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| Public Act 103-0290
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| HB2054 Enrolled | LRB103 05667 RLC 50686 b |
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AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
changing Sections 3-2.5-15 and 3-2.5-100 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15) |
Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption |
of duties of the Juvenile Division. |
(a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the |
rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile |
Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books, |
records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining |
to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections |
shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the |
Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be |
unaffected by this transfer. |
(b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired |
by the Department on or after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who |
participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational |
training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities |
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involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's |
security, welfare and development, or participate in the |
personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, |
supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform |
these duties must: (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a |
high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any |
bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or |
university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
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direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
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coaching, case management, or mentoring. This requirement |
shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and |
maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact |
with youth. The degree requirements specified in this |
subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide |
vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the |
skill for which they are providing the vocational training. |
(c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to |
personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly. |
(d) The Department shall be under the direction of the |
Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code. |
(e) The Director shall organize divisions within the |
Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and |
personnel as required by law. The Director may create other |
divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and |
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personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the |
functions and responsibilities vested by law in the |
Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office |
of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers, |
duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that |
administrative services and administrative facilities are |
provided by a shared administrative service center. Where |
possible, shared services which impact youth should be done |
with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may |
include, but are not limited to, all of the following |
functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing, |
human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection |
and analysis, information technology, internal investigations, |
intelligence, legislative services, emergency response |
capability, statewide transportation services, and general |
office support. |
(f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into |
intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors |
adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of |
Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact |
incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the |
Counties Code.
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(g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with |
the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures |
provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act. |
(h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a |
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wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff |
and service providers within the Department of Juvenile |
Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall |
establish response teams to provide support to employees and |
staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not |
duty-related and provide training to response team members. |
The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any |
Department employee or service provider, including contractual |
employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may |
include information sharing, education and activities designed |
to support health and well-being within the Department's |
environment. Access to
wellness response team support shall be |
voluntary and remain confidential. |
(Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
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(730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100) |
Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge. |
(a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the |
Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set |
out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless |
sooner terminated under subsection (b) of this Section, as |
otherwise provided by law, or as ordered by the court. The |
aftercare release term of youth committed to the Department as |
a habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815 or |
5-820 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall continue until |
the youth's 21st birthday unless sooner terminated under |
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subsection (c) of this Section, as otherwise provided by law, |
or as ordered by the court. |
(b) Provided that the youth is in compliance with the |
terms and conditions of his or her aftercare release, the |
Department of Juvenile Justice may reduce the period of a |
releasee's aftercare release by 90 days upon the releasee |
receiving a high school diploma or upon passage of high school |
equivalency testing during the period of his or her aftercare |
release. This reduction in the period of a youth's term of |
aftercare release shall be available only to youth who have |
not previously earned a high school diploma or who have not |
previously passed high school equivalency testing. |
(c) The Department of Juvenile Justice may discharge a |
youth from aftercare release and his or her commitment to the |
Department in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 5-750 |
of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if it determines that he or |
she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another |
offense.
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(d) Upon the discharge of a youth, the Department may
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continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months
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to allow the youth to participate in vocational,
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rehabilitative, or supportive programs. The continuance of
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services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or
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guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice. |
(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
