Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 4/17/2018
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5202
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5202 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil | ||||||
5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 50-28 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (15 ILCS 20/50-28 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 50-28. Youth Budget Commission. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Adolescent" or "youth" means a person between the ages of | ||||||
11 | 8 and 25 years. | ||||||
12 | "Commission" means the Youth Budget Commission established | ||||||
13 | under this Section. | ||||||
14 | "Service models" include the following tiers of service | ||||||
15 | delivered to adolescents and their families: | ||||||
16 | (1) Prevention: support for at-risk youth (deterrence, |
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1 | prevention of harm, extra supports). | ||||||
2 | (2) Treatment/intervention: respond to significant | ||||||
3 | challenges in need of direct intervention to change, | ||||||
4 | resolve or reverse behaviors, conditions, or both. | ||||||
5 | (3) Corrective/rehabilitation: correct or rehabilitate | ||||||
6 | acute behaviors or conditions that pose a physical or | ||||||
7 | psychological danger or threat to adolescents. | ||||||
8 | (4) Positive Youth Development: build individual | ||||||
9 | assets and increase competencies. | ||||||
10 | "Youth developmental goals" are defined as the outcomes of | ||||||
11 | stable, safe, healthy, educated, employable, and connected, | ||||||
12 | which align with the following Budgeting for Results goals: | ||||||
13 | (1) Stable: meeting the needs of the most vulnerable; | ||||||
14 | increasing individual and family stability and | ||||||
15 | self-sufficiency. | ||||||
16 | (2) Safe: creating safer communities. | ||||||
17 | (3) Healthy: improving the overall health of | ||||||
18 | Illinoisans. | ||||||
19 | (4) Educated: improving school readiness and student | ||||||
20 | success for all. | ||||||
21 | (5) Employable: increasing employment and attracting, | ||||||
22 | retaining and growing businesses. | ||||||
23 | (6) Connected: strengthening cultural and | ||||||
24 | environmental vitality. | ||||||
25 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Governor shall establish | ||||||
26 | the Youth Budget Commission with the goal of producing an |
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1 | annual fiscal scan. The fiscal scan, under the direction of the | ||||||
2 | Commission, shall be used to advise the Governor and General | ||||||
3 | Assembly, as well as State agencies, on ways to improve and | ||||||
4 | expand existing policies, services, programs, and | ||||||
5 | opportunities for adolescents. For fiscal year 2019 and each | ||||||
6 | fiscal year thereafter, the Commission established under this | ||||||
7 | Section, shall complete an analysis of enacted State budget | ||||||
8 | items which directly impact adolescents. This analysis will | ||||||
9 | categorize budget items by the 6 identified youth developmental | ||||||
10 | goals and 4 service models. The analysis will include State | ||||||
11 | agency expenditures associated with these categories. General | ||||||
12 | State Aid and federal funds such as Medicaid will be excluded | ||||||
13 | from the analysis. | ||||||
14 | The Commission shall also be responsible for: (1) | ||||||
15 | monitoring and commenting on existing and proposed legislation | ||||||
16 | and programs designed to address the needs of adolescents; (2) | ||||||
17 | assisting State agencies in developing programs, services, | ||||||
18 | public policies, and research strategies that will expand and | ||||||
19 | enhance the well-being of adolescents; (3) facilitating the | ||||||
20 | participation of and representation of adolescents in the | ||||||
21 | development, implementation, and planning of policies, | ||||||
22 | programs, and community-based services; and (4) promoting | ||||||
23 | research efforts to document the impact of policies and | ||||||
24 | programs on adolescents. | ||||||
25 | (c) The Commission shall collaborate with State agencies, | ||||||
26 | including the Illinois State Board of Education, the Department |
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1 | of Human Services, the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
2 | Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the Department of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public | ||||||
5 | Health, the Illinois Community College Board, the Department of | ||||||
6 | Juvenile Justice, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information | ||||||
7 | Authority, the Department of Military Affairs, the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Arts Council, the Department of Corrections, the Board of | ||||||
9 | Higher Education, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy | ||||||
10 | Commission, Department on Aging, and others. | ||||||
11 | (d) The Commission shall be comprised of 15 members | ||||||
12 | appointed by the Governor. Each member shall have a working | ||||||
13 | knowledge of youth development, human services, and economic | ||||||
14 | public policy in Illinois. One chairperson shall be a | ||||||
15 | representative of a statewide nonprofit children and family | ||||||
16 | services organization who has previously completed a similar | ||||||
17 | analysis of the Illinois State budget. The other chairperson | ||||||
18 | shall be a member of the General Assembly. Of the remaining | ||||||
19 | members: | ||||||
20 | (1) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
21 | that has expertise in the needs of low-income youth; | ||||||
22 | (2) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
23 | that has expertise in the needs of youth of color; | ||||||
24 | (3) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
25 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are immigrants | ||||||
26 | or are children of immigrants; |
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1 | (4) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
2 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who identify as | ||||||
3 | LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, or both; | ||||||
4 | (5) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
5 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are | ||||||
6 | disconnected from traditional educational systems; | ||||||
7 | (6) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
8 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are | ||||||
9 | experiencing homelessness; and | ||||||
10 | (7) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
11 | that has expertise in the needs of youth and young adults | ||||||
12 | involved with the justice system. | ||||||
13 | Commission members shall reflect regional representation | ||||||
14 | to ensure that the needs of adolescents throughout the State of | ||||||
15 | Illinois are met. Members will serve without compensation, but | ||||||
16 | shall be reimbursed for Commission-related expenses. Of the | ||||||
17 | initial members appointed under this Section: 5 members shall | ||||||
18 | serve for a 3-year term; 5 members shall serve for a 4-year | ||||||
19 | term; and 5 members shall serve for a 5-year term. Their | ||||||
20 | successors shall serve for 5-year terms. | ||||||
21 | (e) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall | ||||||
22 | provide administrative support to the Commission.
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.".
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