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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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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 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended | | 5 |
| by changing Section 17a-5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 505/17a-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5017a-5)
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| Sec. 17a-5.
The Department of Human Services shall be | | 8 |
| successor to the
Department of Children and Family Services in | | 9 |
| the latter Department's capacity
as successor to the Illinois | | 10 |
| Law Enforcement
Commission in the functions of that Commission | | 11 |
| relating to juvenile justice
and the federal Juvenile Justice | | 12 |
| and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
as amended, and shall | | 13 |
| have the powers, duties and functions specified in
this Section | | 14 |
| relating to juvenile justice and the federal Juvenile Justice
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| and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended.
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| (1) Definitions. As used in this Section:
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| (a) "juvenile justice system" means all activities by | | 18 |
| public or private
agencies or persons pertaining to the | | 19 |
| handling of youth involved or having
contact with the | | 20 |
| police, courts or corrections;
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| (b) "unit of general local government" means any | | 22 |
| county, municipality
or other general purpose political | | 23 |
| subdivision of this State;
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| (c) "Commission" means the Illinois Juvenile Justice
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| Commission provided for in Section 17a-9 of this Act.
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| (2) Powers and Duties of Department. The Department of | | 4 |
| Human Services
shall serve as the
official State Planning | | 5 |
| Agency for juvenile justice for the State of Illinois
and in | | 6 |
| that capacity is authorized and empowered to discharge any and | | 7 |
| all
responsibilities imposed on such bodies by the federal | | 8 |
| Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as | | 9 |
| amended, specifically the
deinstitutionalization
of status | | 10 |
| offenders, separation of juveniles and adults in municipal and
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| county jails, removal of juveniles from county and municipal | | 12 |
| jails and
monitoring
of compliance with these mandates. In | | 13 |
| furtherance thereof, the Department
has the powers and duties | | 14 |
| set forth in paragraphs 3 through 15 of this Section:
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| (3) To develop annual comprehensive plans based on analysis | | 16 |
| of juvenile
crime problems and juvenile justice and delinquency | | 17 |
| prevention needs in
the State, for the improvement of juvenile | | 18 |
| justice throughout the State,
such plans to be in accordance | | 19 |
| with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention | | 20 |
| Act of 1974, as amended;
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| (4) To define, develop and correlate programs and projects | | 22 |
| relating to
administration of juvenile justice for the State | | 23 |
| and units of general local
government within the State or for | | 24 |
| combinations of such units for
improvement in law enforcement:
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| (5) To advise, assist and make recommendations to the | | 26 |
| Governor as to how
to achieve a more efficient and effective |
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| juvenile justice system;
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| (5.1) To develop recommendations to ensure the effective | | 3 |
| reintegration of youth offenders into communities to which they | | 4 |
| are returning. The Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission, | | 5 |
| utilizing available information provided by the Department of | | 6 |
| Juvenile Justice, the Prisoner Review Board, the Illinois | | 7 |
| Criminal Justice Information Authority, and any other relevant | | 8 |
| State agency, shall develop by September 30, 2010, a report on | | 9 |
| juveniles who have been the subject of a parole revocation | | 10 |
| within the past year in Illinois. The report shall provide | | 11 |
| information on the number of youth confined in the Department | | 12 |
| of Juvenile Justice for revocation based on a technical parole | | 13 |
| violation, the length of time the youth spent on parole prior | | 14 |
| to the revocation, the nature of the committing offense that | | 15 |
| served as the basis for the original commitment, demographic | | 16 |
| information including age, race, sex, and zip code of the | | 17 |
| underlying offense and the conduct leading to revocation. In | | 18 |
| addition, the Juvenile Justice Commission shall develop | | 19 |
| recommendations to: | | 20 |
| (A) recommend the development of a tracking system to | | 21 |
| provide quarterly statewide reports on youth released from | | 22 |
| the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice including | | 23 |
| lengths of stay in the Illinois Department of Juvenile | | 24 |
| Justice prior to release, length of monitoring | | 25 |
| post-release, pre-release services provided to each youth, | | 26 |
| violations of release conditions including length of |
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| release prior to violation, nature of violation, and | | 2 |
| intermediate sanctions offered prior to violation; | | 3 |
| (B) recommend outcome measures of educational | | 4 |
| attainment, employment, homelessness, recidivism, and | | 5 |
| other appropriate measures that can be used to assess the | | 6 |
| performance of the State of Illinois in operating youth | | 7 |
| offender reentry programs. | | 8 |
| The Juvenile Justice Commission shall include information | | 9 |
| and recommendations on the effectiveness of the State's | | 10 |
| juvenile reentry programming, including progress on the | | 11 |
| recommendations in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph | | 12 |
| (5.1), in its annual submission of recommendations to the | | 13 |
| Governor and the General Assembly on matters relative to its | | 14 |
| function, and in its annual juvenile justice plan. This | | 15 |
| paragraph (5.1) may be cited as the Youth Reentry Improvement | | 16 |
| Law of 2009; | | 17 |
| (6) To act as a central repository for federal, State, | | 18 |
| regional and local
research studies, plans, projects, and | | 19 |
| proposals relating to the improvement
of the juvenile justice | | 20 |
| system;
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| (7) To act as a clearing house for information relating to | | 22 |
| all aspects
of juvenile justice system improvement;
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| (8) To undertake research studies to aid in accomplishing | | 24 |
| its purposes;
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| (9) To establish priorities for the expenditure of funds | | 26 |
| made
available by the United States for the improvement of the |
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| juvenile justice
system throughout the State;
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| (10) To apply for, receive, allocate, disburse, and account | | 3 |
| for grants
of funds made available by the United States | | 4 |
| pursuant to the federal Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency | | 5 |
| Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; and such other
similar | | 6 |
| legislation as may be enacted from time to time in order to | | 7 |
| plan,
establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate projects | | 8 |
| directly or through
grants and contracts with public and | | 9 |
| private agencies for the development
of more effective | | 10 |
| education, training, research, prevention, diversion,
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| treatment and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile | | 12 |
| delinquency
and programs to improve the juvenile justice | | 13 |
| system;
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| (11) To insure that no more than the maximum percentage of | | 15 |
| the total annual
State allotment of juvenile justice funds be | | 16 |
| utilized for the administration
of such funds;
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| (12) To provide at least 66-2/3 per centum of funds | | 18 |
| received by the State
under the Juvenile Justice and | | 19 |
| Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended,
are expended | | 20 |
| through:
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| (a) programs of units of general local government or | | 22 |
| combinations thereof,
to the extent such programs are | | 23 |
| consistent with the State plan; and
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| (b) programs of local private agencies, to the extent | | 25 |
| such programs are
consistent with the State plan;
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| (13) To enter into agreements with the United States |
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| government
which may be required as a condition of obtaining | | 2 |
| federal funds;
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| (14) To enter into contracts and cooperate with units of | | 4 |
| general local
government or combinations of such units, State | | 5 |
| agencies, and private
organizations
of all types, for the | | 6 |
| purpose of carrying out the duties of the Department
imposed by | | 7 |
| this Section or by federal law or
regulations;
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| (15) To exercise all other powers that are reasonable and | | 9 |
| necessary to
fulfill its functions under applicable federal law | | 10 |
| or to further the
purposes of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 13 |
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