Full Text of HB4456 95th General Assembly
HB4456 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4456
Introduced , by Rep. Greg Harris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2012. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning concerning children.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Commission on Children and Youth Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 7 |
| finds that positive development opportunities for children and | 8 |
| youth are an essential investment in the future well-being of | 9 |
| our State. Over the past decade Illinois has invested | 10 |
| significant resources in programs and services for children and | 11 |
| youth in areas such as education, health care, delinquency | 12 |
| prevention, and child welfare. These investments have | 13 |
| supported important opportunities for healthy development, yet | 14 |
| there continue to be unmet needs, service gaps, and other | 15 |
| challenges facing youth across Illinois. Recent initiatives to | 16 |
| expand health care and preschool for all children statewide are | 17 |
| significant steps toward establishing Illinois as a national | 18 |
| leader in providing foundational services to its youngest | 19 |
| residents. Changing demographics, shifting federal priorities, | 20 |
| and a scarcity of resources threaten to undermine the progress | 21 |
| Illinois has achieved and limit its future vision. Illinois is | 22 |
| committed to being a model state in forging innovative life | 23 |
| development opportunities for all children and youth. |
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| Section 10. Commission on Children and Youth. The | 2 |
| Commission on Children and Youth is established. The purpose of | 3 |
| the Commission is to create a comprehensive child and youth | 4 |
| service system in Illinois. The Commission shall serve as an | 5 |
| independent coordinating body of key public and private | 6 |
| stakeholders to advise state planning, priority setting, and | 7 |
| investment of resources in children and youth throughout | 8 |
| Illinois. | 9 |
| Section 15. Commission members; appointments. The | 10 |
| Commission shall be composed of a maximum of 40 members, to be | 11 |
| appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this Act. | 12 |
| The voting members shall be as follows: | 13 |
| (a) Four members of the General Assembly: 2 members of the | 14 |
| Illinois Senate, one member appointed by the President of the | 15 |
| Senate and one member appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | 16 |
| 2 members of the Illinois House of Representatives, one member | 17 |
| appointed by the Speaker of the House and one member appointed | 18 |
| by the House Minority Leader. | 19 |
| (b) A member of the Governor's leadership team appointed by | 20 |
| the Governor. | 21 |
| (c) The following public members appointed by the Governor: | 22 |
| individuals with a demonstrated interest and expertise in | 23 |
| issues impacting children and youth, including at least one | 24 |
| representative each from the fields of education, healthcare |
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| and wellness, housing and homelessness, workforce development, | 2 |
| civic engagement, children's mental health, child welfare, | 3 |
| pregnant and parenting youth, and juvenile justice. | 4 |
| (d) Additional public members appointed by the Governor | 5 |
| with a demonstrated interest and expertise in issues impacting | 6 |
| children and youth as follows: a service provider from an urban | 7 |
| area; a service provider from a rural area; a representative of | 8 |
| a child advocacy organization; a representative from a human | 9 |
| rights organization; a representative of a faith-based service | 10 |
| provider; a representative from a prevention advocacy | 11 |
| organization; a representative from a philanthropic entity | 12 |
| that invests in children and youth; at least 3 parents having | 13 |
| children under the age of 16; and at least 3 young people | 14 |
| between the ages of 16 and 24. | 15 |
| The following shall serve as ex-officio non-voting members | 16 |
| of the Commission: the Director of Children and Family Services | 17 |
| or his or her designee; the Director of Commerce and Economic | 18 |
| Opportunity or his or her designee; the Director of Corrections | 19 |
| or his or her designee; the Director of Employment Security or | 20 |
| his or her designee; the Director of Healthcare and Family | 21 |
| Services or his or her designee; the Secretary of Human | 22 |
| Services or his or her designee; the Director of Juvenile | 23 |
| Justice or his or her designee; the Director of Public Health | 24 |
| or his or her designee; and the State Superintendent of | 25 |
| Education or his or her designee; the Chair of the Illinois | 26 |
| African-American Family Commission or his or her designee; and |
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| the Chair of the Latino Family Commission or his or her | 2 |
| designee. | 3 |
| The Governor's office shall serve as the administrative | 4 |
| home for the Commission and shall take responsibility for | 5 |
| staffing the Commission, maintaining a record of the activities | 6 |
| of the Commission, and reporting on the Commission's actions. | 7 |
| Commission staff shall be responsible for facilitating | 8 |
| meetings of the Commission as well as public hearings, | 9 |
| developing and managing Commission workplans and related | 10 |
| activities, and drafting related correspondence and reports on | 11 |
| behalf of the Commission. Commission members, Commission | 12 |
| staff, or both may confer and collaborate with relevant State | 13 |
| and national organizations with expertise in child and youth | 14 |
| development. | 15 |
| Section 20. Goals. The goals of the Commission shall | 16 |
| include enhancing coordination of existing state programs and | 17 |
| services and developing innovative strategies to achieve the | 18 |
| following outcomes: | 19 |
| (1) Thriving: preventive health. All children and youth | 20 |
| should have access to adequate health care and be educated on | 21 |
| healthy lifestyle choices to prevent future illness and | 22 |
| disease. | 23 |
| (2) Learning: education completion. All children and youth | 24 |
| should have the opportunity
to earn a high school diploma and | 25 |
| should receive appropriate individualized supports when they |
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| face challenges in doing so. | 2 |
| (3) Working: workforce development. All children and youth | 3 |
| should have an
opportunity for education, skill building, and | 4 |
| work experience to prepare them for success in the workforce. | 5 |
| (4) Connecting: social and emotional development. All | 6 |
| children and youth should have
opportunities to develop | 7 |
| essential social and emotional skills that allow them to | 8 |
| communicate effectively, resolve conflict, and manage stress. | 9 |
| (5) Leading: civic engagement. All children and youth | 10 |
| should have opportunities to
build relationships with adults | 11 |
| and their peers as well as cultivate leadership skills through | 12 |
| service learning, mentoring, and other safe activities in their | 13 |
| communities.
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| Section 25. Recommendations; factors. The Commission shall | 15 |
| consider all of the following factors in its assessments and | 16 |
| recommendations: | 17 |
| (1) Strategies to broaden access to programs and services | 18 |
| to youth up through age 24. | 19 |
| (2) Disparities in access and outcomes that may be present | 20 |
| along racial, ethnic, geographic, gender, or other variables. | 21 |
| (3) Mechanisms to ensure youth, family, and community input | 22 |
| in the Commission process. | 23 |
| (4) Mechanisms for data collection and tracking that | 24 |
| integrate data across programs and funding streams when | 25 |
| possible. |
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| (5) All other factors the Commission deems important to the | 2 |
| positive development of children and youth. | 3 |
| Section 30. Reporting; timelines. The Commission shall | 4 |
| issue an interim report to the constitutional officers and to | 5 |
| members of the General Assembly on its activities, findings, | 6 |
| and recommendations on or before December 31, 2009. A final | 7 |
| report shall be issued on or before December 31, 2011. | 8 |
| Section 35. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 9 |
| 2012.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 |
| becoming law.
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