103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3760

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-28

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Youth Budget Commission is an advisory body.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
650-28 as follows:
 
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
118 and 25 years.
12    "Commission" means the Youth Budget Commission established
13under this Section.
14    "Service models" include the following tiers of service
15delivered 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
4stable, safe, healthy, educated, employable, and connected,
5which 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
19the Youth Budget Commission as an advisory body with the goal
20of producing an annual fiscal scan. The fiscal scan, under the
21direction of the Commission, shall be used to advise the
22Governor and General Assembly, as well as State agencies, on
23ways to improve and expand existing policies, services,
24programs, and opportunities for adolescents. The Governor's
25Office of Management and Budget shall post a link to the fiscal
26scan on its website. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year

 

 

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1thereafter, the Commission established under this Section,
2shall complete an analysis of enacted State budget items which
3directly impact adolescents. This analysis will categorize
4budget items by the 6 identified youth developmental goals and
54 service models. The analysis will include State agency
6expenditures associated with these categories. General State
7Aid and federal funds such as Medicaid will be excluded from
8the analysis.
9    The Commission shall also be responsible for: (1)
10monitoring and commenting on existing and proposed legislation
11and programs designed to address the needs of adolescents; (2)
12assisting State agencies in developing programs, services,
13public policies, and research strategies that will expand and
14enhance the well-being of adolescents; (3) facilitating the
15participation of and representation of adolescents in the
16development, implementation, and planning of policies,
17programs, and community-based services; and (4) promoting
18research efforts to document the impact of policies and
19programs on adolescents.
20    (c) The Commission shall collaborate with State agencies,
21including the Illinois State Board of Education, the
22Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and
23Family Services, the Department of Commerce and Economic
24Opportunity, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the
25Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department
26of Public Health, the Illinois Community College Board, the

 

 

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1Department of Juvenile Justice, the Illinois Criminal Justice
2Information Authority, the Department of Military Affairs, the
3Illinois Arts Council, the Department of Corrections, the
4Board of Higher Education, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy
5Commission, Department on Aging, and others.
6    (d) The Commission shall be comprised of 15 members
7appointed by the Governor. Each member shall have a working
8knowledge of youth development, human services, and economic
9public policy in Illinois. One chairperson shall be a
10representative of a statewide nonprofit children and family
11services organization who has previously completed a similar
12analysis of the Illinois State budget. The other chairperson
13shall be a member of the General Assembly. Of the remaining
14members:
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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1    disconnected from traditional educational systems;
2        (6) at least one member representing an organization
3    that has expertise in the needs of youth who are
4    experiencing homelessness; and
5        (7) at least one member representing an organization
6    that has expertise in the needs of youth and young adults
7    involved with the justice system.
8    Commission members shall reflect regional representation
9to ensure that the needs of adolescents throughout the State
10of Illinois are met. Members will serve without compensation,
11but shall be reimbursed for Commission-related expenses. Of
12the initial members appointed under this Section: 5 members
13shall serve for a 3-year term; 5 members shall serve for a
144-year term; and 5 members shall serve for a 5-year term. Their
15successors shall serve for 5-year terms.
16    (e) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall
17provide administrative support to the Commission.
18(Source: P.A. 100-818, eff. 8-13-18.)