(110 ILCS 350/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 2651)
Sec. 1.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,
hereinafter referred to as the Board of
Trustees, shall establish and operate an Institute for Juvenile Research to
conduct research and provide education, treatment and other services
regarding delinquency, emotional disturbance, mental illness and social
maladjustment of juveniles. The Institute for Juvenile Research may
conduct scientific studies, diagnose and promote the treatment of children
who are delinquent, emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, or socially
maladjusted, or who are in danger of becoming so, and, in pursuit of its
goal, examine records and social studies of such children in the custody or
under the control of the Department of Human Services, hereinafter referred to
as
the Department, for reasons relating to mental health or developmental
disabilities, or of any court, school, public or private social agency or
parent or guardian as deemed necessary. As
mutually agreed by the Board of Trustees and the Department, the Institute
for Juvenile Research may provide technical assistance to the Department by
developing plans for and monitoring the staff training and education
programs in the child and adolescent facilities of the Department and may
assist in the evaluation of the Department's services to children and
adolescents.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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