Bill Text: IL SB3760 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Youth Budget Commission is an advisory body.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3760 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB3760-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 50-28 as follows:
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7 | (15 ILCS 20/50-28) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 50-28. Youth Budget Commission. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Adolescent" or "youth" means a person between the ages of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | 8 and 25 years. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Commission" means the Youth Budget Commission established | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | under this Section. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Service models" include the following tiers of service | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | delivered to adolescents and their families: | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) Prevention: support for at-risk youth (deterrence, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | prevention of harm, extra supports). | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) Treatment/intervention: respond to significant | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | challenges in need of direct intervention to change, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | resolve or reverse behaviors, conditions, or both. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (3) Corrective/rehabilitation: correct or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | rehabilitate acute behaviors or conditions that pose a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | physical or psychological danger or threat to adolescents. |
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1 | (4) Positive Youth Development: build individual | ||||||
2 | assets and increase competencies. | ||||||
3 | "Youth developmental goals" are defined as the outcomes of | ||||||
4 | stable, safe, healthy, educated, employable, and connected, | ||||||
5 | which align with the following Budgeting for Results goals: | ||||||
6 | (1) Stable: meeting the needs of the most vulnerable; | ||||||
7 | increasing individual and family stability and | ||||||
8 | self-sufficiency. | ||||||
9 | (2) Safe: creating safer communities. | ||||||
10 | (3) Healthy: improving the overall health of | ||||||
11 | Illinoisans. | ||||||
12 | (4) Educated: improving school readiness and student | ||||||
13 | success for all. | ||||||
14 | (5) Employable: increasing employment and attracting, | ||||||
15 | retaining and growing businesses. | ||||||
16 | (6) Connected: strengthening cultural and | ||||||
17 | environmental vitality. | ||||||
18 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the Governor shall establish | ||||||
19 | the Youth Budget Commission as an advisory body with the goal | ||||||
20 | of producing an annual fiscal scan. The fiscal scan, under the | ||||||
21 | direction of the Commission, shall be used to advise the | ||||||
22 | Governor and General Assembly, as well as State agencies, on | ||||||
23 | ways to improve and expand existing policies, services, | ||||||
24 | programs, and opportunities for adolescents. The Governor's | ||||||
25 | Office of Management and Budget shall post a link to the fiscal | ||||||
26 | scan on its website. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year |
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1 | thereafter, the Commission established under this Section, | ||||||
2 | shall complete an analysis of enacted State budget items which | ||||||
3 | directly impact adolescents. This analysis will categorize | ||||||
4 | budget items by the 6 identified youth developmental goals and | ||||||
5 | 4 service models. The analysis will include State agency | ||||||
6 | expenditures associated with these categories. General State | ||||||
7 | Aid and federal funds such as Medicaid will be excluded from | ||||||
8 | the analysis. | ||||||
9 | The Commission shall also be responsible for: (1) | ||||||
10 | monitoring and commenting on existing and proposed legislation | ||||||
11 | and programs designed to address the needs of adolescents; (2) | ||||||
12 | assisting State agencies in developing programs, services, | ||||||
13 | public policies, and research strategies that will expand and | ||||||
14 | enhance the well-being of adolescents; (3) facilitating the | ||||||
15 | participation of and representation of adolescents in the | ||||||
16 | development, implementation, and planning of policies, | ||||||
17 | programs, and community-based services; and (4) promoting | ||||||
18 | research efforts to document the impact of policies and | ||||||
19 | programs on adolescents. | ||||||
20 | (c) The Commission shall collaborate with State agencies, | ||||||
21 | including the Illinois State Board of Education, the | ||||||
22 | Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and | ||||||
23 | Family Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
24 | Opportunity, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the | ||||||
25 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department | ||||||
26 | of Public Health, the Illinois Community College Board, the |
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1 | Department of Juvenile Justice, the Illinois Criminal Justice | ||||||
2 | Information Authority, the Department of Military Affairs, the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Arts Council, the Department of Corrections, the | ||||||
4 | Board of Higher Education, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy | ||||||
5 | Commission, Department on Aging, and others. | ||||||
6 | (d) The Commission shall be comprised of 15 members | ||||||
7 | appointed by the Governor. Each member shall have a working | ||||||
8 | knowledge of youth development, human services, and economic | ||||||
9 | public policy in Illinois. One chairperson shall be a | ||||||
10 | representative of a statewide nonprofit children and family | ||||||
11 | services organization who has previously completed a similar | ||||||
12 | analysis of the Illinois State budget. The other chairperson | ||||||
13 | shall be a member of the General Assembly. Of the remaining | ||||||
14 | members: | ||||||
15 | (1) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
16 | that has expertise in the needs of low-income youth; | ||||||
17 | (2) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
18 | that has expertise in the needs of youth of color; | ||||||
19 | (3) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
20 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are | ||||||
21 | immigrants or are children of immigrants; | ||||||
22 | (4) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
23 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who identify as | ||||||
24 | LGBTQ, gender non-conforming, or both; | ||||||
25 | (5) at least one member representing an organization | ||||||
26 | that has expertise in the needs of youth who are |
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