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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Protection of Individuals with Disabilities in the Criminal | ||||||
| 6 | Justice System Task Force Act. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Protection of Individuals With Disabilities in | ||||||
| 8 | the Criminal Justice System Task Force; members.
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| 9 | (a) There is created the Protection of Individuals with | ||||||
| 10 | Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System Task Force ("Task | ||||||
| 11 | Force") consisting of 24 members, 10 appointed by the Attorney | ||||||
| 12 | General, 10 appointed by the Governor, and one each appointed | ||||||
| 13 | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority | ||||||
| 14 | Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the | ||||||
| 15 | Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate. The appointments | ||||||
| 16 | shall be made within 90 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 17 | Act. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) The members shall reflect the racial, ethnic, and | ||||||
| 19 | geographic diversity and diversity of disabilities of
this | ||||||
| 20 | State and include: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) Judges who preside over criminal cases; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) State's Attorneys; | ||||||
| 23 | (3) Public Defenders; | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) representatives
of organizations that advocate for | ||||||
| 2 | persons with developmental and
intellectual disabilities; | ||||||
| 3 | (5) representatives of organizations that
advocate for | ||||||
| 4 | persons with physical disabilities; | ||||||
| 5 | (6) representatives
of organizations that advocate for | ||||||
| 6 | persons with mental illness; | ||||||
| 7 | (7)
representatives of organizations that advocate for | ||||||
| 8 | adolescents and youth; | ||||||
| 9 | (8) a representative from the State's Protection and | ||||||
| 10 | Advocacy agency; | ||||||
| 11 | (9) Sheriffs or their designees; | ||||||
| 12 | (10) Chiefs of municipal police departments or their | ||||||
| 13 | designees; | ||||||
| 14 | (11) individuals with disabilities; | ||||||
| 15 | (12) parents or guardians of individuals with | ||||||
| 16 | disabilities; | ||||||
| 17 | (13) community-based providers of
services to persons | ||||||
| 18 | with disabilities; and | ||||||
| 19 | (14) a representative of a service coordination | ||||||
| 20 | agency. | ||||||
| 21 | (c) The following State officials shall serve as ex-officio | ||||||
| 22 | members of the Task Force: | ||||||
| 23 | (1) a liaison of the Governor's Office; | ||||||
| 24 | (2) the Attorney General or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 25 | (3) the Director of State Police or his or her | ||||||
| 26 | designee; | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||||||
| 2 | designee; | ||||||
| 3 | (5) the Director of Corrections or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 4 | (6) the Director of Juvenile Justice or his or her | ||||||
| 5 | designee; | ||||||
| 6 | (7) the Director of the Guardianship and Advocacy | ||||||
| 7 | Commission or his or her designee; and | ||||||
| 8 | (8) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice | ||||||
| 9 | Information Authority or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 10 | (d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 11 | compensation. | ||||||
| 12 | (e) The Task Force members shall elect one of the appointed | ||||||
| 13 | members to serve as a co-chair of the Task Force at the first | ||||||
| 14 | meeting of the Task Force. The other co-chair shall be the | ||||||
| 15 | liaison of the Governor's Office. | ||||||
| 16 | (f) The Office of the Attorney General shall provide | ||||||
| 17 | administrative and other support to the Task Force.
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| 18 | Section 10. Task Force duties. The Task Force shall | ||||||
| 19 | consider issues that affect adults and juveniles with | ||||||
| 20 | disabilities with respect to their involvement with the police, | ||||||
| 21 | detention and confinement in correctional facilities, | ||||||
| 22 | representation by counsel, participation in the criminal | ||||||
| 23 | justice system, communications with their families, awareness | ||||||
| 24 | and accommodations for their disabilities, and concerns for the | ||||||
| 25 | safety of the general public and individuals working in the | ||||||
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| 1 | criminal justice system. The Task Force shall make | ||||||
| 2 | recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly | ||||||
| 3 | regarding policies, procedures, legislation, and other actions | ||||||
| 4 | that can be taken to protect the public safety and the | ||||||
| 5 | well-being and rights of individuals with disabilities in the | ||||||
| 6 | criminal justice system. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet at least 4 | ||||||
| 8 | times, with the first meeting taking place no later than 120 | ||||||
| 9 | days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 10 | Section 20. Report. The Task Force shall submit a report | ||||||
| 11 | with its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the | ||||||
| 12 | Attorney General, and to the General Assembly on or before | ||||||
| 13 | March 31, 2018. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 30, 2018.
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| 15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 16 | becoming law.
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