Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB2323

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Illinois Statewide Trauma-Informed Response to Human Trafficking Act. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall maintain a human trafficking unit to coordinate services, initiate prevention efforts, and provide access to resources for case-management staff to serve youth in care who have been determined to be victims of human trafficking or assessed to be at high risk of becoming a victim of human trafficking, as well as ensure a prompt response by the Department to recover youth in care in the custody of law enforcement. Provides that the Department shall incorporate services for all child trafficking victims into the community-based services provided by the Department. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall develop a strategic plan, in consultation with advocates and survivors, to establish a statewide system of identification and response to survivors of human trafficking and recommended levels of funding for phase-in of comprehensive victim-centered, trauma-informed statewide services for victims of human trafficking, including adults and children, and to sex and labor trafficking victims and require victim-centered, trauma-informed human trafficking training for caseworkers, treatment providers, investigators, foster parents, and residential home personnel. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall develop a strategic plan to improve victim-centered, trauma-informed law enforcement response to victims of human trafficking across the State. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall work with the Illinois State Police, local law enforcement, victim-centered, trauma-informed human trafficking service providers, and survivor leaders to develop, curriculum standards for training on victim-centered, trauma-informed detection, investigation, and response to human trafficking victims certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. Amends various other Acts concerning various agencies responsibilities of addressing human trafficking. Effective January 1, 2026.

Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall ensure that all youth in care are screened during the initial integrated assessment (rather than assessed) to identify those who may be at high risk of trafficking, based on experiences of commercial sexual exploitation and other indicators of human trafficking, and ensure that those identified are screened for and, as relevant, provided with specialized services. Deletes provision that reports regarding human trafficking investigations received by the Illinois State Police or a multi-disciplinary task force that include the names or other identifying information of human trafficking victims shall be kept confidential and may not be disclosed by the Illinois State Police or a multi-disciplinary task force. Deletes provisions providing enhanced penalties for involuntary servitude when the victim is a minor. Provides that in determining sentences for involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking in persons, the sentencing court shall take into account the age of the victim or victims.

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