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1    AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Sections 3-2.5-15 and 3-2.5-100 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15)
7    Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
8of duties of the Juvenile Division.
9    (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
10rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
11Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
12records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
13to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
14shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
15the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
16Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
17Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
18unaffected by this transfer.
19    (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
20by the Department on or after the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
22participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
23training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities

 

 

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1involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
2security, welfare and development, or participate in the
3personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
4supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
5these duties must: (1) be over the age of 21 and (2) have a
6high school diploma or equivalent and either (A) a any
7bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or
8university or (B) 2 or more years of experience providing
9direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
10coaching, case management, or mentoring. This requirement
11shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and
12maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact
13with youth. The degree requirements specified in this
14subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
15vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
16skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
17    (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
18personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
19the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
20Assembly.
21    (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
22Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
23    (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
24Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
25personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
26divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and

 

 

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1personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
2functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
3Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
4of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
5duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
6administrative services and administrative facilities are
7provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
8possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
9with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
10include, but are not limited to, all of the following
11functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
12human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
13and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
14intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
15capability, statewide transportation services, and general
16office support.
17    (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
18intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
19adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
20Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
21incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
22Counties Code.
23    (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
24the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
25provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
26    (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a

 

 

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1wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
2and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
3Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
4establish response teams to provide support to employees and
5staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
6duty-related and provide training to response team members.
7The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
8Department employee or service provider, including contractual
9employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
10include information sharing, education and activities designed
11to support health and well-being within the Department's
12environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
13voluntary and remain confidential.
14(Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
15    (730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-100)
16    Sec. 3-2.5-100. Length of aftercare release; discharge.
17    (a) The aftercare release term of a youth committed to the
18Department under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be as set
19out in Section 5-750 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, unless
20sooner terminated under subsection (b) of this Section, as
21otherwise provided by law, or as ordered by the court. The
22aftercare release term of youth committed to the Department as
23a habitual or violent juvenile offender under Section 5-815 or
245-820 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall continue until
25the youth's 21st birthday unless sooner terminated under

 

 

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1subsection (c) of this Section, as otherwise provided by law,
2or as ordered by the court.
3    (b) Provided that the youth is in compliance with the
4terms and conditions of his or her aftercare release, the
5Department of Juvenile Justice may reduce the period of a
6releasee's aftercare release by 90 days upon the releasee
7receiving a high school diploma or upon passage of high school
8equivalency testing during the period of his or her aftercare
9release. This reduction in the period of a youth's term of
10aftercare release shall be available only to youth who have
11not previously earned a high school diploma or who have not
12previously passed high school equivalency testing.
13    (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice may discharge a
14youth from aftercare release and his or her commitment to the
15Department in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 5-750
16of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, if it determines that he or
17she is likely to remain at liberty without committing another
18offense.
19    (d) Upon the discharge of a youth, the Department may
20continue to provide services to the youth for up to 12 months
21to allow the youth to participate in vocational,
22rehabilitative, or supportive programs. The continuance of
23services may be requested by the youth, the youth's parent or
24guardian, or the Director of Juvenile Justice.
25(Source: P.A. 99-628, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.