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4		-	AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
8		-	changing Sections 3-2.5-15 and 3-2.5-100 as follows:
9		-	(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
10		-	Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
11		-	of duties of the Juvenile Division.
12		-	(a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
13		-	rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
14		-	Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
15		-	records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
16		-	to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
17		-	shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
18		-	the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
19		-	Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
20		-	Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
21		-	unaffected by this transfer.
22		-	(b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
23		-	by the Department on or after the effective date of this
24		-	amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
25		-	participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
26		-	training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
	7	+	5 changing Sections 3-2.5-15 and 3-2.5-100 as follows:
	8	+	6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
	9	+	7 Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
	10	+	8 of duties of the Juvenile Division.
	11	+	9 (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
	12	+	10 rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
	13	+	11 Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
	14	+	12 records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
	15	+	13 to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
	16	+	14 shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
	17	+	15 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
	18	+	16 Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
	19	+	17 Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
	20	+	18 unaffected by this transfer.
	21	+	19 (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
	22	+	20 by the Department on or after the effective date of this
	23	+	21 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
	24	+	22 participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
	25	+	23 training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities
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33		-	involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
34		-	security, welfare and development, or participate in the
35		-	personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
36		-	supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
37		-	these duties must: (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a
38		-	high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any
39		-	bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or
40		-	university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
41		-	direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
42		-	coaching, case management, or mentoring. This requirement
43		-	shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and
44		-	maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact
45		-	with youth. The degree requirements specified in this
46		-	subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
47		-	vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
48		-	skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
49		-	(c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
50		-	personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
51		-	the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
52		-	Assembly.
53		-	(d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
54		-	Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
55		-	(e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
56		-	Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
57		-	personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
58		-	divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
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	34	+	1 involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
	35	+	2 security, welfare and development, or participate in the
	36	+	3 personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
	37	+	4 supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
	38	+	5 these duties must: (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a
	39	+	6 high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any
	40	+	7 bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or
	41	+	8 university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
	42	+	9 direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
	43	+	10 coaching, case management, or mentoring. This requirement
	44	+	11 shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and
	45	+	12 maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact
	46	+	13 with youth. The degree requirements specified in this
	47	+	14 subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
	48	+	15 vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
	49	+	16 skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
	50	+	17 (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
	51	+	18 personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
	52	+	19 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
	53	+	20 Assembly.
	54	+	21 (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
	55	+	22 Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
	56	+	23 (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
	57	+	24 Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
	58	+	25 personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
	59	+	26 divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
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61		-	personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
62		-	functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
63		-	Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
64		-	of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
65		-	duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
66		-	administrative services and administrative facilities are
67		-	provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
68		-	possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
69		-	with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
70		-	include, but are not limited to, all of the following
71		-	functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
72		-	human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
73		-	and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
74		-	intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
75		-	capability, statewide transportation services, and general
76		-	office support.
77		-	(f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
78		-	intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
79		-	adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
80		-	Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
81		-	incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
82		-	Counties Code.
83		-	(g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
84		-	the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
85		-	provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
86		-	(h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
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89		-	wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
90		-	and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
91		-	Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
92		-	establish response teams to provide support to employees and
93		-	staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
94		-	duty-related and provide training to response team members.
95		-	The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
96		-	Department employee or service provider, including contractual
97		-	employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
98		-	include information sharing, education and activities designed
99		-	to support health and well-being within the Department's
100		-	environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
101		-	voluntary and remain confidential.
102		-	(Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
103		-	(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100)
104		-	Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge.
105		-	(a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the
106		-	Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set
107		-	out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless
108		-	sooner terminated under subsection (b) of this Section, as
109		-	otherwise provided by law, or as ordered by the court. The
110		-	aftercare release term of youth committed to the Department as
111		-	a habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815 or
112		-	5-820 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall continue until
113		-	the youth's 21st birthday unless sooner terminated under
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116		-	subsection (c) of this Section, as otherwise provided by law,
117		-	or as ordered by the court.
