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| 1 | | (a) In this Section, "human trafficking" means a violation |
| 2 | | or attempted violation of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of |
| 3 | | 2012. Human trafficking includes trafficking of children and |
| 4 | | adults for both labor and sex services. |
| 5 | | (b) The Department of Human Services shall: |
| 6 | | (1) on or before December 31, 2025, develop and submit |
| 7 | | a strategic plan to the Governor and General Assembly to |
| 8 | | establish a statewide system of identification and |
| 9 | | response to survivors of human trafficking and recommended |
| 10 | | levels of funding for phase-in of comprehensive |
| 11 | | victim-centered, trauma-informed statewide services for |
| 12 | | victims of human trafficking, including adults, youth and |
| 13 | | children, and to sex and labor trafficking victims |
| 14 | | regardless of immigration or legal status. The plan shall |
| 15 | | be developed in consultation with survivors, human |
| 16 | | trafficking service providers, and State agencies |
| 17 | | including the Department of Human Services, Department of |
| 18 | | Children and Family Services, Illinois State Police, and |
| 19 | | Department of Labor. The Department of Human Services |
| 20 | | shall also solicit input from a broad range of partners |
| 21 | | with relevant expertise in the areas of: housing and |
| 22 | | shelter; youth crisis response; adult and pediatric |
| 23 | | healthcare; substance use disorders, behavioral and mental |
| 24 | | health; legal and immigration services; disability; |
| 25 | | domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy; law |
| 26 | | enforcement; justice system including the Office of the |
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| 1 | | State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, prosecutors and |
| 2 | | public defenders, county detention centers, probation |
| 3 | | court services, and the Administrative Office of the |
| 4 | | Illinois Courts; State agencies, including the Department |
| 5 | | of Juvenile Justice, Department of Public Health, |
| 6 | | Department of Corrections, and Illinois Criminal Justice |
| 7 | | Information Authority; and federally funded and regional |
| 8 | | multi-disciplinary human trafficking task forces; . |
| 9 | | (2) within one calendar year of the release of federal |
| 10 | | standards on or before July 1, 2026, develop service |
| 11 | | standards for organizations providing victim services to |
| 12 | | survivors of human trafficking based upon victim-centered, |
| 13 | | trauma-informed best practices in consultation with |
| 14 | | survivors and experts in the field and consistent with |
| 15 | | standards developed by the United States Department of |
| 16 | | Justice, Office of Victims of Crime; |
| 17 | | (3) within one calendar year of the release of federal |
| 18 | | standards on or before October 1, 2026, develop |
| 19 | | standardized training curriculum for individuals who |
| 20 | | provide advocacy, counseling, mental health, substance use |
| 21 | | disorder, homelessness, immigration, legal, and |
| 22 | | case-management services for survivors of human |
| 23 | | trafficking with input from survivors and experts in the |
| 24 | | field; |
| 25 | | (4) provide consultation to State professional |
| 26 | | associations in the development of trainings for |
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| 1 | | healthcare professionals, including those in training, and |
| 2 | | attorneys who are likely to provide services to survivors |
| 3 | | of human trafficking; and |
| 4 | | (5) provide consultation to State agencies, including, |
| 5 | | but not limited to, the Department of Children and Family |
| 6 | | Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the |
| 7 | | Department of Corrections, to assist with development of |
| 8 | | training and screening tools. |
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 104-159 (See Section 99 of P.A. 104-159); |
| 10 | | revised 10-7-25.) |
| 11 | | Article 910. |
| 12 | | Section 910-995. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act |
| 13 | | makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by |
| 14 | | text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a |
| 15 | | Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that |
| 16 | | text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the |
| 17 | | changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any |
| 18 | | other Public Act.". |