Full Text of SB3119 99th General Assembly
SB3119 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB3119 Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 415/4d | from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d | 40 ILCS 5/14-110 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110 | 730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15 | |
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Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that all positions within the Department of Juvenile Justice that are required to have a bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university or, in the case of persons who provide vocational training, that are required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing the vocational training are exempt from jurisdiction B. These provisions are inoperative after January 1, 2021. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes a provision that provides that Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired by the Department and who participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security, welfare, and development, or participate in the personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties must have a specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, or a closely related social science or 2 years of experience. Amends the Illinois Pension Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 4d as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 415/4d) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104d)
| 7 | | Sec. 4d. Partial exemptions. The following positions in | 8 | | State service are
exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C to the | 9 | | extent stated for each, unless
those jurisdictions are extended | 10 | | as provided in this Act:
| 11 | | (1) In each department, board or commission that now | 12 | | maintains or may
hereafter maintain a major administrative | 13 | | division, service or office in
both Sangamon County and | 14 | | Cook County, 2 private secretaries for the
director or | 15 | | chairman thereof, one located in the Cook County office and | 16 | | the
other located in the Sangamon County office, shall be | 17 | | exempt from
jurisdiction B; in all other departments, | 18 | | boards and commissions one
private secretary for the | 19 | | director or chairman thereof shall be exempt from
| 20 | | jurisdiction B. In all departments, boards and commissions | 21 | | one confidential
assistant for the director or chairman | 22 | | thereof shall be exempt from
jurisdiction B. This paragraph | 23 | | is subject to such modifications or waiver
of the |
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| 1 | | exemptions as may be necessary to assure the continuity of | 2 | | federal
contributions in those agencies supported in whole | 3 | | or in part by federal
funds.
| 4 | | (2) The resident administrative head of each State | 5 | | charitable, penal and
correctional institution, the | 6 | | chaplains thereof, and all member, patient
and inmate | 7 | | employees are exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 8 | | (3) The Civil Service Commission, upon written | 9 | | recommendation of the
Director of Central Management | 10 | | Services, shall exempt
from jurisdiction B other positions
| 11 | | which, in the judgment of the Commission, involve either | 12 | | principal
administrative responsibility for the | 13 | | determination of policy or principal
administrative | 14 | | responsibility for the way in which policies are carried
| 15 | | out, except positions in agencies which receive federal | 16 | | funds if such
exemption is inconsistent with federal | 17 | | requirements, and except positions
in agencies supported | 18 | | in whole by federal funds.
| 19 | | (4) All beauticians and teachers of beauty culture and | 20 | | teachers of
barbering, and all positions heretofore paid | 21 | | under Section 1.22 of "An Act
to standardize position | 22 | | titles and salary rates", approved June 30, 1943,
as | 23 | | amended, shall be exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 24 | | (5) Licensed attorneys in positions as legal or | 25 | | technical advisors; positions in the Department of Natural | 26 | | Resources requiring incumbents
to be either a registered |
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| 1 | | professional engineer or to hold a bachelor's degree
in | 2 | | engineering from a recognized college or university;
| 3 | | licensed physicians in positions of medical administrator | 4 | | or physician or
physician specialist (including | 5 | | psychiatrists); all positions within the Department of | 6 | | Juvenile Justice requiring licensure by the State Board of | 7 | | Education under Article 21B of the School Code; from the | 8 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General | 9 | | Assembly until January 1, 2017, all positions within the | 10 | | Illinois School for the Deaf and the Illinois School for | 11 | | the Visually Impaired requiring licensure by the State | 12 | | Board of Education under Article 21B of the School Code; | 13 | | and registered nurses (except
those registered nurses | 14 | | employed by the Department of Public Health); except
those | 15 | | in positions in agencies which receive federal funds if | 16 | | such
exemption is inconsistent with federal requirements | 17 | | and except those in
positions in agencies supported in | 18 | | whole by federal funds, are exempt from
jurisdiction B only | 19 | | to the extent that the requirements of Section 8b.1,
8b.3 | 20 | | and 8b.5 of this Code need not be met.