118		-	(b) Provided that the youth is in compliance with the
119		-	terms and conditions of his or her aftercare release, the
120		-	Department of Juvenile Justice may reduce the period of a
121		-	releasee's aftercare release by 90 days upon the releasee
122		-	receiving a high school diploma or upon passage of high school
123		-	equivalency testing during the period of his or her aftercare
124		-	release. This reduction in the period of a youth's term of
125		-	aftercare release shall be available only to youth who have
126		-	not previously earned a high school diploma or who have not
127		-	previously passed high school equivalency testing.
128		-	(c) The Department of Juvenile Justice may discharge a
129		-	youth from aftercare release and his or her commitment to the
130		-	Department in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 5-750
131		-	of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if it determines that he or
132		-	she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another
133		-	offense.
134		-	(d) Upon the discharge of a youth, the Department may
135		-	continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months
136		-	to allow the youth to participate in vocational,
137		-	rehabilitative, or supportive programs. The continuance of
138		-	services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or
139		-	guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice.
140		-	(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
141		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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	70	+	1 personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
	71	+	2 functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
	72	+	3 Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
	73	+	4 of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
	74	+	5 duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
	75	+	6 administrative services and administrative facilities are
	76	+	7 provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
	77	+	8 possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
	78	+	9 with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
	79	+	10 include, but are not limited to, all of the following
	80	+	11 functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
	81	+	12 human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
	82	+	13 and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
	83	+	14 intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
	84	+	15 capability, statewide transportation services, and general
	85	+	16 office support.
	86	+	17 (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
	87	+	18 intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
	88	+	19 adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
	89	+	20 Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
	90	+	21 incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
	91	+	22 Counties Code.
	92	+	23 (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
	93	+	24 the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
	94	+	25 provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
	95	+	26 (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
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	106	+	1 wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
	107	+	2 and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
	108	+	3 Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
	109	+	4 establish response teams to provide support to employees and
	110	+	5 staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
	111	+	6 duty-related and provide training to response team members.
	112	+	7 The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
	113	+	8 Department employee or service provider, including contractual
	114	+	9 employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
	115	+	10 include information sharing, education and activities designed
	116	+	11 to support health and well-being within the Department's
	117	+	12 environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
	118	+	13 voluntary and remain confidential.
	119	+	14 (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
	120	+	15 (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100)
	121	+	16 Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge.
	122	+	17 (a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the
	123	+	18 Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set
	124	+	19 out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless
	125	+	20 sooner terminated under subsection (b) of this Section, as
	126	+	21 otherwise provided by law, or as ordered by the court. The
	127	+	22 aftercare release term of youth committed to the Department as
	128	+	23 a habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815 or
	129	+	24 5-820 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall continue until
	130	+	25 the youth's 21st birthday unless sooner terminated under
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	141	+	1 subsection (c) of this Section, as otherwise provided by law,
	142	+	2 or as ordered by the court.
	143	+	3 (b) Provided that the youth is in compliance with the
	144	+	4 terms and conditions of his or her aftercare release, the
	145	+	5 Department of Juvenile Justice may reduce the period of a
	146	+	6 releasee's aftercare release by 90 days upon the releasee
	147	+	7 receiving a high school diploma or upon passage of high school
	148	+	8 equivalency testing during the period of his or her aftercare
	149	+	9 release. This reduction in the period of a youth's term of
	150	+	10 aftercare release shall be available only to youth who have
	151	+	11 not previously earned a high school diploma or who have not
	152	+	12 previously passed high school equivalency testing.
	153	+	13 (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice may discharge a
	154	+	14 youth from aftercare release and his or her commitment to the
	155	+	15 Department in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 5-750
	156	+	16 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if it determines that he or
	157	+	17 she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another
	158	+	18 offense.
	159	+	19 (d) Upon the discharge of a youth, the Department may
	160	+	20 continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months
	161	+	21 to allow the youth to participate in vocational,
	162	+	22 rehabilitative, or supportive programs. The continuance of
	163	+	23 services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or
	164	+	24 guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice.
	165	+	25 (Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
	166	+	26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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