101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4516

 

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1305/10-67 new

    Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with other specified State agencies, to conduct a public information campaign to educate immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other noncitizens residing in Illinois of their rights under the U.S. Constitution and Illinois laws that apply regardless of immigration status. Requires the public information campaign to include resources and contact information for organizations that can aid residents in protecting and enforcing these rights. Requires the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and other agencies, when necessary, to post resources and other information regarding immigrant, refugee, and asylum seekers' rights in high-traffic public areas, including, but not limited to, train stations, airports, and highway rest stops. Permits the Department of Human Services to adopt rules or joint rules with other agencies to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 10-67 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1305/10-67 new)
7    Sec. 10-67. Rights and resources for immigrants, refugees,
8and asylum seekers; public information campaign.
9    (a) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with
10the Department on Aging, the Department of Children and Family
11Services, the Department of Employment Security, and the
12Department of Public Health, shall conduct a public information
13campaign to educate immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and
14other noncitizens residing in Illinois of their rights under
15the U.S. Constitution and Illinois laws that apply regardless
16of immigration status. The public information campaign must
17include resources and contact information for organizations
18that can aid residents in protecting and enforcing these
19rights.
20    (b) The Department of Human Services, in consultation with
21the Department of Transportation and other agencies, when
22necessary, shall post resources and other information
23regarding immigrant, refugee, and asylum seekers' rights in

 

 

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1high-traffic public areas, including, but not limited to, train
2stations, airports, and highway rest stops.
3    (c) The Department of Human Services may adopt rules or
4joint rules with other agencies to implement the requirements
5of this Section.