| 21 | | (6) All positions established outside the geographical | 22 | | limits of the
State of Illinois to which appointments of | 23 | | other than Illinois citizens may
be made are exempt from | 24 | | jurisdiction B.
| 25 | | (7) Staff attorneys reporting directly to individual | 26 | | Commissioners of
the Illinois Workers' Compensation
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| 1 | | Commission are exempt from jurisdiction B.
| 2 | | (8) Twenty-one senior public service administrator | 3 | | positions within the Department of Healthcare and Family | 4 | | Services, as set forth in this paragraph (8), requiring the | 5 | | specific knowledge of healthcare administration, | 6 | | healthcare finance, healthcare data analytics, or | 7 | | information technology described are exempt from | 8 | | jurisdiction B only to the extent that the requirements of | 9 | | Sections 8b.1, 8b.3, and 8b.5 of this Code need not be met. | 10 | | The General Assembly finds that these positions are all | 11 | | senior policy makers and have spokesperson authority for | 12 | | the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family | 13 | | Services. When filling positions so designated, the | 14 | | Director of Healthcare and Family Services shall cause a | 15 | | position description to be published which allots points to | 16 | | various qualifications desired. After scoring qualified | 17 | | applications, the Director shall add Veteran's Preference | 18 | | points as enumerated in Section 8b.7 of this Code. The | 19 | | following are the minimum qualifications for the senior | 20 | | public service administrator positions provided for in | 21 | | this paragraph (8): | 22 | | (A) HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION. | 23 | | Medical Director: Licensed Medical Doctor in | 24 | | good standing; experience in healthcare payment | 25 | | systems, pay for performance initiatives, medical | 26 | | necessity criteria or federal or State quality |
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| 1 | | improvement programs; preferred experience serving | 2 | | Medicaid patients or experience in population | 3 | | health programs with a large provider, health | 4 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 5 | | institution. | 6 | | Chief, Bureau of Quality Management: Advanced | 7 | | degree in health policy or health professional | 8 | | field preferred; at least 3 years experience in | 9 | | implementing or managing healthcare quality | 10 | | improvement initiatives in a clinical setting. | 11 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Care | 12 | | Coordination/Managed Care Quality: Clinical degree | 13 | | or advanced degree in relevant field required; | 14 | | experience in the field of managed care quality | 15 | | improvement, with knowledge of HEDIS measurements, | 16 | | coding, and related data definitions. | 17 | | Quality Management Bureau: Manager, Primary | 18 | | Care Provider Quality and Practice Development: | 19 | | Clinical degree or advanced degree in relevant | 20 | | field required; experience in practice | 21 | | administration in the primary care setting with a | 22 | | provider or a provider association or an | 23 | | accrediting body; knowledge of practice standards | 24 | | for medical homes and best evidence based | 25 | | standards of care for primary care. | 26 | | Director of Care Coordination Contracts and |
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| 1 | | Compliance: Bachelor's degree required; multi-year | 2 | | experience in negotiating managed care contracts, | 3 | | preferably on behalf of a payer; experience with | 4 | | health care contract compliance. | 5 | | Manager, Long Term Care Policy: Bachelor's | 6 | | degree required; social work, gerontology, or | 7 | | social service degree preferred; knowledge of | 8 | | Olmstead and other relevant court decisions | 9 | | required; experience working with diverse long | 10 | | term care populations and service systems, federal | 11 | | initiatives to create long term care community | 12 | | options, and home and community-based waiver | 13 | | services required. The General Assembly finds that | 14 | | this position is necessary for the timely and | 15 | | effective implementation of this amendatory Act of | 16 | | the 97th General Assembly. | 17 | | Manager, Behavioral Health Programs: Clinical | 18 | | license or Advanced degree required, preferably in | 19 | | psychology, social work, or relevant field; | 20 | | knowledge of medical necessity criteria and | 21 | | governmental policies and regulations governing | 22 | | the provision of mental health services to | 23 | | Medicaid populations, including children and | 24 | | adults, in community and institutional settings of | 25 | | care. The General Assembly finds that this | 26 | | position is necessary for the timely and effective |
