Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2116 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2116 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. LRB103 29175 RLC 55562 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2116 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. LRB103 29175 RLC 55562 b LRB103 29175 RLC 55562 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2116 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning corrections.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows:
16	16	6 (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
17	17	7 Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
18	18	8 of duties of the Juvenile Division.
19	19	9 (a) The The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume
20	20	10 the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the
21	21	11 Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel,
22	22	12 books, records, property, and unencumbered appropriations
23	23	13 pertaining to the Juvenile Division of the Department of
24	24	14 Corrections shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile
25	25	15 Justice on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
26	26	16 94th General Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State
27	27	17 under the Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
28	28	18 unaffected by this transfer.
29	29	19 (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
30	30	20 by the Department on or after the effective date of this
31	31	21 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
32	32	22 participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
33	33	23 training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2116 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15
39	39	730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15
40	40	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
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68	68	1 involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
69	69	2 security, welfare and development, or participate in the
70	70	3 personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
71	71	4 supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
72	72	5 these duties must be over the age of 21 and have any bachelor's
73	73	6 or advanced degree from an accredited college or university.
74	74	7 This requirement shall not apply to security, clerical, food
75	75	8 service, and maintenance staff that do not have direct and
76	76	9 regular contact with youth. The degree requirements specified
77	77	10 in this subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
78	78	11 vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
79	79	12 skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
80	80	13 (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
81	81	14 personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
82	82	15 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
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84	84	17 (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
85	85	18 Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
86	86	19 (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
87	87	20 Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
88	88	21 personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
89	89	22 divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
90	90	23 personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
91	91	24 functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
92	92	25 Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
93	93	26 of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
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104	104	1 duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
105	105	2 administrative services and administrative facilities are
106	106	3 provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
107	107	4 possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
108	108	5 with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
109	109	6 include, but are not limited to, all of the following
110	110	7 functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
111	111	8 human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
112	112	9 and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
113	113	10 intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
114	114	11 capability, statewide transportation services, and general
115	115	12 office support.
116	116	13 (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
117	117	14 intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
118	118	15 adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
119	119	16 Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
120	120	17 incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
121	121	18 Counties Code.
122	122	19 (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
123	123	20 the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
124	124	21 provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
125	125	22 (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
126	126	23 wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
127	127	24 and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
128	128	25 Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
129	129	26 establish response teams to provide support to employees and
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140	140	1 staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
141	141	2 duty-related and provide training to response team members.
142	142	3 The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
143	143	4 Department employee or service provider, including contractual
144	144	5 employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
145	145	6 include information sharing, education and activities designed
146	146	7 to support health and well-being within the Department's
147	147	8 environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
148	148	9 voluntary and remain confidential.
149	149	10 (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
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