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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | of duties of the Juvenile Division. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books, | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | unaffected by this transfer. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | by the Department on or after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities |
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1 | involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's | ||||||
2 | security, welfare and development, or participate in the | ||||||
3 | personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, | ||||||
4 | supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform | ||||||
5 | these duties must be over the age of 21 and have any bachelor's | ||||||
6 | or advanced degree from an accredited college or university. | ||||||
7 | This requirement shall not apply to security, clerical, food | ||||||
8 | service, and maintenance staff that do not have direct and | ||||||
9 | regular contact with youth. The degree requirements specified | ||||||
10 | in this subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide | ||||||
11 | vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the | ||||||
12 | skill for which they are providing the vocational training. | ||||||
13 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the | ||||||
14 | Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the | ||||||
15 | Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of | ||||||
16 | county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less | ||||||
17 | than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
18 | hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or | ||||||
19 | has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited | ||||||
20 | institution of higher education. | ||||||
21 | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | ||||||
22 | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | ||||||
23 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
24 | Assembly. | ||||||
25 | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | ||||||
26 | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. |
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1 | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | ||||||
2 | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | ||||||
3 | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | ||||||
4 | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | ||||||
5 | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | ||||||
6 | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the | ||||||
7 | Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office | ||||||
8 | of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, | ||||||
9 | duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that | ||||||
10 | administrative services and administrative facilities are | ||||||
11 | provided by a shared administrative service center. Where | ||||||
12 | possible, shared services which impact youth should be done | ||||||
13 | with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may | ||||||
14 | include, but are not limited to, all of the following | ||||||
15 | functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing, | ||||||
16 | human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection | ||||||
17 | and analysis, information technology, internal investigations, | ||||||
18 | intelligence, legislative services, emergency response | ||||||
19 | capability, statewide transportation services, and general | ||||||
20 | office support. | ||||||
21 | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | ||||||
22 | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | ||||||
23 | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | ||||||
24 | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | ||||||
25 | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | ||||||
26 | Counties Code.
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1 | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with | ||||||
2 | the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | ||||||
3 | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | ||||||
4 | (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a | ||||||
5 | wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff | ||||||
6 | and service providers within the Department of Juvenile | ||||||
7 | Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall | ||||||
8 | establish response teams to provide support to employees and | ||||||
9 | staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not | ||||||
10 | duty-related and provide training to response team members. | ||||||
11 | The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any | ||||||
12 | Department employee or service provider, including contractual | ||||||
13 | employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may | ||||||
14 | include information sharing, education and activities designed | ||||||
15 | to support health and well-being within the Department's | ||||||
16 | environment. Access to
wellness response team support shall be | ||||||
17 | voluntary and remain confidential. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law. |