Full Text of HB2054 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 3-2.5-15 and 3-2.5-100 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 : (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a | 6 | | high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any | 7 | | bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or | 8 | | university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
| 9 | | direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
| 10 | | coaching, case management, or mentoring . This requirement | 11 | | shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and | 12 | | maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact | 13 | | with youth. The degree requirements specified in this | 14 | | subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide | 15 | | vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the | 16 | | skill for which they are providing the vocational training. | 17 | | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | 18 | | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | 19 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 20 | | Assembly. | 21 | | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | 22 | | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. | 23 | | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | 24 | | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | 25 | | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | 26 | | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and |
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| 1 | | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | 2 | | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the | 3 | | Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office | 4 | | of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, | 5 | | duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that | 6 | | administrative services and administrative facilities are | 7 | | provided by a shared administrative service center. Where | 8 | | possible, shared services which impact youth should be done | 9 | | with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may | 10 | | include, but are not limited to, all of the following | 11 | | functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing, | 12 | | human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection | 13 | | and analysis, information technology, internal investigations, | 14 | | intelligence, legislative services, emergency response | 15 | | capability, statewide transportation services, and general | 16 | | office support. | 17 | | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | 18 | | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | 19 | | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | 20 | | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | 21 | | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | 22 | | Counties Code.
| 23 | | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with | 24 | | the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | 25 | | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | 26 | | (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a |
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| 1 | | wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff | 2 | | and service providers within the Department of Juvenile | 3 | | Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall | 4 | | establish response teams to provide support to employees and | 5 | | staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not | 6 | | duty-related and provide training to response team members. | 7 | | The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any | 8 | | Department employee or service provider, including contractual | 9 | | employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may | 10 | | include information sharing, education and activities designed | 11 | | to support health and well-being within the Department's | 12 | | environment. Access to
wellness response team support shall be | 13 | | voluntary and remain confidential. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22 .) | 15 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100) | 16 | | Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge. | 17 | | (a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the | 18 | | Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set | 19 | | out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless | 20 | | sooner terminated under subsection (b) of this Section, as | 21 | | otherwise provided by law, or as ordered by the court. The | 22 | | aftercare release term of youth committed to the Department as | 23 | | a habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815 or | 24 | | 5-820 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall continue until | 25 | | the youth's 21st birthday unless sooner terminated under |
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| 1 | | subsection (c) of this Section, as otherwise provided by law, | 2 | | or as ordered by the court. | 3 | | (b) Provided that the youth is in compliance with the | 4 | | terms and conditions of his or her aftercare release, the | 5 | | Department of Juvenile Justice may reduce the period of a | 6 | | releasee's aftercare release by 90 days upon the releasee | 7 | | receiving a high school diploma or upon passage of high school | 8 | | equivalency testing during the period of his or her aftercare | 9 | | release. This reduction in the period of a youth's term of | 10 | | aftercare release shall be available only to youth who have | 11 | | not previously earned a high school diploma or who have not | 12 | | previously passed high school equivalency testing. | 13 | | (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice may discharge a | 14 | | youth from aftercare release and his or her commitment to the | 15 | | Department in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 5-750 | 16 | | of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if it determines that he or | 17 | | she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another | 18 | | offense.
| 19 | | (d) Upon the discharge of a youth, the Department may
| 20 | | continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months
| 21 | | to allow the youth to participate in vocational,
| 22 | | rehabilitative, or supportive programs. The continuance of
| 23 | | services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or
| 24 | | guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17 .)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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