ||||||
| 9 | adopting additional policies with regard to psychotropic | ||||||
| 10 | substances, including but not limited to requiring county | ||||||
| 11 | coroners to test for psychotropic substances in cases of | ||||||
| 12 | suspected suicide; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 14 | following members: 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 15 | House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed | ||||||
| 16 | co-chairperson, and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader | ||||||
| 17 | of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed | ||||||
| 18 | co-chairperson; and 2 members appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 19 | Department of Public Health; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall take voluntary | ||||||
| 21 | assistance and testimony from individuals and/or professional | ||||||
| 22 | organizations and institutions; and be it further
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| 23 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | ||||||
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| 1 | without compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses | ||||||
| 2 | while serving on the Task Force from funds appropriated to the | ||||||
| 3 | Department of Public Health for that purpose; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final report | ||||||
| 5 | to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December | ||||||
| 6 | 31, 2011.
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