Full Text of HB3284 99th 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 | | Opportunities for At-Risk Women Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Task Force. There is created within the | 7 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity the Task Force | 8 | | on Opportunities for At-Risk Women, composed of the following | 9 | | members: | 10 | | (1) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 11 | | Representatives; | 12 | | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 13 | | House of Representatives; | 14 | | (3) one member appointed by the President of the Senate; | 15 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 16 | | Senate; | 17 | | (5) the Secretary of State, or his or her designee; | 18 | | (6) the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice | 19 | | Information Authority, or his or her designee; | 20 | | (7) the Director of the Department of Children and Family | 21 | | Services, or his or her designee; | 22 | | (8) the Director of the Department of Commerce and Economic | 23 | | Opportunity, or his or her designee; |
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| 1 | | (9) the Director of the Department of Employment Security, | 2 | | or his or her designee; | 3 | | (10) the Director of the Department of Healthcare and | 4 | | Family Services, or his or her designee; | 5 | | (11) the Executive Director of the Community College Board, | 6 | | or his or her designee; | 7 | | (12) the Superintendent of the State Board of Education, or | 8 | | his or her designee; and | 9 | | (13) such other members as the Governor may appoint, who | 10 | | shall be experts with the following backgrounds: educators, | 11 | | prison officials, 21st Century programmers or other after | 12 | | school tutoring programs that are implemented in other counties | 13 | | throughout Illinois, community organization service providers, | 14 | | local college personnel, healthcare personnel, housing | 15 | | authority personnel, and addiction and recovery personnel. | 16 | | Members shall serve for 4-year terms and may be | 17 | | reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled by the respective | 18 | | appointing authorities for the remainder of the current term. | 19 | | Members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed | 20 | | for reasonable expenses from funds appropriated for that | 21 | | purpose. | 22 | | Members shall elect from their number a chairperson, and | 23 | | such other officers as they may choose, for a 2-year term. The | 24 | | Task Force shall meet at the call of the chair, but not less | 25 | | than twice per year. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 26 | | Opportunity shall provide administrative support, technical |
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| 1 | | assistance, meeting space, and funding to the Task Force. | 2 | | Section 10. Duties of the Task Force. | 3 | | (a) The Task Force shall strategize and design a plan for | 4 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to partner | 5 | | and outsource with State and local governmental agencies, | 6 | | companies, and organizations that aid in helping at-risk women | 7 | | and their families become successful productive citizens. | 8 | | (b) This partnership will include material distribution of | 9 | | available resources offered in their communities as well as | 10 | | referrals to organizations and companies that provide | 11 | | necessary services to aide in their success. The following are | 12 | | targeted areas of assistance and outsourcing: housing | 13 | | assistance; educational information on enhancement and | 14 | | advancement; parenting and family bonding classes; financial | 15 | | education and literacy, including budgeting; quality | 16 | | afterschool programming, including tutoring; self-esteem and | 17 | | empowerment classes; healthy relationships classes for the | 18 | | entire family, including warning signs and appropriate | 19 | | handling of bullying; integrity classes; social etiquette | 20 | | classes; job preparedness workshops; temperament behavior | 21 | | classes, including anger management; addiction and recovery | 22 | | clinics, including referrals; health education classes; job | 23 | | training opportunities; and the expansion of Redeploy Illinois | 24 | | into Cook County. | 25 | | (c) For the purposes of this Act, "at-risk women" means |
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| 1 | | women who are at increased risk of incarceration because of | 2 | | poverty, abuse, addiction, financial challenges, illiteracy, | 3 | | or other causes. The term "at-risk women" may include, but | 4 | | shall not be limited to, women who have previously been | 5 | | incarcerated. | 6 | | Section 15. Annual report. The Task Force shall report | 7 | | annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on its | 8 | | activities and shall include any recommendations for | 9 | | legislation or rulemaking to facilitate its work in the | 10 | | targeted areas of assistance and outsourcing.
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