Full Text of HB5508 100th General Assembly
HB5508 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5508 Introduced 2/16/2018, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act. Provides that if a unit of local government determines that a person experiencing homelessness is living in a public space and requires that person to vacate the public space, the unit of local government shall: (i) provide a 48-hour notice to vacate to that person; (ii) offer to call a paramedic for medical treatment; (iii) offer to provide transportation to the nearest homeless shelter; and (iv) allow the person to collect all personal property and offer bags to transport the personal property.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning human rights.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Bill of
Rights for the Homeless Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | 6 | | (775 ILCS 45/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Bill of
Rights. | 8 | | (a) No person's rights, privileges, or access to
public | 9 | | services may be denied or abridged solely because he or she is
| 10 | | homeless. Such a person shall be granted the same rights and | 11 | | privileges as
any
other citizen of this State. A person | 12 | | experiencing homelessness has the following rights:
| 13 | | (1) the right to use and move freely in public spaces, | 14 | | including but not limited to
public sidewalks, public | 15 | | parks, public transportation, and public buildings, in the | 16 | | same manner as
any other person and without discrimination | 17 | | on the basis of his or her housing status;
| 18 | | (2) the right to equal treatment by all State and | 19 | | municipal agencies, without
discrimination on the basis of | 20 | | housing status;
| 21 | | (3) the right not to face discrimination while | 22 | | maintaining employment due
to his or her lack of permanent | 23 | | mailing address, or his or her mailing address being that |
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| 1 | | of a
shelter or social service provider;
| 2 | | (4) the right to emergency medical care free from | 3 | | discrimination based on his or her
housing status;
| 4 | | (5) the right to vote, register to vote, and receive | 5 | | documentation necessary to prove
identity for voting | 6 | | without discrimination due to his or her housing status;
| 7 | | (6) the right to protection from disclosure of his or | 8 | | her records and information
provided to homeless shelters | 9 | | and service providers to State, municipal, and private | 10 | | entities
without appropriate legal authority; and the | 11 | | right to confidentiality of personal records and
| 12 | | information in accordance with all limitations on | 13 | | disclosure established by the federal Homeless
Management | 14 | | Information Systems, the federal Health Insurance | 15 | | Portability and Accountability
Act, and the federal | 16 | | Violence Against Women Act; and
| 17 | | (7) the right to a reasonable expectation of privacy in | 18 | | his or her personal property to
the same extent as personal | 19 | | property in a permanent residence.
| 20 | | (b)
As used in this Act, "housing status" means the status | 21 | | of
having or not having a fixed or regular residence, including
| 22 | | the status of living on the streets, in a shelter, or in a
| 23 | | temporary residence.
| 24 | | (c) If a unit of local government determines that a person | 25 | | experiencing homelessness is living in a public space or using | 26 | | a public space in a manner inconsistent with paragraph (1) of |
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| 1 | | subsection (a) and requires that person to vacate the public | 2 | | space, the unit of local government shall: | 3 | | (1) provide a 48-hour notice to that person, both oral | 4 | | and written and in a language other than English when | 5 | | appropriate, to vacate the public space and remove all | 6 | | personal belongings; | 7 | | (2) offer to call for a paramedic for medical treatment | 8 | | for that person, if necessary; | 9 | | (3) offer to provide transportation for that person to | 10 | | the nearest homeless shelter; and | 11 | | (4) allow that person to collect all personal property | 12 | | and offer bags to transport the personal property. | 13 | | No unit of local government shall dispose of that person's | 14 | | personal belongings in any manner. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-516, eff. 8-22-13.)
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