102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

State of Illinois

 

2021 and 2022   

HB0598

 

Introduced 2/8/2021,  by Rep. Norine K. Hammond - Tony McCombie

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 

Appropriates $20,000,000 to the Department of Human Services to provide grants to county sheriffs, $10,000,000 for mental health and substance use disorder treatment for prisoners incarcerated in county jails and $10,000,000 for job reentry training and transportation to training sites of prisoners incarcerated in county jails. Effective July 1, 2021.

 

 

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    AN ACT making appropriations.

 

        Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

 

    Section 5. The amount of $20,000,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services as follows:

    (1) $10,000,000 for grants to county sheriffs to pay for the costs of mental health and substance use disorder treatment for prisoners incarcerated in county jails.

    (2) $10,000,000 for grants to county sheriffs to pay for the costs of job reentry training and transportation to training facilities for prisoners incarcerated in county jails.

 

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2021.