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| 1 | | implementation of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 2 | | General Assembly. | 3 | | Manager, Office of Accountable Care Entity | 4 | | Development: Bachelor's degree required, clinical | 5 | | degree or advanced degree in relevant field | 6 | | preferred; experience in developing integrated | 7 | | delivery systems, including knowledge of health | 8 | | homes and evidence-based standards of care | 9 | | delivery; multi-year experience in health care or | 10 | | public health management; knowledge of federal ACO | 11 | | or other similar delivery system requirements and | 12 | | strategies for improving health care delivery. | 13 | | Manager of Federal Regulatory Compliance: | 14 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree | 15 | | preferred, in healthcare management or relevant | 16 | | field; experience in healthcare administration or | 17 | | Medicaid State Plan amendments preferred; | 18 | | experience interpreting federal rules; experience | 19 | | with either federal health care agency or with a | 20 | | State agency in working with federal regulations. | 21 | | Manager, Office of Medical Project Management: | 22 | | Bachelor's degree required, project management | 23 | | certification preferred; multi-year experience in | 24 | | project management and developing business analyst | 25 | | skills; leadership skills to manage multiple and | 26 | | complex projects. |
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| 1 | | Manager of Medicare/Medicaid Coordination: | 2 | | Bachelor's degree required, knowledge and | 3 | | experience with Medicare Advantage rules and | 4 | | regulations, knowledge of Medicaid laws and | 5 | | policies; experience with contract drafting | 6 | | preferred. | 7 | | Chief, Bureau of Eligibility Integrity: | 8 | | Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree in | 9 | | public administration or business administration | 10 | | preferred; experience equivalent to 4 years of | 11 | | administration in a public or business | 12 | | organization required; experience with managing | 13 | | contract compliance required; knowledge of | 14 | | Medicaid eligibility laws and policy preferred; | 15 | | supervisory experience preferred. The General | 16 | | Assembly finds that this position is necessary for | 17 | | the timely and effective implementation of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 19 | | (B) HEALTHCARE FINANCE. | 20 | | Director of Care Coordination Rate and | 21 | | Finance: MBA, CPA, or Actuarial degree required; | 22 | | experience in managed care rate setting, | 23 | | including, but not limited to, baseline costs and | 24 | | growth trends; knowledge and experience with | 25 | | Medical Loss Ratio standards and measurements. | 26 | | Director of Encounter Data Program: Bachelor's |
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| 1 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 2 | | preferably in health care, business, or | 3 | | information systems; at least 2 years healthcare | 4 | | or other similar data reporting experience, | 5 | | including, but not limited to, data definitions, | 6 | | submission, and editing; background in HIPAA | 7 | | transactions relevant to encounter data | 8 | | submission; experience with large provider, health | 9 | | insurer, government agency, or research | 10 | | institution or other knowledge of healthcare | 11 | | claims systems. | 12 | | Manager of Medical Finance, Division of | 13 | | Finance: Requires relevant advanced degree or | 14 | | certification in relevant field, such as Certified | 15 | | Public Accountant; coursework in business or | 16 | | public administration, accounting, finance, data | 17 | | analysis, or statistics preferred; experience in | 18 | | control systems and GAAP; financial management | 19 | | experience in a healthcare or government entity | 20 | | utilizing Medicaid funding. | 21 | | (C) HEALTHCARE DATA ANALYTICS. | 22 | | Data Quality Assurance Manager: Bachelor's | 23 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 24 | | preferably in business, information systems, or | 25 | | epidemiology; at least 3 years of extensive | 26 | | healthcare data reporting experience with a large |
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| 1 | | provider, health insurer, government agency, or | 2 | | research institution; previous data quality | 3 | | assurance role or formal data quality assurance | 4 | | training. | 5 | | Data Analytics Unit Manager: Bachelor's degree | 6 | | required, advanced degree preferred, in | 7 | | information systems, applied mathematics, or | 8 | | another field with a strong analytics component; | 9 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 10 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 11 | | agency, or research institution; experience as a | 12 | | business analyst interfacing between business and | 13 | | information technology departments; in-depth | 14 | | knowledge of health insurance coding and evolving | 15 | | healthcare quality metrics; working knowledge of | 16 | | SQL and/or SAS. | 17 | | Data Analytics Platform Manager: Bachelor's | 18 | | degree required, advanced degree preferred, | 19 | | preferably in business or information systems; | 20 | | extensive healthcare data reporting experience | 21 | | with a large provider, health insurer, government | 22 | | agency, or research institution; previous | 23 | | experience working on a health insurance data | 24 | | analytics platform; experience managing contracts | 25 | | and vendors preferred. | 26 | | (D) HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. |
