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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended |
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| by adding Section 10-32 as follows: |
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| (20 ILCS 1305/10-32 new) |
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| Sec. 10-32. Task Force on the Condition of African American |
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| Men in Illinois. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that African |
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| American men: (1) are disproportionately less likely to |
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| complete high school and to obtain a post-secondary education; |
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| (2) are more likely to be incarcerated or on parole; (3) are |
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| more likely to have lower lifetime economic earnings; (4) are |
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| more likely to have been a part of the child welfare |
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| population; (5) are more likely to have a shorter life |
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| expectancy; and (6) are more likely to have health problems, |
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| such as HIV/AIDS, drug dependency, heart disease, obesity, and |
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| diabetes. The General Assembly further finds and declares that |
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| the State of Illinois has a compelling interest in determining |
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| the causes of these problems and in developing appropriate |
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| remedies. |
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| (b) The Task Force on the Condition of African American Men |
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| in Illinois is created within the Department of Human Services. |
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| Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly, the President of the Senate, the |
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of |
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| the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of |
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| Representatives shall each appoint 2 members to the Task Force. |
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| In addition, the Director or Secretary of each of the |
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| following, or his or her designee, are members: the Department |
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| of Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the |
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| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the |
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| Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of |
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| Human Rights, the Illinois State Board of Education, the |
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| Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Community |
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| College Board. Members shall not receive compensation, but |
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| shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses from |
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| appropriations made for that purpose. The Department of Human |
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| Services shall provide staff and other assistance to the Task |
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| Force. |
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| (c) The purposes of the Task Force are as follows: to |
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| determine the causal factors for the condition of African |
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| American men; to inventory State programs and initiatives that |
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| serve to improve the condition of African American men; to |
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| identify gaps in services to African American men; and to |
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| develop strategies to reduce duplication of services and to |
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| maximize coordination between State agencies, providers, and |
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| educational institutions, including developing benchmarks to |
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| measure progress. |