Full Text of HB2987 101st General Assembly
HB2987eng 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Protection of Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal
| 6 | | Justice System Task Force Act of 2019. | 7 | | Section 5. Protection of Individuals with Disabilities in
| 8 | | the Criminal Justice System Task Force; members. | 9 | | (a) There is created the Protection of Individuals with
| 10 | | Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System Task Force ("Task
| 11 | | Force") consisting of 25 members, one member appointed by the
| 12 | | Attorney General, one liaison of the Office of the Governor and
| 13 | | 15 other members appointed by the Governor, 2 circuit judges
| 14 | | appointed by the Supreme Court, one member appointed by the
| 15 | | State Treasurer, one member appointed by the Guardianship and
| 16 | | Advocacy Commission, and 4 members of the General Assembly, one
| 17 | | each appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
| 18 | | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
| 19 | | President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
| 20 | | The appointments shall be made within 90 days after the
| 21 | | effective date of this Act. | 22 | | (b) The members shall reflect the racial, ethnic, and
| 23 | | geographic diversity and diversity of disabilities of this
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| 1 | | State and include: | 2 | | (1) Circuit judges who preside over criminal cases; | 3 | | (2) State's Attorneys; | 4 | | (3) Public Defenders; | 5 | | (4) representatives of organizations that advocate for
| 6 | | persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities; | 7 | | (5) representatives of organizations that advocate for
| 8 | | persons with physical disabilities; | 9 | | (6) representatives of organizations that advocate for
| 10 | | persons with mental illness; | 11 | | (7) representatives of organizations that advocate for
| 12 | | adolescents and youth; | 13 | | (8) a representative from the Guardianship and
| 14 | | Advocacy Commission; | 15 | | (9) sheriffs or their designees; | 16 | | (10) chiefs of municipal police departments or their
| 17 | | designees; | 18 | | (11) individuals with disabilities; | 19 | | (12) parents or guardians of individuals with
| 20 | | disabilities; | 21 | | (13) community-based providers of services to persons
| 22 | | with disabilities; | 23 | | (14) a representative of a service coordination
| 24 | | agency; and | 25 | | (15) a representative of an organization that provides | 26 | | independent oversight of correctional facilities. |
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| 1 | | (c) The following State officials shall serve as ex-officio
| 2 | | members of the Task Force: | 3 | | (1) a liaison of the Governor's Office; | 4 | | (2) the Attorney General or his or her designee; | 5 | | (3) the Director of State Police or his or her
| 6 | | designee; | 7 | | (4) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
| 8 | | designee; | 9 | | (5) the Director of Corrections or his or her designee; | 10 | | (6) the Director of Juvenile Justice or his or her
| 11 | | designee; | 12 | | (7) the Director of the Guardianship and Advocacy
| 13 | | Commission or his or her designee; | 14 | | (8) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
| 15 | | Information Authority or his or her designee; and | 16 | | (9) the State Treasurer or his or her designee. | 17 | | (d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
| 18 | | compensation. | 19 | | (e) The Task Force members shall elect one of the appointed
| 20 | | members to serve as a co-chair of the Task Force at the first
| 21 | | meeting of the Task Force. The other co-chair shall be the
| 22 | | liaison of the Governor's Office. | 23 | | (f) The Guardianship and Advocacy Commission shall provide
| 24 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 25 | | Section 10. Task Force duties. The Task Force shall
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| 1 | | consider issues that affect adults and juveniles with
| 2 | | disabilities with respect to their involvement with the police,
| 3 | | detention and confinement in correctional facilities,
| 4 | | representation by counsel, participation in the criminal
| 5 | | justice system, communications with their families, awareness
| 6 | | and accommodations for their disabilities, and concerns for the
| 7 | | safety of the general public and individuals working in the
| 8 | | criminal justice system. The Task Force shall make
| 9 | | recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly
| 10 | | regarding policies, procedures, legislation, and other actions
| 11 | | that can be taken to protect the public safety and the
| 12 | | well-being and rights of individuals with disabilities in the
| 13 | | criminal justice system. | 14 | | Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet at least 4
| 15 | | times, with the first meeting taking place no later than 120
| 16 | | days after the effective date of this Act. | 17 | | Section 20. Report. The Task Force shall submit a report
| 18 | | with its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the
| 19 | | Attorney General, and to the General Assembly on or before
| 20 | | September 30, 2020. | 21 | | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | 22 | | 2022.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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