Bill Text: IL HB1579 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative purpose of the Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1579 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1579-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1579
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1579 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Youth | ||||||
| 5 | Services Advisory Committee Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Youth Services Advisory Committee; creation. | ||||||
| 7 | The Youth Services Advisory Committee is created to advise the | ||||||
| 8 | General Assembly and the Governor on youth services policy, | ||||||
| 9 | program, and budgetary matters related to the provision or | ||||||
| 10 | purchase of youth services. The Committee shall be a | ||||||
| 11 | public-private partnership to maximize the resources of | ||||||
| 12 | voluntary sector providers already invested in providing youth | ||||||
| 13 | services.
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| 14 | Section 10. Composition. The Committee shall be appointed | ||||||
| 15 | for a 2-year time period. The Governor shall appoint 2 | ||||||
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| 1 | co-chairs. One co-chair shall be the Director of a State agency | ||||||
| 2 | that provides youth services funding. The other co-chair shall | ||||||
| 3 | be the Director of a voluntary youth services agency. There | ||||||
| 4 | shall be 24 members appointed by the Governor, including: | ||||||
| 5 | (1) the Director of any State agency that currently | ||||||
| 6 | provides State funds or oversees federal funds relating to | ||||||
| 7 | youth services; and | ||||||
| 8 | (2) 20 representatives of youth services provider | ||||||
| 9 | agencies and associations throughout Illinois that | ||||||
| 10 | represent a range of youth services, including services for | ||||||
| 11 | homeless youth, community-based youth services, and | ||||||
| 12 | prevention services.
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| 13 | Section 15. Duties and functions. The purposes and | ||||||
| 14 | functions of the Committee are: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) to develop a comprehensive plan for Illinois youth | ||||||
| 16 | services; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) to identify common and conflicting policies and | ||||||
| 18 | procedures across State agencies; | ||||||
| 19 | (3) to identify service overlaps and gaps in the youth | ||||||
| 20 | services system to maximize results with available | ||||||
| 21 | funding; | ||||||
| 22 | (4) to determine the extent of available data that | ||||||
| 23 | informs Illinois and its provider partners about the | ||||||
| 24 | quality and quantity of youth services; and | ||||||
| 25 | (5) to determine how to create a robust data system | ||||||
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| 1 | needed to tie performance and outcomes to available | ||||||
| 2 | funding.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.".
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