Rep. Jim Sacia

Filed: 5/13/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2151

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2151 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 17a-5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/17a-5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-5)
7    Sec. 17a-5. The Department of Human Services shall be
8successor to the Department of Children and Family Services in
9the latter Department's capacity as successor to the Illinois
10Law Enforcement Commission in the functions of that Commission
11relating to juvenile justice and the federal Juvenile Justice
12and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 as amended, and shall
13have the powers, duties and functions specified in this Section
14relating to juvenile justice and the federal Juvenile Justice
15and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.
16    (1) Definitions. As used in this Section:

 

 

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1        (a) "juvenile justice system" means all activities by
2    public or private agencies or persons pertaining to the
3    handling of youth involved or having contact with the
4    police, courts or corrections;
5        (b) "unit of general local government" means any
6    county, municipality or other general purpose political
7    subdivision of this State;
8        (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Juvenile Justice
9    Commission provided for in Section 17a-9 of this Act.
10    (2) Powers and Duties of Department. The Department of
11Human Services shall serve as the official State Planning
12Agency for juvenile justice for the State of Illinois and in
13that capacity is authorized and empowered to discharge any and
14all responsibilities imposed on such bodies by the federal
15Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as
16amended, specifically the deinstitutionalization of status
17offenders, separation of juveniles and adults in municipal and
18county jails, removal of juveniles from county and municipal
19jails and monitoring of compliance with these mandates. In
20furtherance thereof, the Department has the powers and duties
21set forth in paragraphs 3 through 15 of this Section:
22    (3) To develop annual comprehensive plans based on analysis
23of juvenile crime problems and juvenile justice and delinquency
24prevention needs in the State, for the improvement of juvenile
25justice throughout the State, such plans to be in accordance
26with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

 

 

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1Act of 1974, as amended;
2    (4) To define, develop and correlate programs and projects
3relating to administration of juvenile justice for the State
4and units of general local government within the State or for
5combinations of such units for improvement in law enforcement;
6    (5) To advise, assist and make recommendations to the
7Governor as to how to achieve a more efficient and effective
8juvenile justice system;
9    (5.1) To develop recommendations to ensure the effective
10reintegration of youth offenders into communities to which they
11are returning. The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission,
12utilizing available information provided by the Department of
13Juvenile Justice, the Prisoner Review Board, the Illinois
14Criminal Justice Information Authority, and any other relevant
15State agency, shall develop by September 30, 2010, a report on
16juveniles who have been the subject of a parole revocation
17within the past year in Illinois. The report shall provide
18information on the number of youth confined in the Department
19of Juvenile Justice for revocation based on a technical parole
20violation, the length of time the youth spent on parole prior
21to the revocation, the nature of the committing offense that
22served as the basis for the original commitment, demographic
23information including age, race, sex, and zip code of the
24underlying offense and the conduct leading to revocation. In
25addition, the Juvenile Justice Commission shall develop
26recommendations to:

 

 

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1        (A) recommend the development of a tracking system to
2    provide quarterly statewide reports on youth released from
3    the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice including
4    lengths of stay in the Illinois Department of Juvenile
5    Justice prior to release, length of monitoring
6    post-release, pre-release services provided to each youth,
7    violations of release conditions including length of
8    release prior to violation, nature of violation, and
9    intermediate sanctions offered prior to violation;
10        (B) recommend outcome measures of educational
11    attainment, employment, homelessness, recidivism, and
12    other appropriate measures that can be used to assess the
13    performance of the State of Illinois in operating youth
14    offender reentry programs;
15        (C) recommend due process protections for youth during
16    release decision-making processes including, but not
17    limited to, parole revocation proceedings and release on
18    parole.
19    The Commission shall study and make recommendations to the
20Governor and General Assembly to ensure the effective treatment
21and supervision of the specialized population of juvenile
22offenders who are adjudicated delinquent for a sex offense. The
23Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission shall utilize available
24information and research on best practices within the state and
25across the nation including, but not limited to research and
26recommendations from the U.S. Department of Justice. Among

 

 

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1other relevant options, the Commission shall: consider
2requiring specially trained probation, parole or aftercare
3officers to supervise juveniles adjudicated as sex offenders;
4explore the development of individualized probation or parole
5orders which would include, but is not limited to, supervision
6and treatment options for juveniles adjudicated as sex
7offenders; and consider the appropriateness and feasibility of
8restricting juveniles adjudicated as sex offenders from
9certain locations including schools and parks.
10    The Juvenile Justice Commission shall include information
11and recommendations on the effectiveness of the State's
12juvenile reentry programming, including progress on the
13recommendations in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph
14(5.1), in its annual submission of recommendations to the
15Governor and the General Assembly on matters relative to its
16function, and in its annual juvenile justice plan. This
17paragraph (5.1) may be cited as the Youth Reentry Improvement
18Law of 2009;
19    (6) To act as a central repository for federal, State,
20regional and local research studies, plans, projects, and
21proposals relating to the improvement of the juvenile justice
22system;
23    (7) To act as a clearing house for information relating to
24all aspects of juvenile justice system improvement;
25    (8) To undertake research studies to aid in accomplishing
26its purposes;

 

 

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1    (9) To establish priorities for the expenditure of funds
2made available by the United States for the improvement of the
3juvenile justice system throughout the State;
4    (10) To apply for, receive, allocate, disburse, and account
5for grants of funds made available by the United States
6pursuant to the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
7Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; and such other similar
8legislation as may be enacted from time to time in order to
9plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate projects
10directly or through grants and contracts with public and
11private agencies for the development of more effective
12education, training, research, prevention, diversion,
13treatment and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile
14delinquency and programs to improve the juvenile justice
15system;
16    (11) To insure that no more than the maximum percentage of
17the total annual State allotment of juvenile justice funds be
18utilized for the administration of such funds;
19    (12) To provide at least 66-2/3 per centum of funds
20received by the State under the Juvenile Justice and
21Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, are expended
22through:
23        (a) programs of units of general local government or
24    combinations thereof, to the extent such programs are
25    consistent with the State plan; and
26        (b) programs of local private agencies, to the extent

 

 

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1    such programs are consistent with the State plan;
2    (13) To enter into agreements with the United States
3government which may be required as a condition of obtaining
4federal funds;
5    (14) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of
6general local government or combinations of such units, State
7agencies, and private organizations of all types, for the
8purpose of carrying out the duties of the Department imposed by
9this Section or by federal law or regulations;
10    (15) To exercise all other powers that are reasonable and
11necessary to fulfill its functions under applicable federal law
12or to further the purposes of this Section.
13(Source: P.A. 96-853, eff. 12-23-09; 96-1271, eff. 1-1-11.)".