Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act, the Illinois Local Library Act, the Public Library District Act of 1991, the Village Library Act, the Libraries in Parks Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Child Care Act of 1969, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the Probation and Probation Officers Act to require the placement of contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Amends the School Code. With respect to the comprehensive health education program, provides that a school board shall require each public school serving students in any of grades 6 through 12 to assess courses and seminars available to those students through their regular academic experiences and implement age-appropriate, evidence-based suicide prevention curricula if opportunities for integration exist. Further amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions concerning an inmate's successful transition to the community, provides that release planning shall include access to suicide prevention resources.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Tammurra's Act. Amends the Public Higher Education Act, the University of Illinois Hospital Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to place contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in each of its facilities in a prominent location that is visible to and accessible by students and staff. Requires a hospital to conspicuously post contact information for the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the hospital, either by physical or electronic means, for display in an area of its offices accessible by patients, employees, and visitors. Removes the provisions amending the Illinois Public Aid Code.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 55 ILCS 75/2, 75 ILCS 5/1, 75 ILCS 16/1, 75 ILCS 40/4, 75 ILCS 65/3, 105 ILCS 5/27, 210 ILCS 9/151, 210 ILCS 45/3, 225 ILCS 10/7, 305 ILCS 5/5, 730 ILCS 5/3, 730 ILCS 5/5, 730 ILCS 110/15