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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 20 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 3930/20 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 20. Trauma, Resiliency and Recovery Task Force. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) The General Assembly acknowledges that in 2015 there | ||||||
| 9 | were 48,003 murders, criminal sexual assaults, robberies and | ||||||
| 10 | aggravated assaults and batteries reported to police in | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois. | ||||||
| 12 | (1) Traumatic events are those that cause significant | ||||||
| 13 | distress or harm, whether physical, emotional, or | ||||||
| 14 | psychological, for individuals. These experiences can have | ||||||
| 15 | a severe impact on well-being by impairing people's daily | ||||||
| 16 | functioning and emotional health, contributing to higher | ||||||
| 17 | rates of hospitalization, suicide attempts, substance | ||||||
| 18 | abuse, incarceration, and emotional responses, such as | ||||||
| 19 | anger. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) There are communities in Illinois that experience | ||||||
| 21 | high rates of violent crime, and their members often bear | ||||||
| 22 | the costs of unaddressed trauma. | ||||||
| 23 | (3) A trauma-informed approach acknowledges the | ||||||
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| 1 | radiating impact of trauma, recognizes that people's | ||||||
| 2 | actions and symptoms may be a result of traumatic | ||||||
| 3 | experiences, and creates policies that are sensitive to | ||||||
| 4 | such actions and symptoms. | ||||||
| 5 | (4) Trauma-informed policies and practices minimize | ||||||
| 6 | re-victimization and improve individual, family, and | ||||||
| 7 | community well-being. | ||||||
| 8 | (b) The General Assembly believes that a task force should | ||||||
| 9 | be created to help the State effectively promote | ||||||
| 10 | trauma-informed policies and practices by studying how trauma | ||||||
| 11 | impacts individuals, families, and communities throughout the | ||||||
| 12 | State, with particular attention paid to underserved | ||||||
| 13 | populations and communities. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) The Trauma, Resiliency, and Recovery Task Force is | ||||||
| 15 | hereby created. The Task Force shall examine the following: | ||||||
| 16 | (1) the impact that trauma can have on individuals, | ||||||
| 17 | families, and communities throughout the State, | ||||||
| 18 | particularly in communities and populations with high | ||||||
| 19 | levels of victimization; | ||||||
| 20 | (2) the essential components of trauma-informed | ||||||
| 21 | practices and policies; | ||||||
| 22 | (3) the extent to which trauma-informed practices and | ||||||
| 23 | policies are being used in Illinois; and | ||||||
| 24 | (4) the barriers and challenges to implementing trauma | ||||||
| 25 | informed practices and policies. | ||||||
| 26 | (d) The Task Force shall hold public hearings at the call | ||||||
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| 1 | of the co-chairpersons to receive testimony from the public and | ||||||
| 2 | subject matter experts. These hearings will result in | ||||||
| 3 | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly | ||||||
| 4 | regarding legislative changes and other policy and practice. | ||||||
| 5 | (e) The Task Force shall be an independent Task Force under | ||||||
| 6 | the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for | ||||||
| 7 | administrative purposes, and shall consist of the following | ||||||
| 8 | members: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) the Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal | ||||||
| 10 | Justice Information Authority, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 11 | (2) the Secretary of Human Services, or his or her | ||||||
| 12 | Designee; | ||||||
| 13 | (3) the Director of Public Health, or his or her | ||||||
| 14 | Designee; | ||||||
| 15 | (4) the Director of Health and Family Services, or his | ||||||
| 16 | or her Designee; | ||||||
| 17 | (5) the Director of Corrections, or his or her | ||||||
| 18 | Designee; | ||||||
| 19 | (6) the Director of Juvenile Justice, or his or her | ||||||
| 20 | designee; | ||||||
| 21 | (7) the Director of Children and Family Services, or | ||||||
| 22 | his or her designee; | ||||||
| 23 | (8) two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 24 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 25 | one of whom shall serve as a co-chairperson; | ||||||
| 26 | (9) two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||||||
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| 1 | President of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as a | ||||||
| 2 | co-chairperson; | ||||||
| 3 | (10) a member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 4 | Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
| 5 | (11) a member of the House of Representatives appointed | ||||||
| 6 | by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 7 | (12) the Director of State Police, or his or her | ||||||
| 8 | designee; | ||||||
| 9 | (13) the Superintendent of the Chicago Police | ||||||
| 10 | Department, or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 11 | (14) four representatives of victim service | ||||||
| 12 | organizations, at least one of which serves an underserved | ||||||
| 13 | group, appointed by the Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 14 | Authority; | ||||||
| 15 | (15) a representative of a Statewide coalition that | ||||||
| 16 | focuses on trauma, appointed by the Executive Director of | ||||||
| 17 | the Authority; | ||||||
| 18 | (16) two academics or researchers who have studied | ||||||
| 19 | issues related to trauma, appointed by the Executive | ||||||
| 20 | Director of the Authority; | ||||||
| 21 | (17) a representative from the Illinois Hospital | ||||||
| 22 | Association and a representative of a Trauma Level One | ||||||
| 23 | Hospital, appointed by the Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 24 | Authority; | ||||||
| 25 | (18) a representative of a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 26 | representing probation and court services agencies in this | ||||||
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| 1 | State, appointed by the Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 2 | Authority; | ||||||
| 3 | (19) a representative of a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 4 | representing Illinois sheriffs, appointed by the Executive | ||||||
| 5 | Director of the Authority; | ||||||
| 6 | (20) a representative of a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 7 | representing Illinois police chiefs, appointed by the | ||||||
| 8 | Executive Director of the Authority; | ||||||
| 9 | (21) two State's Attorneys, appointed by the Executive | ||||||
| 10 | Director of the Authority; | ||||||
| 11 | (22) a Public Defender, appointed by the Executive | ||||||
| 12 | Director of the Authority; and | ||||||
| 13 | (23) two individuals who represent the victim | ||||||
| 14 | community, appointed by the Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 15 | Authority. | ||||||
| 16 | (f) The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority | ||||||
| 17 | may receive an appropriation to enter into personnel contracts | ||||||
| 18 | to support the work of the Task Force. The Authority may also | ||||||
| 19 | consult, contract, work in conjunction with, and obtain any | ||||||
| 20 | information from any individual, agency, association, or | ||||||
| 21 | research institution deemed appropriate by the Authority. | ||||||
| 22 | (g) The Task Force shall submit a written report of its | ||||||
| 23 | findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General | ||||||
| 24 | Assembly on or before January 1, 2019. | ||||||
| 25 | (h) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
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