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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1382 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.990 new Creates the Public Empowerment and Community Act and provides that the Act may be referred to as the PEACE Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer the PEACE Grant Pilot Program, subject to appropriation. Requires the Department to award annual grants to eligible grantees to create and strengthen community-based alternatives to law enforcement to lessen the reliance on law enforcement agencies as first responders to crisis situations unrelated to fire department or emergency medical service response. Provides that each grantee shall receive a minimum award of $250,000 per year and that the community-based alternatives may include, but are not limited to, mobile crisis response teams or community paramedicine programs. Requires the Department to prioritize grantees that propose interventions that serve historically marginalized populations and that serve communities with a demonstrated need for community-based alternatives to law enforcement. Contains provisions on grantee requirements and reports; a stakeholder workgroup; a public report by the Department; the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund; and other matters. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2028. Amends the State Finance Act to include the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund as a special fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 05809 KTG 50829 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1382 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act30 ILCS 105/5.990 new New Act 30 ILCS 105/5.990 new Creates the Public Empowerment and Community Act and provides that the Act may be referred to as the PEACE Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer the PEACE Grant Pilot Program, subject to appropriation. Requires the Department to award annual grants to eligible grantees to create and strengthen community-based alternatives to law enforcement to lessen the reliance on law enforcement agencies as first responders to crisis situations unrelated to fire department or emergency medical service response. Provides that each grantee shall receive a minimum award of $250,000 per year and that the community-based alternatives may include, but are not limited to, mobile crisis response teams or community paramedicine programs. Requires the Department to prioritize grantees that propose interventions that serve historically marginalized populations and that serve communities with a demonstrated need for community-based alternatives to law enforcement. Contains provisions on grantee requirements and reports; a stakeholder workgroup; a public report by the Department; the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund; and other matters. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2028. Amends the State Finance Act to include the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund as a special fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 05809 KTG 50829 b LRB103 05809 KTG 50829 b A BILL FOR
22 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1382 Introduced , by Rep. Kam Buckner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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1212 1 AN ACT concerning State government.
1313 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1414 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1515 4 Section 1. Short title; references to Act.
1616 5 (a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
1717 6 Empowerment and Community Act.
1818 7 (b) References to Act. This Act may be referred to as the
1919 8 PEACE Act.
2020 9 Section 2. Findings. The General Assembly finds the
2121 10 following:
2222 11 (1) The complexities of emergency issues surrounding
2323 12 crises in mental health, intimate partner violence,
2424 13 community violence, substance abuse, and natural disasters
2525 14 can, at times, be addressed more safely, with greater
2626 15 impact, and more cost effectively and efficiently by
2727 16 community-based organizations, which often have deeper
2828 17 knowledge and understanding of the issues, trusted
2929 18 relationships with the people and communities involved,
3030 19 and specific knowledge and relationships surrounding the
3131 20 emergency.
3232 21 (2) Furthermore, young people of color, people with
3333 22 disabilities, people who are gender nonconforming, people
3434 23 who are formerly incarcerated, people who are unemployed,
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4242 Creates the Public Empowerment and Community Act and provides that the Act may be referred to as the PEACE Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer the PEACE Grant Pilot Program, subject to appropriation. Requires the Department to award annual grants to eligible grantees to create and strengthen community-based alternatives to law enforcement to lessen the reliance on law enforcement agencies as first responders to crisis situations unrelated to fire department or emergency medical service response. Provides that each grantee shall receive a minimum award of $250,000 per year and that the community-based alternatives may include, but are not limited to, mobile crisis response teams or community paramedicine programs. Requires the Department to prioritize grantees that propose interventions that serve historically marginalized populations and that serve communities with a demonstrated need for community-based alternatives to law enforcement. Contains provisions on grantee requirements and reports; a stakeholder workgroup; a public report by the Department; the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund; and other matters. Provides that the Act is repealed on December 31, 2028. Amends the State Finance Act to include the Public Empowerment and Community Engagement Program Fund as a special fund. Effective immediately.
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7171 1 people with immigration status issues, and people who are
7272 2 unhoused or homeless, face significant barriers to
7373 3 engaging with law enforcement and other first responder
7474 4 personnel. Data demonstrates that these populations often
7575 5 do not reach out for needed help when dealing with crises
7676 6 in their communities because of their fear and challenges
7777 7 with engaging law enforcement, which puts lives and
7878 8 families at risk for continued harm and trauma.
7979 9 Community-based organizations that specialize in working
8080 10 with these populations understand those issues, and by
8181 11 maintaining deep relationships in their communities, have
8282 12 a more successful track record of engaging and supporting
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8484 14 (3) Elected officials and philanthropic and
8585 15 community-based organizations have recognized the need to
8686 16 create alternatives to law enforcement and expand
8787 17 innovative approaches to emergencies and have established
8888 18 programs to do so in school districts, cities, and
8989 19 counties throughout the State.
