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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative | ||||||
5 | Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 50-28 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (15 ILCS 20/50-28 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 50-28. Youth Budget Commission. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Adolescent" or "youth" means a person between the ages of | ||||||
10 | 8 and 25 years. | ||||||
11 | "Commission" means the Youth Budget Commission established | ||||||
12 | under this Section. | ||||||
13 | "Service models" include the following tiers of service | ||||||
14 | delivered to adolescents and their families: | ||||||
15 | (1) Prevention: support for at-risk youth (deterrence, | ||||||
16 | prevention of harm, extra supports). | ||||||
17 | (2) Treatment/intervention: respond to significant | ||||||
18 | challenges in need of direct intervention to change, | ||||||
19 | resolve or reverse behaviors, conditions, or both. | ||||||
20 | (3) Corrective/rehabilitation: correct or rehabilitate | ||||||
21 | acute behaviors or conditions that pose a physical or | ||||||
22 | psychological danger or threat to adolescents. | ||||||
23 | (4) Positive Youth Development: build individual |
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1 | assets and increase competencies. | ||||||
2 | "Youth developmental goals" are defined as the outcomes of | ||||||
3 | stable, safe, healthy, educated, employable, and connected, | ||||||
4 | which align with the following Budgeting for Results goals: | ||||||
5 | (1) Stable: meeting the needs of the most vulnerable; | ||||||
6 | increasing individual and family stability and | ||||||
7 | self-sufficiency. | ||||||
8 | (2) Safe: creating safer communities. | ||||||
9 | (3) Healthy: improving the overall health of | ||||||
10 | Illinoisans. | ||||||
11 | (4) Educated: improving school readiness and student | ||||||
12 | success for all. | ||||||
13 | (5) Employable: increasing employment and attracting, | ||||||
14 | retaining and growing businesses. | ||||||
15 | (6) Connected: strengthening cultural and | ||||||
16 | environmental vitality. | ||||||
17 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Governor shall establish | ||||||
18 | the Youth Budget Commission with the goal of producing an | ||||||
19 | annual fiscal scan. The fiscal scan, under the direction of the | ||||||
20 | Commission, shall be used to advise the Governor and General | ||||||
21 | Assembly, as well as State agencies, on ways to improve and | ||||||
22 | expand existing policies, services, programs, and | ||||||
23 | opportunities for adolescents. The Governor's Office of | ||||||
24 | Management and Budget shall post a link to the fiscal scan on | ||||||
25 | its website. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year | ||||||
26 | thereafter, the Commission established under this Section, |
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1 | shall complete an analysis of enacted State budget items which | ||||||
2 | directly impact adolescents. This analysis will categorize | ||||||
3 | budget items by the 6 identified youth developmental goals and | ||||||
4 | 4 service models. The analysis will include State agency | ||||||
5 | expenditures associated with these categories. General State | ||||||
6 | Aid and federal funds such as Medicaid will be excluded from | ||||||
7 | the analysis. | ||||||
8 | The Commission shall also be responsible for: (1) | ||||||
9 | monitoring and commenting on existing and proposed legislation | ||||||
10 | and programs designed to address the needs of adolescents; (2) | ||||||
11 | assisting State agencies in developing programs, services, | ||||||
12 | public policies, and research strategies that will expand and | ||||||
13 | enhance the well-being of adolescents; (3) facilitating the | ||||||
14 | participation of and representation of adolescents in the | ||||||
15 | development, implementation, and planning of policies, | ||||||
16 | programs, and community-based services; and (4) promoting | ||||||
17 | research efforts to document the impact of policies and | ||||||
18 | programs on adolescents. | ||||||
19 | (c) The Commission shall collaborate with State agencies, | ||||||
20 | including the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department | ||||||
21 | of Human Services, the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
22 | Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | ||||||
23 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the Department of | ||||||
24 | Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public | ||||||
25 | Health, the Illinois Community College Board, the Department of | ||||||
26 | Juvenile Justice, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information |
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1 | Authority, the Department of Military Affairs, the Illinois | ||||||
2 | Arts Council, the Department of Corrections, the Board of | ||||||
3 | Higher Education, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy | ||||||
4 | Commission, Department on Aging, and others. | ||||||
5 | (d) The Commission shall be comprised of 15 members | ||||||
6 | appointed by the Governor. Each member shall have a working | ||||||
7 | knowledge of youth development, human services, and economic | ||||||
8 | public policy in Illinois. One chairperson shall be a | ||||||
9 | representative of a statewide nonprofit children and family | ||||||
10 | services organization who has previously completed a similar | ||||||
11 | analysis of the Illinois State budget. The other chairperson | ||||||
12 | shall be a member of the General Assembly. Of the remaining | ||||||
13 | members: | ||||||
14 | (1) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
15 | that has expertise in the needs of low-income youth; | ||||||
16 | (2) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
17 | that has expertise in the needs of youth of color; | ||||||
18 | (3) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
19 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are immigrants | ||||||
20 | or are children of immigrants; | ||||||
21 | (4) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
22 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who identify as | ||||||
23 | LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, or both; | ||||||
24 | (5) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
25 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are | ||||||
26 | disconnected from traditional educational systems; |
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1 | (6) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
2 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are | ||||||
3 | experiencing homelessness; and | ||||||
4 | (7) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
5 | that has expertise in the needs of youth and young adults | ||||||
6 | involved with the justice system. | ||||||
7 | Commission members shall reflect regional representation | ||||||
8 | to ensure that the needs of adolescents throughout the State of | ||||||
9 | Illinois are met. Members will serve without compensation, but | ||||||
10 | shall be reimbursed for Commission-related expenses. Of the | ||||||
11 | initial members appointed under this Section: 5 members shall | ||||||
12 | serve for a 3-year term; 5 members shall serve for a 4-year | ||||||
13 | term; and 5 members shall serve for a 5-year term. Their | ||||||
14 | successors shall serve for 5-year terms. | ||||||
15 | (e) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall | ||||||
16 | provide administrative support to the Commission.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law. |