Full Text of HB1479 100th General Assembly
HB1479ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Juliana Stratton Filed: 6/28/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1479
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1479 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 3904 of the 100th | 5 | | General Assembly becomes law in the form it passed the General | 6 | | Assembly on June 27, 2017, the Unified Code of Corrections is | 7 | | amended by changing Section 3-2-5.5 as follows: | 8 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-2-5.5) | 9 | | Sec. 3-2-5.5. Women's Division. | 10 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 11 | | "Gender-responsive" means taking into account gender | 12 | | specific differences that have been identified in | 13 | | women-centered research, including, but not limited to, | 14 | | socialization, psychological development, strengths, risk | 15 | | factors, pathways through systems, responses to treatment | 16 | | intervention, and other unique gender specific needs |
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| 1 | | facing justice-involved women. Gender responsive policies, | 2 | | practices, programs, and services shall be implemented in a | 3 | | manner that is considered relational, culturally | 4 | | competent, family-centered, holistic, strength-based, and | 5 | | trauma-informed. | 6 | | "Trauma-informed practices" means practices | 7 | | incorporating gender violence research and the impact of | 8 | | all forms of trauma in designing and implementing policies, | 9 | | practices, processes, programs, and services that involve | 10 | | understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects | 11 | | of all types of trauma with emphasis on physical, | 12 | | psychological, and emotional safety. | 13 | | (b) The Department shall create a permanent Women's | 14 | | Division under the direct supervision of the Director. The | 15 | | Women's Division shall have statewide authority and | 16 | | operational oversight for all of the Department's women's | 17 | | correctional centers and women's adult transition centers. | 18 | | (c) The Director shall appoint by and with the advice and | 19 | | consent of the Senate a Chief Administrator for the Women's | 20 | | Division who has received nationally recognized specialized | 21 | | training in gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices. | 22 | | The Chief Administrator shall be responsible for: | 23 | | (1) management and supervision of all employees | 24 | | assigned to the Women's Division correctional centers and | 25 | | adult transition centers; | 26 | | (2) development and implementation of evidenced-based, |
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| 1 | | gender-responsive, and trauma-informed practices that | 2 | | govern Women's Division operations and programs; | 3 | | (3) development of the Women's Division training, | 4 | | orientation, and cycle curriculum, which shall be updated | 5 | | as needed to align with gender responsive and | 6 | | trauma-informed practices; | 7 | | (4) training all staff assigned to the Women's Division | 8 | | correctional centers and adult transition centers on | 9 | | gender-responsive and trauma-informed practices; | 10 | | (5) implementation of validated gender-responsive | 11 | | classification and placement instruments; | 12 | | (6) implementation of a gender-responsive risk, | 13 | | assets, and needs assessment tool and case management | 14 | | system for the Women's Division; and | 15 | | (7) collaborating with the Chief Administrator of | 16 | | Parole to ensure staff responsible for supervision of | 17 | | females under mandatory supervised release are | 18 | | appropriately trained in evidence-based practices in | 19 | | community supervision, gender-responsive practices, and | 20 | | trauma-informed practices.
| 21 | | (Source: 100HB3904eng; 100HB3904sam001.)".
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