Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2850 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2850 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately. LRB103 28367 RLC 54747 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2850 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately. LRB103 28367 RLC 54747 b LRB103 28367 RLC 54747 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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 Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
20	20	10 rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
21	21	11 Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
22	22	12 records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
23	23	13 to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
24	24	14 shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
25	25	15 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
26	26	16 Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
27	27	17 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 HB2850 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
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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 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the
81	81	14 Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the
82	82	15 Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of
83	83	16 county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less
84	84	17 than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the
85	85	18 hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or
86	86	19 has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited
87	87	20 institution of higher education.
88	88	21 (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
89	89	22 personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
90	90	23 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
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92	92	25 (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
93	93	26 Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
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104	104	1 (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
105	105	2 Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
106	106	3 personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
107	107	4 divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
108	108	5 personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
109	109	6 functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
110	110	7 Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
111	111	8 of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
112	112	9 duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
113	113	10 administrative services and administrative facilities are
114	114	11 provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
115	115	12 possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
116	116	13 with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
117	117	14 include, but are not limited to, all of the following
118	118	15 functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
119	119	16 human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
120	120	17 and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
121	121	18 intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
122	122	19 capability, statewide transportation services, and general
123	123	20 office support.
124	124	21 (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
125	125	22 intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
126	126	23 adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
127	127	24 Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
128	128	25 incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
129	129	26 Counties Code.
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140	140	1 (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
141	141	2 the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
142	142	3 provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
143	143	4 (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
144	144	5 wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
145	145	6 and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
146	146	7 Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
147	147	8 establish response teams to provide support to employees and
148	148	9 staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
149	149	10 duty-related and provide training to response team members.
150	150	11 The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
151	151	12 Department employee or service provider, including contractual
152	152	13 employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
153	153	14 include information sharing, education and activities designed
154	154	15 to support health and well-being within the Department's
155	155	16 environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
156	156	17 voluntary and remain confidential.
157	157	18 (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
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