Text of IL HB 5520 (2026)

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB5520 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/6z-134 Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, if the federal government discontinues, suspends, or limits specialized crisis services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual and gender minority youth and young adults available through the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Department of Human Services may use moneys in the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund to provide for those discontinued, suspended, or limited specialized crisis services for the duration of the discontinuation, suspension, or limitation. Effective immediately. LRB104 19231 HLH 32677 b A BILL FOR HB5520LRB104 19231 HLH 32677 b 1 AN ACT concerning finance. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 5Section 6z-134 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/6z-134) 7 Sec. 6z-134. Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund. 8 (a) The Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund is created as a special 9fund in the State treasury. This Fund is administered by the 10Department of Human Services. Moneys in the Fund shall be used 11by the Department of Human Services for the purposes of 12establishing and maintaining a statewide 9-8-8 suicide 13prevention and mental health crisis system pursuant to the 14National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 as codified 15in 47 U.S.C. 251 and 251a and any subsequent amendments, the 16Federal Communication Commission's rules adopted to administer 17the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 as 18codified in 47 U.S.C. 251 and 251a and any subsequent 19amendments, and national guidelines for crisis care. The Fund 20shall consist of: 21 (1) appropriations by the General Assembly; 22 (2) grants and gifts intended for deposit in the Fund; 23 (3) interest, premiums, gains, or other earnings on HB5520- 2 -LRB104 19231 HLH 32677 b 1 the Fund; 2 (3.1) proceeds from the statewide 9-8-8 surcharge 3 imposed under Sections 3 and 4 of the Telecommunication 4 Excise Tax Act; and 5 (4) moneys received from any other source that are 6 deposited in or transferred into the Fund. 7 (b) Moneys in the Fund: 8 (1) do not revert at the end of any State fiscal year 9 but remain available for the purposes of the Fund in 10 subsequent State fiscal years; 11 (2) are not subject to transfer to any other Fund or to 12 transfer, assignment, or reassignment for any other use or 13 purpose outside of those specified in this Section; and 14 (3) shall be used by the Department of Human Services 15 to pay expenses pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251a. 16 (c) An annual report of Fund deposits and expenditures 17shall be made to the General Assembly and the Federal 18Communications Commission by the Department of Human Services 19pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 251a. 20 (d) (Blank). 21 (d-5) On and after the effective date of this amendatory 22Act of the 104th General Assembly, if the federal government 23discontinues, suspends, or limits specialized crisis services 24for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other 25sexual and gender minority youth and young adults available 26through the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, including any HB5520- 3 -LRB104 19231 HLH 32677 b 1dedicated call-routing or specialized-line option, the 2Department of Human Services may use moneys in the Statewide 39-8-8 Trust Fund to provide for those discontinued, suspended, 4or limited specialized crisis services for the duration of the 5discontinuation, suspension, or limitation. 6 (e) For the purposes of this Section, "statewide 9-8-8 7suicide prevention and mental health crisis system" means the 8core elements or pillars of the crisis system, as described by 9the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 10and includes Illinois' 9-8-8 Lifeline Contact Centers, 11community crisis response services, including mobile crisis 12teams, and crisis receiving and stabilization facilities and 13programs, including Living Room Programs. 14(Source: P.A. 104-6, eff. 6-16-25.) 15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 16becoming law.