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92_SR0140
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Senate Resolution 41 of the 91st General
3 Assembly created the Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment
4 Task Force to examine the laws of this State to determine
5 whether this State is fulfilling its responsibilities towards
6 its citizens who may need mental health evaluation and
7 treatment; and Senate Resolution 203 of the 91st General
8 Assembly reconvened that Task Force to determines way to
9 improve the treatment of persons with mental illness who are
10 confined in pre-trial detention facilities; and
11 WHEREAS, The laws of this State should also be examined
12 to determine ways to improve the treatment of persons with
13 mental illness in the juvenile justice system; therefore, be
14 it
15 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the members appointed
17 to the Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment Task Force
18 created by Senate Resolution 41 of the 91st General Assembly
19 shall reconvene to examine Illinois laws to determine ways to
20 improve the treatment of persons with mental illness in the
21 juvenile justice system; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That for the purpose of examining Illinois laws
23 pursuant to this resolution, the Task Force shall consist of
24 the following additional members: the Director of Corrections
25 or his or her designee; the State Appellate Defender of his
26 or her designee; a representative of the Illinois Sheriffs'
27 Association; a representative of the John Howard Association;
28 a representative of the Juvenile Justice Project of the
29 University of Chicago Law School, a representative of the
30 Juvenile Justice Initiate; a representative of the Illinois
31 Public Defenders Association; and a representative of the
32 Clinical Evaluation Services Initiative; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its
2 recommendations for the legislature pursuant to this
3 resolution to the Senate no later than January 1, 2002; and
4 be it further
5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall
6 be presented to each member of the Task Force.