Full Text of HB2116 103rd General Assembly
HB2116 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2116 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice assuming the duties of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning corrections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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 The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume | 10 | | the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the | 11 | | Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, | 12 | | books, records, property, and unencumbered appropriations | 13 | | pertaining to the Juvenile Division of the Department of | 14 | | Corrections shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile | 15 | | Justice on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 16 | | 94th General Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State | 17 | | under the 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 | | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | 14 | | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | 15 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 16 | | Assembly. | 17 | | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | 18 | | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. | 19 | | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | 20 | | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | 21 | | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | 22 | | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | 23 | | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | 24 | | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the | 25 | | Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office | 26 | | of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, |
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| 1 | | duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that | 2 | | administrative services and administrative facilities are | 3 | | provided by a shared administrative service center. Where | 4 | | possible, shared services which impact youth should be done | 5 | | with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may | 6 | | include, but are not limited to, all of the following | 7 | | functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing, | 8 | | human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection | 9 | | and analysis, information technology, internal investigations, | 10 | | intelligence, legislative services, emergency response | 11 | | capability, statewide transportation services, and general | 12 | | office support. | 13 | | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | 14 | | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | 15 | | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | 16 | | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | 17 | | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | 18 | | Counties Code.
| 19 | | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with | 20 | | the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | 21 | | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | 22 | | (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a | 23 | | wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff | 24 | | and service providers within the Department of Juvenile | 25 | | Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall | 26 | | establish response teams to provide support to employees and |
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| 1 | | staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not | 2 | | duty-related and provide training to response team members. | 3 | | The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any | 4 | | Department employee or service provider, including contractual | 5 | | employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may | 6 | | include information sharing, education and activities designed | 7 | | to support health and well-being within the Department's | 8 | | environment. Access to
wellness response team support shall be | 9 | | voluntary and remain confidential. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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