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| 1 | | Manager of MMIS Claims Unit: Bachelor's degree | 2 | | required, with preferred coursework in business, | 3 | | public administration, information systems; | 4 | | experience equivalent to 4 years of administration | 5 | | in a public or business organization; working | 6 | | knowledge with design and implementation of | 7 | | technical solutions to medical claims payment | 8 | | systems; extensive technical writing experience, | 9 | | including, but not limited to, the development of | 10 | | RFPs, APDs, feasibility studies, and related | 11 | | documents; thorough knowledge of IT system design, | 12 | | commercial off the shelf software packages and | 13 | | hardware components. | 14 | | Assistant Bureau Chief, Office of Information | 15 | | Systems: Bachelor's degree required, with | 16 | | preferred coursework in business, public | 17 | | administration, information systems; experience | 18 | | equivalent to 5 years of administration in a public | 19 | | or private business organization; extensive | 20 | | technical writing experience, including, but not | 21 | | limited to, the development of RFPs, APDs, | 22 | | feasibility studies and related documents; | 23 | | extensive healthcare technology experience with a | 24 | | large provider, health insurer, government agency, | 25 | | or research institution; experience as a business | 26 | | analyst interfacing between business and |
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| 1 | | information technology departments; thorough | 2 | | knowledge of IT system design, commercial off the | 3 | | shelf software packages and hardware components. | 4 | | Technical System Architect: Bachelor's degree | 5 | | required, with preferred coursework in computer | 6 | | science or information technology; prior | 7 | | experience equivalent to 5 years of computer | 8 | | science or IT administration in a public or | 9 | | business organization; extensive healthcare | 10 | | technology experience with a large provider, | 11 | | health insurer, government agency, or research | 12 | | institution; experience as a business analyst | 13 | | interfacing between business and information | 14 | | technology departments. | 15 | | The provisions of this paragraph (8), other than this | 16 | | sentence, are inoperative after January 1, 2014. | 17 | | (9) All positions within the Department of Juvenile | 18 | | Justice that are required by subsection (b) of Section | 19 | | 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a | 20 | | bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or | 21 | | university or, in the case of persons who provide | 22 | | vocational training, that are required to have adequate | 23 | | knowledge in the skill for which they are providing the | 24 | | vocational training are exempt from jurisdiction B. The | 25 | | provisions of this paragraph (9), other than this sentence, | 26 | | are inoperative after January 1, 2021. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-1146, eff. 12-30-14; | 2 | | 99-45, eff. 7-15-15.)
| 3 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | 4 | | changing Section 14-110 as follows:
| 5 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
| 6 | | (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, | 7 | | which has been
held unconstitutional)
| 8 | | Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
| 9 | | (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less | 10 | | than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained | 11 | | age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not | 12 | | less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has | 13 | | attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either | 14 | | of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in | 15 | | service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the | 16 | | member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a | 17 | | retirement annuity
computed as follows:
| 18 | | (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if | 19 | | retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
| 20 | | average compensation for each year of creditable service; | 21 | | if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of | 22 | | final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years | 23 | | of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years | 24 | | to
and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% |
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| 1 | | for each year of
creditable service above 20 years; and
| 2 | | (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a | 3 | | covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January | 4 | | 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year | 5 | | of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January | 6 | | 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of | 7 | | the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the | 8 | | next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such | 9 | | service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for | 10 | | each year in excess of 30.
