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Rep. Michelle Mussman
Filed: 2/28/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4897
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4897 on page 1, |
| 3 | | line 5, by replacing "Section 4a" with "Sections 4a and |
| 4 | | 17a-4"; and
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| 5 | | on page 4, immediately below line 15, by inserting the |
| 6 | | following:
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| 7 | | "(20 ILCS 505/17a-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-4) |
| 8 | | Sec. 17a-4. Grants for community-based youth services; |
| 9 | | Department of Human Services. |
| 10 | | (a) The Department of Human Services shall make grants for |
| 11 | | the purpose of planning, establishing, operating, coordinating |
| 12 | | and evaluating programs aimed at reducing or eliminating the |
| 13 | | involvement of youth in the child welfare or juvenile justice |
| 14 | | systems. The programs shall include those providing for more |
| 15 | | comprehensive and integrated community-based youth services |
| 16 | | including Unified Delinquency Intervention Services programs |
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| 1 | | and for community services programs. The Department may |
| 2 | | authorize advance disbursement of funds for such youth |
| 3 | | services programs. When the appropriation for "comprehensive |
| 4 | | community-based service to youth" is equal to or exceeds |
| 5 | | $5,000,000, the Department shall allocate the total amount of |
| 6 | | such appropriated funds in the following manner: |
| 7 | | (1) no more than 20% of the grant funds appropriated |
| 8 | | shall be awarded by the Department for new program |
| 9 | | development and innovation; |
| 10 | | (2) not less than 80% of grant funds appropriated |
| 11 | | shall be allocated to community-based youth services |
| 12 | | programs based upon population of youth under 18 years of |
| 13 | | age and other demographic variables defined by the |
| 14 | | Department of Human Services by rule, which may include |
| 15 | | weighting for service priorities relating to special needs |
| 16 | | identified in the annual plans of the regional youth |
| 17 | | planning committees established under this Act; and |
| 18 | | (3) if any amount so allocated under paragraph (2) of |
| 19 | | this subsection (a) remains unobligated such funds shall |
| 20 | | be reallocated in a manner equitable and consistent with |
| 21 | | the purpose of paragraph (2) of this subsection (a). ; and |
| 22 | | (4) the local boards or local service systems shall |
| 23 | | certify prior to receipt of grant funds from the |
| 24 | | Department of Human Services that a 10% local public or |
| 25 | | private financial or in-kind commitment is allocated to |
| 26 | | supplement the State grant. |
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| 1 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act or rules |
| 2 | | promulgated under this Act to the contrary, unless expressly |
| 3 | | prohibited by federal law or regulation, all individuals, |
| 4 | | corporations, or other entities that provide medical or mental |
| 5 | | health services, whether organized as for-profit or |
| 6 | | not-for-profit entities, shall be eligible for consideration |
| 7 | | by the Department of Human Services to participate in any |
| 8 | | program funded or administered by the Department. This |
| 9 | | subsection shall not apply to the receipt of federal funds |
| 10 | | administered and transferred by the Department for services |
| 11 | | when the federal government has specifically provided that |
| 12 | | those funds may be received only by those entities organized |
| 13 | | as not-for-profit entities. |
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 89-392, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; |
| 15 | | 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)". |