(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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