| 11 | | Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final | 12 | | average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, | 13 | | 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if | 14 | | retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
| 15 | | These rates shall not be applicable to any service | 16 | | performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not | 17 | | eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee | 18 | | which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to | 19 | | the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
| 20 | | (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable | 21 | | service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one | 22 | | or more of the following
positions:
| 23 | | (1) State policeman;
| 24 | | (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a | 25 | | department;
| 26 | | (3) air pilot;
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| 1 | | (4) special agent;
| 2 | | (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
| 3 | | (6) conservation police officer;
| 4 | | (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the | 5 | | Illinois Gaming Board;
| 6 | | (8) security employee of the Department of Human | 7 | | Services;
| 8 | | (9) Central Management Services security police | 9 | | officer;
| 10 | | (10) security employee of the Department of | 11 | | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
| 12 | | (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
| 13 | | (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
| 14 | | (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 15 | | General;
| 16 | | (14) controlled substance inspector;
| 17 | | (15) investigator for the Office of the State's | 18 | | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
| 19 | | (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
| 20 | | (17) arson investigator;
| 21 | | (18) State highway maintenance worker.
| 22 | | A person employed in one of the positions specified in this | 23 | | subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for | 24 | | service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the | 25 | | basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law | 26 | | Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that |
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| 1 | | training is required of persons serving in that position.
For | 2 | | the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic | 3 | | police
training course shall be deemed performance of the | 4 | | duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not | 5 | | a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
| 6 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section:
| 7 | | (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or | 8 | | position
in the Department of State Police that is held by | 9 | | an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
| 10 | | (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection | 11 | | service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire | 12 | | protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant | 13 | | fire chiefs.
| 14 | | (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose | 15 | | official job
description on file in the Department of | 16 | | Central Management Services, or
in the department by which | 17 | | he is employed if that department is not covered
by the | 18 | | Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the | 19 | | operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; | 20 | | however, the change in this
definition made by this | 21 | | amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any | 22 | | noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes | 23 | | of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
| 24 | | (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by | 25 | | reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, | 26 | | the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the |
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| 1 | | Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of | 2 | | Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
| 3 | | other Division or organizational
entity in the Department | 4 | | of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain | 5 | | public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of | 6 | | this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests | 7 | | and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any | 8 | | title or position in the Department
of State Police that is | 9 | | held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
| 10 | | (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" | 11 | | means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of | 12 | | State and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 13 | | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 14 | | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 15 | | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
| 16 | | A person who became employed as an investigator for the | 17 | | Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, | 18 | | 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age | 19 | | 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service | 20 | | of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated | 21 | | before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his | 22 | | retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with | 23 | | subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 | 24 | | years of credit for such service.
| 25 | | (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any | 26 | | person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the |
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| 1 | | Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law | 2 | | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
| 3 | | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 4 | | 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The | 5 | | term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions | 6 | | of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
| 7 | | Conservation Police Administrator.
| 8 | | (7) The term "investigator for the Department of | 9 | | Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of | 10 | | Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 11 | | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 12 | | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 13 | | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
| 14 | | The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board" | 15 | | means any
person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming | 16 | | Board and vested with such
peace officer duties as render | 17 | | the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
| 18 | | Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 19 | | 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
| 20 | | (8) The term "security employee of the Department of | 21 | | Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department | 22 | | of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental | 23 | | Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents | 24 | | thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a | 25 | | facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact | 26 | | with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed |
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| 1 | | at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a | 2 | | security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
| 3 | | 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, | 4 | | or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health | 5 | | police officer" means any person employed by the Department | 6 | | of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the | 7 | | Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities | 8 | | functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as | 9 | | render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social | 10 | | Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 11 | | 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. "Security unit" | 12 | | means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the | 13 | | care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to | 14 | | the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent | 15 | | persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not | 16 | | guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past | 17 | | employment,
references to the Department of Human Services | 18 | | include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health | 19 | | and Developmental Disabilities.
