Full Text of HB5969 99th General Assembly
HB5969ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Arthur Turner Filed: 11/29/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5969
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5969 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, the terms | 7 | | "research center" and "center" means the Impact of | 8 | | Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research Center. | 9 | | Section 10. Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public | 10 | | Health Research Center. | 11 | | (a) An Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health | 12 | | Research Center to study the impact of crime-related violence | 13 | | on the public health of vulnerable and diverse populations in | 14 | | the State is established to be administered by the University | 15 | | of
Illinois under the following principles: |
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| 1 | | (1) Interdisciplinary work of the center shall address | 2 | | the
following: | 3 | | (A) The nature of crime-related violence, | 4 | | including individual and
societal determinants of risk | 5 | | for involvement in crime-related violence,
whether as | 6 | | a victim or a perpetrator. | 7 | | (B) The individual, community, and societal public | 8 | | health consequences and economic impact of
| 9 | | crime-related violence, including clinical care, | 10 | | long-term care consequences for victims, health | 11 | | services research, medical education, and | 12 | | community-based studies, with the goal of improving | 13 | | the health of the citizens of this State by the | 14 | | significant reduction of crime-related violence. | 15 | | (C) Prevention and treatment of crime-related | 16 | | violence at the
individual, community, and societal | 17 | | levels. | 18 | | (2) The center shall conduct basic, translational, and
| 19 | | transformative research with a mission to provide the | 20 | | scientific
evidence on which sound crime-related violence | 21 | | prevention policies and
programs can be based. Its research | 22 | | shall include, but is not limited to, the
effectiveness of | 23 | | existing laws and policies intended to reduce | 24 | | crime-related violence, including, but not limited to, the | 25 | | criminal misuse of a weapon, and efforts to reduce and | 26 | | deter any criminally violent activities. |
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| 1 | | (3) The center shall work on a continuing basis with
| 2 | | policymakers in the General Assembly and State agencies to | 3 | | identify,
implement, and evaluate innovative crime-related | 4 | | violence prevention
policies and programs. | 5 | | (4) To help ensure a long-term and successful effort to
| 6 | | understand and prevent crime-related violence, the center | 7 | | shall recruit
and provide specialized training | 8 | | opportunities for new researchers,
including experienced | 9 | | investigators in related fields who are
beginning work on | 10 | | crime-related violence, young investigators who have
| 11 | | completed their education, postdoctoral scholars, doctoral | 12 | | students,
and undergraduates. | 13 | | (5) The center may enter into contracts or agreements | 14 | | with any agency or department
of the State of Illinois or | 15 | | any other state or states' agencies, private universities, | 16 | | organizations, or institutions, or the United States to | 17 | | carry out the provisions
of this Act. | 18 | | (6) The center may receive and disburse funds in | 19 | | accordance with the purposes stated
in this Act. | 20 | | (b) On or before
December 31, 2018, and every 5 years | 21 | | thereafter, the University
of Illinois shall transmit | 22 | | programmatic, as well as financial, reports
to the General | 23 | | Assembly and the Governor, including a report on the grants | 24 | | made, pending grants,
program accomplishments, and the future | 25 | | direction of the research center. | 26 | | (c) Subject to the conditions and requirements established
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| 1 | | elsewhere in law, State agencies, including, but not
limited | 2 | | to, the Department of State Police, the Department of
Public | 3 | | Health, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and | 4 | | the
Secretary of State, and local agencies, including, but not | 5 | | limited to, sheriffs, state's attorneys, municipal police | 6 | | departments, coroners, and medical examiners shall provide to | 7 | | the center, upon
proper request, the data necessary for the | 8 | | center to conduct its
research. The research center may share | 9 | | any information collected by it with other state violence | 10 | | research centers similar to it and any crime laboratory or | 11 | | violence research center connected with a college or | 12 | | university. | 13 | | (d) The center and all recipients of grants supported by | 14 | | the
research center shall provide copies of their research | 15 | | publications
to the General Assembly and to agencies supplying | 16 | | data used in the
conduct of that research as soon as is | 17 | | practicable following
publication. The center shall establish | 18 | | a website for the purpose of electronically publishing the | 19 | | center's research publications, submitting data or other | 20 | | information, and receiving suggestions for research requests. | 21 | | (e) The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | 22 | | shall establish and operate an Impact of Crime-related Violence
| 23 | | Research Center and administer the center and grant program | 24 | | consistent with the principles and goals
of this Act. | 25 | | Section 15. Fund; grants. |
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| 1 | | (a) An Impact of Crime-related
Violence on Public Health | 2 | | Research Center Fund is created as a special fund in the State | 3 | | treasury and shall be used to support the research and | 4 | | activities of the Impact of Crime-related
Violence on Public | 5 | | Health Research Center. Moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and | 6 | | donations received by the center shall also be deposited into | 7 | | the Impact of Crime-related
Violence on Public Health Research | 8 | | Center Fund. The center may also seek
additional federal, | 9 | | State, and private funds. | 10 | | (b) As a supplement to its own research, the Impact of | 11 | | Crime-related
Violence on Public Health Research Center shall
| 12 | | administer a small grants program for research on crime-related | 13 | | violence,
funded through the Crime-related Violence
on Public | 14 | | Health Research Center Fund. All research funds shall be | 15 | | awarded on
the basis of scientific merit as determined by an | 16 | | open, competitive
peer review process that assures | 17 | | objectivity, consistency, and high
quality. All qualified | 18 | | investigators, regardless of institutional
affiliation, shall | 19 | | have equal access and opportunity to compete for
the funds. The | 20 | | peer review process for the selection of grants awarded
under | 21 | | this program shall be modeled on the process used by the
| 22 | | National Institutes of Health in its grantmaking process. | 23 | | Section 105. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 24 | | Section 5.878 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.878 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5.878. Impact of Crime-related
Violence on Public | 3 | | Health Research Center Fund. | 4 | | Section 110. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 12.6 as follows: | 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/12.6 new) | 7 | | Sec. 12.6. Impact of Crime-related
Violence on Public | 8 | | Health Research Center. The University of Illinois shall carry | 9 | | out the duties and responsibilities required of it under the | 10 | | Impact of Crime-related Violence on Public Health Research | 11 | | Act. ".
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