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                                     LRB093 07894 DRJ 13599 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3316

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3316  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    adding Section 12-13.3 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/12-13.3 new)
 7        Sec. 12-13.3.  Transitional jobs; pilot program.  Subject
 8    to  appropriations  or other funding, the Department of Human
 9    Services   may   establish   a   pilot   program   to   place
10    hard-to-employ  persons,  including  persons  who  have  been
11    released  from  a  county  jail  or  a  facility  under   the
12    jurisdiction  of  the  Department of Corrections, in jobs. By
13    rule, the Department shall determine the  location  in  which
14    the pilot program is to be implemented and the services to be
15    provided.  In  determining  locations  for the pilot program,
16    however, the Department shall give priority to areas  of  the
17    State in which the concentration of released offenders is the
18    highest.  The  Department  may consult with the Department of
19    Corrections in establishing the pilot program.

20        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
21    by adding Section 3-14-6 as follows:
 
                            -2-      LRB093 07894 DRJ 13599 a
 1        (730 ILCS 5/3-14-6 new)
 2        Sec.  3-14-6.  Transitional  jobs; pilot program. Subject
 3    to  appropriations  or  other  funding,  the  Department  may
 4    establish a pilot program in 2  locations  in  the  State  to
 5    place persons discharged from a Department facility on parole
 6    or   mandatory   supervised  release  in  jobs  or  otherwise
 7    establish  a  connection  between  such   persons   and   the
 8    workforce.  By  rule,  the  Department  shall  determine  the
 9    locations in which the pilot program is to be implemented and
10    the services to be provided. In determining locations for the
11    pilot program, however, the Department shall give priority to
12    areas  of  the  State  in which the concentration of released
13    offenders is the highest. The Department may consult with the
14    Department  of  Human  Services  in  establishing  the  pilot
15    program.

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