| 20 | | The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public | 21 | | Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January | 22 | | 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
| 23 | | (9) "Central Management Services security police | 24 | | officer" means any
person employed by the Department of | 25 | | Central Management Services who is
vested with such law | 26 | | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
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| 1 | | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 2 | | 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 3 | | (10) For a member who first became an employee under | 4 | | this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security | 5 | | employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department | 6 | | of Juvenile Justice"
means any employee of the Department | 7 | | of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the | 8 | | former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee | 9 | | of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with | 10 | | inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility | 11 | | or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile | 12 | | Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
| 13 | | direct contact with committed persons in the performance of | 14 | | his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an | 15 | | employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the | 16 | | term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or | 17 | | the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the | 18 | | following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional | 19 | | facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of | 20 | | Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of | 21 | | the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence | 22 | | unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an | 23 | | investigator.
| 24 | | (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any | 25 | | person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human | 26 | | Services.
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| 1 | | (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State | 2 | | Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State | 3 | | Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic | 4 | | Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement | 5 | | powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
| 6 | | Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 7 | | 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 8 | | (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 9 | | General" means any
person who is employed as such by the | 10 | | Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such | 11 | | investigative duties as render him ineligible for
coverage | 12 | | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 13 | | 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For | 14 | | the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all | 15 | | persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of | 16 | | the Attorney General, without regard to social security | 17 | | status.
| 18 | | (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person | 19 | | who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional | 20 | | Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties | 21 | | as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
| 22 | | Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 23 | | 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of
that Act. The term | 24 | | "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
| 25 | | Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program | 26 | | Executive of Enforcement.
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| 1 | | (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the | 2 | | State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person | 3 | | employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the | 4 | | authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
| 5 | | Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 6 | | (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any | 7 | | person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is | 8 | | vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him | 9 | | ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by | 10 | | reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
| 11 | | 218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 12 | | (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is | 13 | | employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal | 14 | | and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render | 15 | | the person ineligible for coverage under the Social | 16 | | Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 17 | | 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. A person who was | 18 | | employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is | 19 | | no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement | 20 | | annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
| 21 | | employment as an arson investigator into eligible | 22 | | creditable service by paying
to the System the difference | 23 | | between the employee contributions actually paid
for that | 24 | | service and the amounts that would have been contributed if | 25 | | the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to | 26 | | persons with the same
social security status earning |
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| 1 | | eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
| 2 | | (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means | 3 | | a person who is
either of the following:
| 4 | | (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 5 | | Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position | 6 | | of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead | 7 | | worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy | 8 | | construction equipment operator,
power shovel | 9 | | operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal | 10 | | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 11 | | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that | 12 | | form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable | 13 | | condition for vehicular traffic.
| 14 | | (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 15 | | Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position | 16 | | of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment | 17 | | operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
| 18 | | mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
| 19 | | water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger | 20 | | H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
| 21 | | roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
| 22 | | painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal | 23 | | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 24 | | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's | 25 | | tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular | 26 | | traffic.
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| 1 | | (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or | 2 | | the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of | 3 | | the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health | 4 | | police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative | 5 | | retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she | 6 | | meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the | 7 | | time of retirement:
| 8 | | (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; | 9 | | or
| 10 | | (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible | 11 | | creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible | 12 | | creditable service and age 55; or
| 13 | | (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible | 14 | | creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible | 15 | | creditable service and age 55; or
| 16 | | (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible | 17 | | creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible | 18 | | creditable service and age 55; or
| 19 | | (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible | 20 | | creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible | 21 | | creditable service and age 55; or
| 22 | | (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible | 23 | | creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible | 24 | | creditable service and age 55.
| 25 | | Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this | 26 | | Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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| 1 | | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the | 2 | | Department
of Human Services in a position requiring | 3 | | certification as a teacher may
count such service toward | 4 | | establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements | 5 | | of this Section; but such service may be used only for
| 6 | | establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of | 7 | | increasing or
calculating any benefit.
