HB1579ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Frank J. Mautino

Filed: 3/15/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1579

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1579 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Youth Services Advisory Committee Act.

Section 5. Youth Services Advisory Committee; creation. The Youth Services Advisory Committee is created to advise the General Assembly and the Governor on youth services policy, program, and budgetary matters related to the provision or purchase of youth services. The Committee shall be a public-private partnership to maximize the resources of voluntary sector providers already invested in providing youth services.

Section 10. Composition. The Committee shall be appointed for a 2-year time period. The Governor shall appoint 2 co-chairs. One co-chair shall be the Director of a State agency that provides youth services funding. The other co-chair shall be the Director of a voluntary youth services agency. There shall be 24 members appointed by the Governor, including:

(1) the Director of any State agency that currently provides State funds or oversees federal funds relating to youth services; and

(2) 20 representatives of youth services provider agencies and associations throughout Illinois that represent a range of youth services, including services for homeless youth, community-based youth services, and prevention services.

Section 15. Duties and functions. The purposes and functions of the Committee are:

(1) to develop a comprehensive plan for Illinois youth services;

(2) to identify common and conflicting policies and procedures across State agencies;

(3) to identify service overlaps and gaps in the youth services system to maximize results with available funding;

(4) to determine the extent of available data that informs Illinois and its provider partners about the quality and quantity of youth services; and

(5) to determine how to create a robust data system needed to tie performance and outcomes to available funding.

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