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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 723
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 723, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
6 by adding Article 16 to Chapter III as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/Chap. III, Art. 16 heading new)
8 ARTICLE 16. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SELECTED
9 PAROLED JUVENILE OFFENDERS
10 (730 ILCS 5/3-16-5 new)
11 Sec. 3-16-5. Multi-year pilot program for selected
12 paroled youth released from institutions of the Juvenile
13 Division.
14 (a) The Department of Corrections may establish in Cook
15 County, DuPage County, Lake County, Will County, and Kane
16 County a 6 year pilot program for selected youthful offenders
17 released to parole by the Juvenile Division of the Department
18 of Corrections.
19 (b) A person who is being released to parole from the
20 Juvenile Division under subsection (e) of Section 3-3-3 whom
21 the Juvenile Division deems a serious or at risk delinquent
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1 youth who is likely to have difficulty re-adjusting to the
2 community, who has had either significant clinical problems
3 or a history of criminal activity related to sex offenses,
4 drugs, weapons, or gangs, and who is returning to Cook
5 County, Will County, Lake County, DuPage County, or Kane
6 County may be screened for eligibility to participate in the
7 pilot program.
8 (c) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
9 this Section, the Juvenile Division shall provide supervision
10 and structured services to persons selected to participate in
11 the program to: (i) ensure that they receive high levels of
12 supervision and case managed, structured services; (ii)
13 prepare them for re-integration into the community; (iii)
14 effectively monitor their compliance with parole requirements
15 and programming; and (iv) minimize the likelihood that they
16 will commit additional offenses.
17 (d) Based upon the needs of a participant, the
18 Department may provide any or all of the following to a
19 participant:
20 (1) Risk and needs assessment;
21 (2) Comprehensive case management;
22 (3) Placement in licensed secured community
23 facilities as a transitional measure;
24 (4) Transition to residential programming;
25 (5) Targeted intensive outpatient treatment
26 services;
27 (6) Structured day and evening reporting programs
28 and behavioral day treatment;
29 (7) Family counseling;
30 (8) Transitional programs to independent living;
31 (9) Alternative placements;
32 (10) Substance abuse treatment.
33 (e) A needs assessment case plan and parole supervision
34 profile may be completed by the Department of Corrections
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1 before the selected eligible person's release from
2 institutional custody to parole supervision. The needs
3 assessment case plan and parole supervision profile shall
4 include identification of placement requirements, intensity
5 of parole supervision, and assessments of educational,
6 psychological, vocational, medical, and substance abuse
7 treatment needs. Following the completion by the Department
8 of Corrections of the parole supervision profile and needs
9 assessment case plan, a comprehensive parole case management
10 plan shall be developed for each committed youth eligible and
11 selected for admission to the pilot program. The
12 comprehensive parole case management plan shall be submitted
13 for approval by the Department and for presentation to the
14 Prisoner Review Board.
15 (f) The Department may identify in a comprehensive
16 parole case management plan any special conditions for parole
17 supervision and establish sanctions for a participant who
18 fails to comply with the program requirements or who violates
19 parole rules. These sanctions may include the return of a
20 participant to a secure community placement or
21 recommendations for parole revocation to the Prisoner Review
22 Board. Paroled youth may be held for investigation in secure
23 community facilities or on warrant pending revocation in
24 local detention or jail facilities based on age.
25 (g) The Department may select and contract with a
26 community-based network and work in partnership with private
27 providers to provide the services specified in subsection
28 (d).
29 (h) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
30 this Section, the Department shall, in the 3 years following
31 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, first
32 implement the pilot program in Cook County and then implement
33 the pilot program in DuPage County, Lake County, Will County,
34 and Kane County in accordance with a schedule to be developed
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1 by the Department.
2 (i) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
3 this Section, the Department shall establish a 3 year
4 follow-up evaluation and outcome assessment for all
5 participants in the pilot program.
6 (j) If the Department establishes a pilot program under
7 this Section, the Department shall publish an outcome study
8 covering a 3 year follow-up period for participants in the
9 pilot program.".