| 8 | | (e) If a member enters military service while working in a | 9 | | position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, | 10 | | and returns to State
service in the same or another such | 11 | | position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions | 12 | | prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, | 13 | | such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
| 14 | | service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed | 15 | | in this Section.
| 16 | | (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 17 | | this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, | 18 | | 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the | 19 | | position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental | 20 | | health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of | 21 | | State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered | 22 | | employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior | 23 | | to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the | 24 | | employee
contributions that would have been required for such | 25 | | service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee | 26 | | contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after |
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| 1 | | July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item | 2 | | (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
| 3 | | For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 4 | | this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, | 5 | | 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the | 6 | | position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be | 7 | | deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided | 8 | | that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an | 9 | | amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee | 10 | | contributions
that would have been required for such service as | 11 | | a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions | 12 | | actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, | 13 | | 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from | 14 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
| 15 | | (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, | 16 | | 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 | 17 | | years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing | 18 | | a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an | 19 | | amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the | 20 | | difference between the amount of employee and employer
| 21 | | contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, | 22 | | and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such | 23 | | contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State | 24 | | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for | 25 | | each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the | 26 | | date of payment.
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| 1 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 2 | | policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish | 3 | | eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service | 4 | | as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by | 5 | | filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by | 6 | | payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to | 7 | | (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer | 8 | | contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 | 9 | | and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those | 10 | | contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State | 11 | | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for | 12 | | each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
| 13 | | date of payment.
| 14 | | (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 15 | | policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect | 16 | | to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of | 17 | | his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written | 18 | | election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and | 19 | | paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
| 20 | | determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between | 21 | | the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred | 22 | | to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would | 23 | | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 24 | | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 25 | | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 26 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
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| 1 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 2 | | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | 3 | | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | 4 | | creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's | 5 | | law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written | 6 | | election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and | 7 | | paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be | 8 | | determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between | 9 | | the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred | 10 | | to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would | 11 | | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 12 | | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 13 | | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 14 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
| 15 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 16 | | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | 17 | | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | 18 | | creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police | 19 | | officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a | 20 | | sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of | 21 | | the county police department under Article 9, or a police | 22 | | officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the | 23 | | Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by | 24 | | the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | 25 | | employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System | 26 | | under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 |
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| 1 | | and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
| 2 | | contributions been made at the rates applicable to State | 3 | | policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for | 4 | | each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the | 5 | | date of payment. | 6 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 7 | | investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an | 8 | | investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to | 9 | | establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of | 10 | | service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under | 11 | | Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article | 12 | | 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9 | 13 | | by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months | 14 | | after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) | 15 | | and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the | 16 | | Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | 17 | | employee and employer contributions transferred to the System | 18 | | under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the | 19 | | amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions | 20 | | been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) | 21 | | interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year, | 22 | | compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of | 23 | | payment. | 24 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 25 | | policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the | 26 | | Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the |
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| 1 | | Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of | 2 | | State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up | 3 | | to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating | 4 | | municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement | 5 | | officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve | 6 | | district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a | 7 | | court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written | 8 | | election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009 | 9 | | (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the | 10 | | System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) | 11 | | the difference between the amount of employee and employer | 12 | | contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8 | 13 | | and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed | 14 | | had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to | 15 | | State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially | 16 | | assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date | 17 | | of service to the date of payment. | 18 | | (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service | 19 | | established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), | 20 | | and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
| 21 | | (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 22 | | investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | 23 | | Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
| 24 | | establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his | 25 | | service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law | 26 | | enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written |
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| 1 | | election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to | 2 | | be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between | 3 | | the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred | 4 | | to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
| 5 | | that would have been contributed had such contributions been | 6 | | made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) | 7 | | interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, | 8 | | compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of | 9 | | payment.
