Full Text of HB5041 102nd General Assembly
HB5041eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
| 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 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 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 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule, the | 14 | | Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts and the | 15 | | Department of Juvenile Justice shall permit the hiring of | 16 | | county juvenile detention center personnel that possess less | 17 | | than a bachelor's degree, including, but not limited to, the | 18 | | hiring of an applicant who possesses an associate's degree or | 19 | | has completed at least 60 credit hours at an accredited | 20 | | institution of higher education. | 21 | | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | 22 | | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | 23 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 24 | | Assembly. | 25 | | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | 26 | | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | 2 | | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | 3 | | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | 4 | | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | 5 | | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | 6 | | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the | 7 | | Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office | 8 | | of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, | 9 | | duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that | 10 | | administrative services and administrative facilities are | 11 | | provided by a shared administrative service center. Where | 12 | | possible, shared services which impact youth should be done | 13 | | with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may | 14 | | include, but are not limited to, all of the following | 15 | | functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing, | 16 | | human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection | 17 | | and analysis, information technology, internal investigations, | 18 | | intelligence, legislative services, emergency response | 19 | | capability, statewide transportation services, and general | 20 | | office support. | 21 | | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | 22 | | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | 23 | | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | 24 | | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | 25 | | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | 26 | | Counties Code.
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| 1 | | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with | 2 | | the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | 3 | | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | 4 | | (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a | 5 | | wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff | 6 | | and service providers within the Department of Juvenile | 7 | | Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall | 8 | | establish response teams to provide support to employees and | 9 | | staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not | 10 | | duty-related and provide training to response team members. | 11 | | The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any | 12 | | Department employee or service provider, including contractual | 13 | | employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may | 14 | | include information sharing, education and activities designed | 15 | | to support health and well-being within the Department's | 16 | | environment. Access to
wellness response team support shall be | 17 | | voluntary and remain confidential. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22 .)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law. |
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