9090 20 (4) These alternative approaches have strengthened the
9191 21 response to emergencies in places throughout the State by
9292 22 reducing harm, saving lives, deepening impact, preventing
9393 23 violence, de-escalating volatile situations, protecting
9494 24 property and the environment, reducing law enforcement use
9595 25 of force, and ensuring the health and safety of
9696 26 communities while, at the same time, saving money by
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107107 1 decreasing calls for service and the sole reliance upon
108108 2 first responders for emergency situations.
109109 3 (5) Despite the innovative approaches led by
110110 4 community-based organizations, the State does not have a
111111 5 policy, a set of protocols, or dedicated funding to
112112 6 support community-based organizations' involvement in
113113 7 addressing emergencies.
114114 8 (6) This Act seeks to remedy those issues by
115115 9 articulating a policy framework to support innovative
116116 10 approaches to build capacity in, and to make grants for,
117117 11 community-based organizations to support emergency
118118 12 response.
119119 13 (7) This Act also aims to inform, leverage, and align
120120 14 the PEACE Grant Pilot Program with other State investments
121121 15 for mobile crisis support, with the goal of continuing to
122122 16 support community involvement in emergency response.
123123 17 Section 3. Purpose. The Public Empowerment and Community
124124 18 Engagement Act or the PEACE Act is hereby established for the
125125 19 purposes of creating, implementing, and evaluating the PEACE
126126 20 Grant Pilot Program in accordance with this Act.
127127 21 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
128128 22 "Community-based organization" means a public or nonprofit
129129 23 organization, or an organization fiscally sponsored by a
130130 24 nonprofit, that can demonstrate its ability to effectively
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141141 1 provide community-based alternatives to law enforcement, and
142142 2 has a demonstrated involvement with the identified communities
143143 3 to be served.
144144 4 "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
145145 5 "Fund" means the Public Empowerment and Community
146146 6 Engagement Program Fund.
147147 7 "Grantee" means a municipality or county, or a department
148148 8 of a municipality or county, that receives a grant in
149149 9 accordance with this Act.
150150 10 "Law enforcement agency" means any police department,
151151 11 sheriff's department, State's Attorney, county probation
152152 12 department, transit agency police department, school district
153153 13 police department, police department of any campus of the
154154 14 University of Illinois, a community college, or any other
155155 15 public college or university, the Illinois State Police, the
156156 16 Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Corrections,
157157 17 and federal law enforcement agencies, such as the Department
158158 18 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
159159 19 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the
160160 20 Drug Enforcement Administration.
161161 21 "Law enforcement officer" means an officer, deputy,
162162 22 employee, or agent of a law enforcement agency.
163163 23 "Program" means the PEACE Grant Pilot Program.
164164 24 "Stakeholder workgroup" means a group of interested
165165 25 parties convened by the Department to make recommendations on
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177177 1 Section 10. PEACE Grant Pilot Program.
178178 2 (a) Pilot Program.
179179 3 (1) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall
180180 4 establish and administer the PEACE Grant Pilot Program.
181181 5 (2)(A) The Department shall award grants to eligible
182182 6 grantees, as determined by the Department, based on grant
183183 7 eligibility criteria developed in partnership with the
184184 8 stakeholder workgroup.
185185 9 (B) For purposes of this paragraph, an eligible
186186 10 grantee is a municipality or county, or a department of a
187187 11 municipality or county, including, but not limited to,
188188 12 departments of social services, disability services,
189189 13 health services, public health, or behavioral health. Law
190190 14 enforcement agencies and organizations are not eligible
191191 15 grantees.
192192 16 (3) Each grantee shall receive a minimum award of
193193 17 $250,000 per year.
194194 18 (4)(A) Funds awarded in accordance with this Act shall
195195 19 be utilized to create and strengthen community-based
196196 20 alternatives to law enforcement to lessen the reliance on
197197 21 law enforcement agencies as first responders to crisis
198198 22 situations unrelated to a fire department or emergency
199199 23 medical service response.
200200 24 (B) Community-based alternatives may include, but are
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212212 1 community paramedicine programs. Community-based
213213 2 alternatives shall not include law enforcement officers or
214214 3 agencies as first responders or co-responders.
215215 4 (5) The Department shall prioritize grantees that
216216 5 propose interventions that serve historically marginalized
217217 6 populations and that serve communities with a demonstrated
218218 7 need for community-based alternatives to law enforcement,
219219 8 as evidenced by metrics, including a high record of police
220220 9 use of force, a high volume of civilian complaints, high
221221 10 rates of imprisonment, and racial profiling.