| 10 | | (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this | 11 | | Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish | 12 | | eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time | 13 | | law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer | 14 | | employed by the federal government or by a state or local
| 15 | | government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not | 16 | | held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement | 17 | | system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a | 18 | | written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, | 19 | | accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board | 20 | | and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal | 21 | | to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, | 22 | | based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an | 23 | | alternative formula employee after the employment
for which | 24 | | credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
| 25 | | alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by | 26 | | the Board
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| 1 | | accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular | 2 | | interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day | 3 | | as an alternative formula employee after the employment for | 4 | | which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
| 5 | | (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security | 6 | | employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later | 7 | | than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for | 8 | | up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under | 9 | | Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
| 10 | | accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the | 11 | | Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of | 12 | | employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System | 13 | | under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been | 14 | | contributed had such contributions been made at the rates | 15 | | applicable
to security employees of the Department of | 16 | | Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate | 17 | | for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to | 18 | | the date of payment.
| 19 | | (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) | 21 | | security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice | 22 | | employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective | 23 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and | 24 | | transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons | 26 | | employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the |
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| 1 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 2 | | Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 | 3 | | of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or | 4 | | advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a | 5 | | specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, | 6 | | social work, or a closely related social science or, in the | 7 | | case of persons who provide vocational training, who are | 8 | | required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they | 9 | | are providing the vocational training.
| 10 | | (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of | 11 | | this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection | 12 | | (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in | 13 | | any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years | 14 | | of that service credit into service credit covered under this | 15 | | Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the | 16 | | additional employee contribution required under Section | 17 | | 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required | 18 | | under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at | 19 | | the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to | 20 | | the date of payment. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09; | 22 | | 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. | 23 | | 7-2-10.)
| 24 | | Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 25 | | changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15) | 2 | | Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption | 3 | | of duties of the Juvenile Division. | 4 | | (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the | 5 | | rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile | 6 | | Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books, | 7 | | records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining | 8 | | to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections shall | 9 | | be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on the | 10 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 11 | | Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the | 12 | | Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be | 13 | | unaffected by this transfer. | 14 | | (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired | 15 | | by the Department on or after the effective date of this | 16 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who participate | 17 | | or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of | 18 | | delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving | 19 | | direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security, | 20 | | welfare and development, or participate in the personal | 21 | | rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising, | 22 | | and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties | 23 | | must be over the age of 21 and have a bachelor's or advanced | 24 | | degree from an accredited college or university with a | 25 | | specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, |
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| 1 | | social work, or a closely related social science or other | 2 | | bachelor's or advanced degree with at least 2 years experience | 3 | | in the field of juvenile matters . This requirement shall not | 4 | | apply to security, clerical, food service, and maintenance | 5 | | staff that do not have direct and regular contact with youth. | 6 | | The degree requirements specified in this subsection (b) are | 7 | | not required of persons who provide vocational training and who | 8 | | have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are | 9 | | providing the vocational training. | 10 | | (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to | 11 | | personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on | 12 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 13 | | Assembly. | 14 | | (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the | 15 | | Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. | 16 | | (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the | 17 | | Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and | 18 | | personnel as required by law. The Director may create other | 19 | | divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and | 20 | | personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the | 21 | | functions and responsibilities vested by law in the Department. | 22 | | The Director may, with the approval of the Office of the | 23 | | Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, duties, and | 24 | | personnel with other State agencies such that administrative | 25 | | services and administrative facilities are provided by a shared | 26 | | administrative service center. Where possible, shared services |
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| 1 | | which impact youth should be done with child-serving agencies. | 2 | | These administrative services may include, but are not limited | 3 | | to, all of the following functions: budgeting, accounting | 4 | | related functions, auditing, human resources, legal, | 5 | | procurement, training, data collection and analysis, | 6 | | information technology, internal investigations, intelligence, | 7 | | legislative services, emergency response capability, statewide | 8 | | transportation services, and general office support. | 9 | | (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into | 10 | | intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors | 11 | | adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of | 12 | | Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact | 13 | | incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the | 14 | | Counties Code.
| 15 | | (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with the | 16 | | ethnic and racial background data collection procedures | 17 | | provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-528, eff. 1-1-15; 98-689, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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