HB5781 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5781

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-1-10.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.42 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no later than January 1, 2019, a municipal police department, including the police department of a home rule municipality, shall employ a full-time licensed clinical social worker or a licensed social worker. Provides that these requirements may be met by the police department of a municipality with a population of less than 20,000 through an intergovernmental agreement with one or more units of local government to jointly employ a full-time social worker. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-1-10.5 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-1-10.5 new)

Sec. 11-1-10.5. Social worker. No later than than January 1, 2019, a municipal police department, including the police department of a home rule municipality, shall employ a full-time licensed clinical social worker or a licensed social worker, as those terms are defined in Section 3 of the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act.

The requirements of this Section may be met by the police department of a municipality with a population of less than 20,000 through an intergovernmental agreement with one or more units of local government to jointly employ a full-time licensed clinical social worker or a licensed social worker.

The requirement to hire a full-time social worker by a municipal police department is an exclusive power and function of the State. A home rule municipality may not regulate the requirement to hire a full-time social worker by a police department. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.42 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.42 new)

Sec. 8.42. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.