Bill Text: IL SB1790 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act. Requires the Governor to meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least 2 times each State fiscal year in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care. Provides that, at a minimum, all meetings shall take place in the following regions and subregions: Northern Region, Cook Region, Central Champaign Subregion, Central Peoria Subregion, Central Springfield Subregion, Southern East St. Louis Subregion, and Southern Mt. Vernon Subregion. Provides that all meeting dates and times shall be determined by the Department of Children and Family Services, or its designee, in accordance with the bylaws of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Requires a liaison or designee of the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board; and a liaison or designee identified by the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of a regional youth advisory board to assist in meeting the immediate concerns of youth while at the board meetings. Requires the Department to transport or make transportation arrangements for all active members and leading members of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Provides that the Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be directly placed under the office of the Director of the Department and under no other Division or parts of the Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1790 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1790-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1790 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 527/15
20 ILCS 527/20
Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act. Requires the Governor to meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least 2 times each State fiscal year in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care. Provides that, at a minimum, all meetings shall take place in the following regions and subregions: Northern Region, Cook Region, Central Champaign Subregion, Central Peoria Subregion, Central Springfield Subregion, Southern East St. Louis Subregion, and Southern Mt. Vernon Subregion. Provides that all meeting dates and times shall be determined by the Department of Children and Family Services, or its designee, in accordance with the bylaws of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Requires a liaison or designee of the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board; and a liaison or designee identified by the Director of the Department to attend every meeting of a regional youth advisory board to assist in meeting the immediate concerns of youth while at the board meetings. Requires the Department to transport or make transportation arrangements for all active members and leading members of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth advisory boards. Provides that the Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be directly placed under the office of the Director of the Department and under no other Division or parts of the Department.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Children and Family Services
Statewide Youth Advisory Board Act is amended by changing
Sections 15 and 20 as follows:
(20 ILCS 527/15)
Sec. 15. Meetings.
(a) Regular meetings of the regional youth advisory boards
shall be held monthly.
(b) Regular meetings of the Statewide Youth Advisory Board
shall be held at least 5 times per year.
(c) The Director of the Department or his or her designee
shall meet with the Statewide Youth Advisory Board at least
quarterly in order to discuss the issues and concerns of youth
in foster care.
(c-5) The Governor shall meet with the Statewide Youth
Advisory Board at least 2 times each State fiscal year in order
to discuss the issues and concerns of youth in foster care.
(d) At a minimum, all All meetings shall take place in the
following regions and subregions: Northern Region, Cook
Region, Central Champaign Subregion, Central Peoria Subregion,
Central Springfield Subregion, Southern East St. Louis

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Subregion, and Southern Mt. Vernon Subregion. at locations,
dates, and times determined by the Department or its designee
in accordance with the bylaws for the Statewide Youth Advisory
Board and the regional youth advisory boards.
(e) All meeting dates and times shall be determined by the
Department, or its designee, in accordance with the bylaws of
the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth
advisory boards.
(f) A liaison or designee of the Director of the Department
shall attend every meeting of the Statewide Youth Advisory
Board.
(g) A liaison or designee identified by the Director of the
Department shall attend every meeting of a regional youth
advisory board to assist in meeting the immediate concerns of
youth while at the board meetings.
(h) The Department shall transport or make transportation
arrangements for all active members and the leading members of
the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth
advisory boards.
(Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15.)
(20 ILCS 527/20)
Sec. 20. Operations. The Department or its designee shall
manage each board, facilitate meetings, and develop further
necessary procedures, including, but not limited to, bylaws for
the Statewide Youth Advisory Board and the regional youth

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advisory boards. The Department shall provide funding
necessary to maintain the operations of each board. The
Statewide Youth Advisory Board shall be directly placed under
the office of the Director of the Department and under no other
Division or parts of the Department. The Department shall not
provide a Statewide Youth Advisory Board or a regional youth
advisory board with any records or information that a public
body may withhold or redact pursuant to Section 7 of the
Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-806, eff. 1-1-15.)