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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The prescription of psychotropic drugs to treat |
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| psychiatric disorders has greatly increased in recent years; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has, since |
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| 2004, required manufacturers of selective serotonin reuptake |
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| inhibitor antidepressant medications (SSRIs) to add black box |
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| warnings to their product labeling, advising that studies have |
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| shown an increase in suicidal thinking and behavior among |
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| children and adolescents suffering from psychiatric disorders; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Health authorities in Canada, the European Union, |
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| Australia, and Great Britain have issued warnings regarding the |
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| increased risk of self-harm or harm to others associated with |
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| SSRIs; and
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| WHEREAS, In recent years there have been numerous |
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| documented instances of suicides and acts of violence against |
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| others by persons reported to have been taking antidepressants |
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| and/or other psychotropic medications; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the Psychotropic Substances Suicide Risk Task Force be created |
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| within the Department of Public Health to (1) study and report |
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| upon the available research relevant to the reputed causal link |
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| between prescription of psychotropic substances and acts of |
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| suicide or violence against others; (2) to evaluate whether the |
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| State of Illinois' current policies with regard to psychotropic |
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| substances are adequate to protect the public; and (3) to make |
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| recommendations as to whether Illinois should consider |
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| adopting additional policies with regard to psychotropic |
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| substances, including but not limited to requiring county |
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| coroners to test for psychotropic substances in cases of |
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| suspected suicide; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the |
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| following members: 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the |
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| House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed |
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| co-chairperson, and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader |
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| of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed |
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| co-chairperson; and 2 members appointed by the Director of the |
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| Department of Public Health; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall take voluntary |
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| assistance and testimony from individuals and/or professional |
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| organizations and institutions; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve |