SB1790 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1790

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Laura Fine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 527/15
20 ILCS 527/20

Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act. Requires the Governor to meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least 2 times each State fiscal year in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care. Provides that, at a minimum, all meetings shall take place in the following regions and subregions: Northern Region, Cook Region, Central Champaign Subregion, Central Peoria Subregion, Central Springfield Subregion, Southern East St. Louis Subregion, and Southern Mt. Vernon Subregion. Provides that all meeting dates and times shall be determined by the Department of Children and Family Services, or its designee, in accordance with the bylaws of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Requires a liaison or designee of the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board; and a liaison or designee identified by the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of a regional youth advisory board to assist in meeting the immediate concerns of youth while at the board meetings. Requires the Department to transport or make transportation arrangements for all active members and leading members of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Provides that the Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be directly placed under the office of the Director of the Department and under no other Division or parts of the Department.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act is amended by changing Sections 15 and 20 as follows:

(20 ILCS 527/15)

Sec. 15. Meetings.

(a) Regular meetings of the regional youth advisory boards shall be held monthly.

(b) Regular meetings of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be held at least 5 times per year.

(c) The Director of the Department or his or her designee shall meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least quarterly in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care.

(c-5) The Governor shall meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least 2 times each State fiscal year in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care.

(d) At a minimum, all All meetings shall take place in the following regions and subregions: Northern Region, Cook Region, Central Champaign Subregion, Central Peoria Subregion, Central Springfield Subregion, Southern East St. Louis Subregion, and Southern Mt. Vernon Subregion. at locations, dates, and times determined by the Department or its designee in accordance with the bylaws for the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards.

(e) All meeting dates and times shall be determined by the Department, or its designee, in accordance with the bylaws of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards.

(f) A liaison or designee of the Director of the Department shall attend every meeting of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board.

(g) A liaison or designee identified by the Director of the Department shall attend every meeting of a regional youth advisory board to assist in meeting the immediate concerns of youth while at the board meetings.

(h) The Department shall transport or make transportation arrangements for all active members and the leading members of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards.

(Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15.)

(20 ILCS 527/20)

Sec. 20. Operations. The Department or its designee shall manage each board, facilitate meetings, and develop further necessary procedures, including, but not limited to, bylaws for the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. The Department shall provide funding necessary to maintain the operations of each board. The Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be directly placed under the office of the Director of the Department and under no other Division or parts of the Department. The Department shall not provide a Statewide Youth Advisory Board or a regional youth advisory board with any records or information that a public body may withhold or redact pursuant to Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15.)