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Full Text of HB0622  95th General Assembly

HB0622ham001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Human Services Committee

Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 22, 2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 622

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 622 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
 
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:
 
7     (20 ILCS 310/310-5)  (was 20 ILCS 5/9.29)
8     Sec. 310-5. Powers under certain Acts.
9     (a) The Department of Human Services, as successor to the
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.
2         (2) The Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
3         (3) The Community Mental Health Act.
4         (4) The Community Services Act.
5         (5) The Methamphetamine Control and Community
6     Protection Act.
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.
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:
15         (1) coordinating training, technical assistance, and
16     overall support to drug courts in Illinois;
17         (2) assisting in the development of new drug courts and
18     advising local partnerships on appropriate practices;
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
22         (4) acting as a liaison between the State and the
23     Illinois Association of Drug Court Professionals.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-556, eff. 9-11-05.)
 
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)
3     Sec. 5.675. Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Fund.".