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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,
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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
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| 6 | Justice System Task Force Act of 2019. | ||||||
| 7 | Section 5. Protection of Individuals with Disabilities in
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| 8 | the Criminal Justice System Task Force; members. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) There is created the Protection of Individuals with
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| 10 | Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System Task Force ("Task
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| 11 | Force") consisting of 25 members, one member appointed by the
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| 12 | Attorney General, one liaison of the Office of the Governor and
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| 13 | 15 other members appointed by the Governor, 2 circuit judges
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| 14 | appointed by the Supreme Court, one member appointed by the
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| 15 | State Treasurer, one member appointed by the Guardianship and
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| 16 | Advocacy Commission, and 4 members of the General Assembly, one
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| 17 | each appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
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| 18 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
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| 19 | President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate.
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| 20 | The appointments shall be made within 90 days after the
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| 21 | effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) The members shall reflect the racial, ethnic, and
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| 23 | geographic diversity and diversity of disabilities of this
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| 1 | State and include: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) Circuit judges who preside over criminal cases; | ||||||
| 3 | (2) State's Attorneys; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) Public Defenders; | ||||||
| 5 | (4) representatives of organizations that advocate for
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| 6 | persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities; | ||||||
| 7 | (5) representatives of organizations that advocate for
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| 8 | persons with physical disabilities; | ||||||
| 9 | (6) representatives of organizations that advocate for
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| 10 | persons with mental illness; | ||||||
| 11 | (7) representatives of organizations that advocate for
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| 12 | adolescents and youth; | ||||||
| 13 | (8) a representative from the Guardianship and
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| 14 | Advocacy Commission; | ||||||
| 15 | (9) sheriffs or their designees; | ||||||
| 16 | (10) chiefs of municipal police departments or their
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| 17 | designees; | ||||||
| 18 | (11) individuals with disabilities; | ||||||
| 19 | (12) parents or guardians of individuals with
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| 20 | disabilities; | ||||||
| 21 | (13) community-based providers of services to persons
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| 22 | with disabilities; | ||||||
| 23 | (14) a representative of a service coordination
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| 24 | agency; and | ||||||
| 25 | (15) a representative of an organization that provides | ||||||
| 26 | independent oversight of correctional facilities. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) The following State officials shall serve as ex-officio
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| 2 | members of the Task Force: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) a liaison of the Governor's Office; | ||||||
| 4 | (2) the Attorney General or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 5 | (3) the Director of State Police or his or her
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| 6 | designee; | ||||||
| 7 | (4) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
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| 8 | designee; | ||||||
| 9 | (5) the Director of Corrections or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 10 | (6) the Director of Juvenile Justice or his or her
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| 11 | designee; | ||||||
| 12 | (7) the Director of the Guardianship and Advocacy
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| 13 | Commission or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 14 | (8) the Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
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| 15 | Information Authority or his or her designee; and | ||||||
| 16 | (9) the State Treasurer or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
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| 18 | compensation. | ||||||
| 19 | (e) The Task Force members shall elect one of the appointed
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| 20 | members to serve as a co-chair of the Task Force at the first
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| 21 | meeting of the Task Force. The other co-chair shall be the
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| 22 | liaison of the Governor's Office. | ||||||
| 23 | (f) The Guardianship and Advocacy Commission shall provide
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| 24 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 25 | Section 10. Task Force duties. The Task Force shall
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| 1 | consider issues that affect adults and juveniles with
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| 2 | disabilities with respect to their involvement with the police,
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| 3 | detention and confinement in correctional facilities,
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| 4 | representation by counsel, participation in the criminal
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| 5 | justice system, communications with their families, awareness
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| 6 | and accommodations for their disabilities, and concerns for the
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| 7 | safety of the general public and individuals working in the
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| 8 | criminal justice system. The Task Force shall make
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| 9 | recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly
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| 10 | regarding policies, procedures, legislation, and other actions
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| 11 | that can be taken to protect the public safety and the
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| 12 | well-being and rights of individuals with disabilities in the
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| 13 | criminal justice system. | ||||||
| 14 | Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet at least 4
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| 15 | times, with the first meeting taking place no later than 120
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| 16 | days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 17 | Section 20. Report. The Task Force shall submit a report
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| 18 | with its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the
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| 19 | Attorney General, and to the General Assembly on or before
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| 20 | September 30, 2020. | ||||||
| 21 | Section 25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||||||
| 22 | 2022.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
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| 1 | becoming law.
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