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223223 12 (1) Grantees shall award 90% or more of the grant
224224 13 funds to one or more qualifying community-based
225225 14 organizations, to create and strengthen community-based
226226 15 alternatives to law enforcement as described in paragraph
227227 16 (4) of subsection (a). No more than 10% of the grant funds
228228 17 shall be used to support program administration of the
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230230 19 (2) Grantees shall publicly solicit partnerships with
231231 20 community-based organizations. This public solicitation
232232 21 shall include, but not be limited to, all of the
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234234 23 (A) Issuing a public notice and invitation to
235235 24 create a partnership to establish a program in
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248248 1 community-based organizations.
249249 2 (C) Convening public meetings to hear questions,
250250 3 concerns, and suggestions from the community that
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252252 5 (3) Grantees shall prioritize the awarding of program
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254254 7 demonstrate the capacity to lead the proposed program and
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257257 10 response in the communities listed in paragraph (5) of
258258 11 subsection (a). This includes, but is not limited to, the
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260260 13 (A) Respond to emergency calls.
261261 14 (B) Provide treatment, screening, and assessment.
262262 15 (C) Provide stabilization and de-escalation
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264264 17 (D) Coordinate with health, social services, and
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266266 19 (E) Maintain relationships with relevant community
267267 20 partners, including a range of community organizers,
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269269 22 (4) A grantee and the community-based organization
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271271 24 and implementation of community-based alternatives to law
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284284 1 (A) Local stakeholder engagement.
285285 2 (B) Mechanisms for response requests.
286286 3 (C) Crisis response activities.
287287 4 (D) Crisis response follow up, including
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291291 8 (c) Grantee reports. A grantee shall report at least
292292 9 annually to the Department on the use of program funding,
293293 10 which shall include data reporting on clients served and
294294 11 program outcomes, as determined by the Department in
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296296 13 (d) Stakeholder workgroup.
297297 14 (1) The Department shall convene a stakeholder
298298 15 workgroup to make recommendations to the Department
299299 16 regarding implementation of the program. The Department
300300 17 shall convene regular meetings with the stakeholder
301301 18 workgroup in which the workgroup shall do all of the
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303303 20 (A) Provide input regarding criteria for qualified
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305305 22 (B) Provide best practices and program
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307307 24 (C) Provide consultation on implementation and
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321321 2 (E) Recommend anonymous data to be collected.
322322 3 (F) Collaboratively review data and program
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324324 5 (G) Advise on the design of the evaluation.
325325 6 (2)(A) The members of the stakeholder workgroup shall
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328328 9 (i) Emergency medical system practitioners with
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338338 19 (iii) Members of the public, who have survived an
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340340 21 services in response to the emergency or crisis.
341341 22 (iv) Survivors of police brutality.
342342 23 (v) Surviving family members of someone who has
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356356 1 current or former law enforcement officers or immediate
357357 2 family members of law enforcement officers.
358358 3 (e) The Department shall issue a public report, to be
359359 4 posted on its website 6 months following the end of the
360360 5 program, on the programmatic and fiscal savings associated
361361 6 with the program, key conclusions, populations served and the
362362 7 benefits conferred or realized, using quantitative and
363363 8 qualitative data, and resulting policy recommendations to
364364 9 provide guidance to the General Assembly and the Governor in
365365 10 fully implementing and scaling a permanent program.
366366 11 Section 15. Public Empowerment and Community Engagement
367367 12 Program Fund.
368368 13 (a) The Public Empowerment and Community Engagement
369369 14 Program Fund is created as a special fund in the State
370370 15 treasury. The Fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated to
371371 16 the Department for the purposes of this Act. Subject to
372372 17 appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used for carrying
373373 18 out the purposes of this Act and for no other purpose. All
374374 19 interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into
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376376 21 (b) The Department may enter into agreements with one or
377377 22 more entities to facilitate implementation of the program,
378378 23 which may not exceed 5% of funds appropriated for purposes of
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392392 2 (2) Providing technical assistance to grantees and
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394394 4 accordance with this Act.
395395 5 (3) Evaluating program data and information and
396396 6 preparing the public report described in subsection (e) of
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398398 8 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Department may not
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400400 10 Act on its administrative costs.
401401 11 (d) The Department shall award all grants under this Act
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403403 13 Section 20. Implementation.
404404 14 (a) This Act shall be implemented only if appropriate
405405 15 funding is made available to the Department.
406406 16 (b) Notwithstanding any other law, funding awarded in
407407 17 accordance with this Act shall be exempt from the Illinois
408408 18 Procurement Code in accordance with Section 1-10 of that Code.
409409 19 (c) The Department shall be immune from any liability
410410 20 resulting from the activities of a grantee or community-based
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412412 22 Section 25. Repealer. This Act is repealed on December 31,
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424424 1 Section 30. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
425425 2 Section 5.990 as follows:
426426 3 (30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
427427 4 Sec. 5.990. The Public Empowerment and Community
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429429 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
430430 7 becoming law.
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