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90_HB0723

      730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new
      730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new
          Amends the Unified Code  of  Corrections.  Establishes  a
      pilot  program in Cook, DuPage, and Kane Counties for certain
      juvenile offenders who have been released from facilities  of
      the  Juvenile  Division  of  the  Department  of Corrections.
      Establishes programs designed to  reintegrate  the  offenders
      into  the  community.  Provides  that the participants in the
      pilot program shall have access  to  needs  assessment,  case
      management,   secure   care,   therapeutic   treatment,  drug
      rehabilitation programs, transitional programs to independent
      living, substitute care, and housing alternatives.
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                                              LRB9000995RCksC
 1        AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by adding
 2    Article 16 to Chapter III.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    adding Article 16 to Chapter III as follows:
 7        (730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new)
 8           ARTICLE 16. PILOT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES
 9        (730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new)
10        Sec. 3-16-5. Pilot program; releasees from  the  Juvenile
11    Division of the Department of Corrections.
12        (a)  There  is  established  in  the  Counties  of  Cook,
13    DuPage,  and  Kane  a pilot program for persons released from
14    the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections.
15        (b)  A person who is being  released  from  the  Juvenile
16    Division  of  the  Department of Corrections under subsection
17    (e) of Section 3-3-3  whom  the  Juvenile  Division  deems  a
18    serious  delinquent youth likely to have difficulty adjusting
19    to the community, and to have significant  clinical  problems
20    who  is  returning  to  Cook  County,  DuPage County, or Kane
21    County shall be eligible for the pilot program.
22        (c)  The Department of  Corrections,  Juvenile  Division,
23    shall provide services to persons described in subsection (b)
24    that  shall  ensure  that  these  persons receive services to
25    prepare them for reintegration  into  the  community  and  to
26    minimize the likelihood of their recidivism.
27        (d)  The  participants  in  the  pilot program shall have
28    access to the following services:
29             (1)  needs assessment;
30             (2)  case management;
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 1             (3)  secure care;
 2             (4)  residential treatment by licensed providers;
 3             (5)  intensive outpatient treatment;
 4             (6)  structured day programs;
 5             (7)  therapeutic day treatment;
 6             (8)  outpatient treatment;
 7             (9)  transitional programs to independent living;
 8             (10)  substitute care; and
 9             (11)  housing alternatives.
10        (e)  Needs assessment shall  be  performed  prior  to  an
11    eligible  person's  release from the Juvenile Division of the
12    Department  of  Corrections.  The  assessment  shall  include
13    educational, psychological, vocational, and  substance  abuse
14    treatment  needs of potential participants.  There shall be a
15    special assessment of those persons committed to  a  facility
16    of the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections who
17    have  a  history of committing sex offenses.  After the needs
18    assessment, a clinical discharge plan shall be developed  for
19    each  committed  person  eligible  for admission to the pilot
20    program.   The  discharge  plan  shall  be  approved  by  the
21    Department before the committed person is discharged from the
22    Department facility.
23        (f)  The Department shall promulgate rules  to  establish
24    sanctions  for participants in the program who fail to comply
25    with the program prescribed.  These sanctions may include the
26    recommitment of a participant to a facility of  the  Juvenile
27    Division of the Department of Corrections.
28        (g)  The   Department   shall  select  a  community-based
29    network to provide the services specified in subsection (d).

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