HB0622ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Human Services Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 22, 2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 622

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 622 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Human Services (Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 310-5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 310/310-5) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.29)

Sec. 310-5. Powers under certain Acts.

(a) The Department of Human Services, as successor to the Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, shall exercise, administer, and enforce all rights, powers, and duties formerly vested in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities by the following named Acts or Sections of those Acts as they pertain to the provision of alcoholism services and the Dangerous Drugs Commission:

(1) The Cannabis Control Act.

(2) The Illinois Controlled Substances Act.

(3) The Community Mental Health Act.

(4) The Community Services Act.

(5) The Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.

(b) Any person who is required to submit to a drug test in the State for any reason must pay a $2 fee to the person or entity administering the test, except if the person is tested under the requirements of the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991. Moneys collected under this subsection shall be distributed as follows.

(1) If the drug test is performed pursuant to a court order by a local probation department or TASC in a county that has established a drug court, the moneys collected shall be remitted to the county treasurer who shall deposit the moneys into a special fund created for the operation of the county drug court.

(2) All other moneys collected under this subsection shall be remitted to the Department of Human Services and deposited into the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Human Services to make grants to qualified drugs courts that are now or hereafter established. Grant moneys may be used for the following purposes: (i) treatment or other clinical intervention through an appropriately licensed provider; (ii) monitoring, supervision, and clinical case management via probation, TASC, or both; (iii) transportation of the offender to required appointments; (iv) interdisciplinary and other training of both clinical and legal professionals who are involved in the local drug court; (v) other activities including data collection related to drug court operation and purchase of software or other administrative tools to assist in the overall management of the local system; or (vi) court appointed special advocate programs.

(c) The position of Statewide Drug Court Coordinator is created as a full-time position within the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. The Statewide Drug Court Coordinator shall be responsible for the following:

(1) coordinating training, technical assistance, and overall support to drug courts in Illinois;

(2) assisting in the development of new drug courts and advising local partnerships on appropriate practices;

(3) collecting data from local drug court partnerships on drug court operation and aggregating that data into an annual report to be presented to the General Assembly; and

(4) acting as a liaison between the State and the Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals.

(Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)

Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.675 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)

Sec. 5.675. Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Fund.".