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HB3316 Engrossed                     LRB093 07894 DRJ 08084 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to employment.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    adding Section 12-13.3 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/12-13.3 new)
 7        Sec. 12-13.3.  Transitional jobs; pilot program.  Subject
 8    to  appropriations  or other funding, the Department of Human
 9    Services   may   establish   a   pilot   program   to   place
10    hard-to-employ  persons,  including  persons  who  have  been
11    released  from  a  county  jail  or  a  facility  under   the
12    jurisdiction  of  the  Department of Corrections, in jobs. By
13    rule, the Department shall determine the  location  in  which
14    the pilot program is to be implemented and the services to be
15    provided.  In  determining  locations  for the pilot program,
16    however, the Department shall give priority to areas  of  the
17    State in which the concentration of released offenders is the
18    highest.  The  Department  may consult with the Department of
19    Corrections in establishing the pilot program.

20        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
21    by adding Section 3-14-6 as follows:

22        (730 ILCS 5/3-14-6 new)
23        Sec.  3-14-6.  Transitional  jobs; pilot program. Subject
24    to  appropriations  or  other  funding,  the  Department  may
25    establish a pilot program in 2  locations  in  the  State  to
26    place persons discharged from a Department facility on parole
27    or   mandatory   supervised  release  in  jobs  or  otherwise
28    establish  a  connection  between  such   persons   and   the
29    workforce.  By  rule,  the  Department  shall  determine  the
 
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 1    locations in which the pilot program is to be implemented and
 2    the services to be provided. In determining locations for the
 3    pilot program, however, the Department shall give priority to
 4    areas  of  the  State  in which the concentration of released
 5    offenders is the highest. The Department may consult with the
 6    Department  of  Human  Services  in  establishing  the  pilot
 7    program.

 8        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
 9    becoming law.