100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1675

 

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 105/5.878 new
110 ILCS 305/12.6 new

    Creates the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act. Requires the Board of Trustees of University of Illinois to establish an Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center to conduct basic, translational, and transformative research with a mission to provide the scientific evidence on which sound crime-related violence prevention policies and programs can be based. Provides that its research shall include, but is not limited to, the effectiveness of existing laws and policies intended to reduce crime-related violence, including, but not limited to, the criminal misuse of a weapon, and efforts to reduce and deter any criminally violent activities. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center Fund to support the research and activities of the Center. Provides that moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and donations received by the Center shall be deposited into the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center Fund. Provides that the Center may also seek additional federal, State, and private funds. Amends the University of Illinois Act to require the University of Illinois to carry out the duties and responsibilities required of it under the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning violence research.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Impact
5of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "Center" means
7the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research
8Center.
 
9    Section 10. Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public
10Health Research Center.
11    (a) An Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health
12Research Center to study the impact of crime-related violence
13on the public health of vulnerable and diverse populations in
14the State is established to be administered by the University
15of Illinois under the following principles:
16        (1) Interdisciplinary work of the Center shall address
17    the following:
18            (A) The nature of crime-related violence,
19        including individual and societal determinants of risk
20        for involvement in crime-related violence, whether as
21        a victim or a perpetrator.
22            (B) The individual, community, and societal public

 

 

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1        health consequences and economic impact of
2        crime-related violence, including clinical care,
3        long-term care consequences for victims, health
4        services research, medical education, and
5        community-based studies, with the goal of improving
6        the health of the citizens of this State by the
7        significant reduction of crime-related violence.
8            (C) Prevention and treatment of crime-related
9        violence at the individual, community, and societal
10        levels.
11        (2) The Center shall conduct basic, translational, and
12    transformative research with a mission to provide the
13    scientific evidence on which sound crime-related violence
14    prevention policies and programs can be based. Its research
15    shall include, but is not limited to, the effectiveness of
16    existing laws and policies intended to reduce
17    crime-related violence, including, but not limited to, the
18    criminal misuse of a weapon, and efforts to reduce and
19    deter any criminally violent activities.
20        (3) The Center shall work on a continuing basis with
21    policymakers in the General Assembly and State agencies to
22    identify, implement, and evaluate innovative crime-related
23    violence prevention policies and programs.
24        (4) To help ensure a long-term and successful effort to
25    understand and prevent crime-related violence, the Center
26    shall recruit and provide specialized training

 

 

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1    opportunities for new researchers, including experienced
2    investigators in related fields who are beginning work on
3    crime-related violence, young investigators who have
4    completed their education, postdoctoral scholars, doctoral
5    students, and undergraduates.
6        (5) The Center may enter into contracts or agreements
7    with any agency or department of this State or any other
8    state or states' agencies, private universities,
9    organizations, or institutions, or the United States to
10    carry out the provisions of this Act.
11        (6) The Center may receive and disburse funds in
12    accordance with the purposes stated in this Act.
13    (b) On or before December 31, 2019, and every 5 years
14thereafter, the University of Illinois shall transmit
15programmatic, as well as financial, reports to the General
16Assembly and the Governor, including a report on the grants
17made, pending grants, program accomplishments, and the future
18direction of the Center.
19    (c) Subject to the conditions and requirements established
20elsewhere in law, State agencies, including, but not limited
21to, the Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Department
22of State Police, the Department of Public Health, the
23Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Secretary
24of State, and local agencies, including, but not limited to,
25sheriffs, state's attorneys, municipal police departments,
26coroners, and medical examiners shall provide to the Center,

 

 

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1upon proper request, the data necessary for the Center to
2conduct its research. The Center may share any information
3collected by it with other state violence research centers
4similar to it and any crime laboratory or violence research
5center connected with a college or university.
6    (d) The Center and all recipients of grants supported by
7the Center shall provide copies of their research publications
8to the General Assembly and to agencies supplying data used in
9the conduct of that research as soon as is practicable
10following publication. The Center shall establish a website for
11the purpose of electronically publishing the Center's research
12publications, submitting data or other information, and
13receiving suggestions for research requests.
14    (e) The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
15shall establish and operate an Impact of Crime-related Violence
16Research Center and administer the Center and grant program
17consistent with the principles and goals of this Act.
 
18    Section 15. Fund; grants.
19    (a) An Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health
20Research Center Fund is created as a special fund in the State
21treasury and shall be used to support the research and
22activities of the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public
23Health Research Center. Moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and
24donations received by the Center shall also be deposited into
25the Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research

 

 

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1Center Fund. The Center may also seek additional federal,
2State, and private funds.
3    (b) As a supplement to its own research, the Impact of
4Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center shall
5administer a small grants program for research on crime-related
6violence, funded through the Crime-related Violence on Public
7Health Research Center Fund. All research funds shall be
8awarded on the basis of scientific merit as determined by an
9open, competitive peer review process that assures
10objectivity, consistency, and high quality. All qualified
11investigators, regardless of institutional affiliation, shall
12have equal access and opportunity to compete for the funds. The
13peer review process for the selection of grants awarded under
14this program shall be modeled on the process used by the
15National Institutes of Health in its grantmaking process.
 
16    Section 105. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17Section 5.878 as follows:
 
18    (30 ILCS 105/5.878 new)
19    Sec. 5.878. Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public
20Health Research Center Fund.
 
21    Section 110. The University of Illinois Act is amended by
22adding Section 12.6 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 305/12.6 new)
2    Sec. 12.6. Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public
3Health Research Center. The University of Illinois shall carry
4out the duties and responsibilities required of it under the
5Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act.