Human Services Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 22, 2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 622
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 622 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Human Services (Alcoholism | ||||||
5 | and Substance Abuse)
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
6 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 310-5 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 310/310-5) (was 20 ILCS 5/9.29)
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8 | Sec. 310-5. Powers under certain Acts.
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9 | (a) The Department of Human
Services, as successor to the
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10 | Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, shall exercise, | ||||||
11 | administer,
and enforce all rights, powers, and duties formerly | ||||||
12 | vested in the
Department of Mental Health and Developmental | ||||||
13 | Disabilities by the following
named Acts or Sections of those | ||||||
14 | Acts as they pertain to
the provision of alcoholism services | ||||||
15 | and the Dangerous Drugs
Commission:
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1 | (1) The Cannabis Control Act.
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2 | (2) The Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
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3 | (3) The Community Mental Health Act.
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4 | (4) The Community Services Act.
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5 | (5) The Methamphetamine Control and Community | ||||||
6 | Protection Act.
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7 | (b) Any person who is required to submit to a drug test in | ||||||
8 | the State for any reason must pay a $2 fee to the person or | ||||||
9 | entity administering the test, except if the person is tested | ||||||
10 | under the requirements of the Omnibus Transportation Employee | ||||||
11 | Testing Act of 1991. Moneys collected under this subsection | ||||||
12 | shall be distributed as follows. | ||||||
13 | (1) If the drug test is performed pursuant to a court | ||||||
14 | order by a local probation department or TASC in a county | ||||||
15 | that has established a drug court, the moneys collected | ||||||
16 | shall be remitted to the county treasurer who shall deposit | ||||||
17 | the moneys into a special fund created for the operation of | ||||||
18 | the county drug court. | ||||||
19 | (2) All other moneys collected under this subsection | ||||||
20 | shall be remitted to the Department of Human Services and | ||||||
21 | deposited into the Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Fund, | ||||||
22 | a special fund created in the State treasury. Moneys in the | ||||||
23 | Fund shall be used by the Department of Human Services to | ||||||
24 | make grants to qualified drugs courts that are now or | ||||||
25 | hereafter established. Grant moneys may be used for the | ||||||
26 | following purposes: (i) treatment or other clinical |
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1 | intervention through an appropriately licensed provider; | ||||||
2 | (ii) monitoring, supervision, and clinical case management | ||||||
3 | via probation, TASC, or both; (iii) transportation of the | ||||||
4 | offender to required appointments; (iv) interdisciplinary | ||||||
5 | and other training of both clinical and legal professionals | ||||||
6 | who are involved in the local drug court; (v) other | ||||||
7 | activities including data collection related to drug court | ||||||
8 | operation and purchase of software or other administrative | ||||||
9 | tools to assist in the overall management of the local | ||||||
10 | system; or (vi) court appointed special advocate programs.
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11 | (c) The position of Statewide Drug Court Coordinator is | ||||||
12 | created as a full-time position within the Division of | ||||||
13 | Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. The Statewide Drug Court | ||||||
14 | Coordinator shall be responsible for the following:
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15 | (1) coordinating training, technical assistance, and | ||||||
16 | overall support to drug courts in Illinois;
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17 | (2) assisting in the development of new drug courts and | ||||||
18 | advising local partnerships on appropriate practices;
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19 | (3) collecting data from local drug court partnerships | ||||||
20 | on drug court operation and aggregating that data into an | ||||||
21 | annual report to be presented to the General Assembly; and
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22 | (4) acting as a liaison between the State and the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
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25 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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1 | Section 5.675 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
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3 | Sec. 5.675. Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Fund. ".
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