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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House Concurrent Resolution No. 28 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 3, through page 2, 1 4 line 1, and inserting the following: 1 5 "A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the United 1 6 States Congress amend the federal Juvenile Justice 1 7 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and provide 1 8 adequate funding to the states to achieve and maintain 1 9 compliance with that Act's mandates, including its 1 10 mandate to decriminalize status offenses. 1 11 WHEREAS, status offenses consist of conduct which 1 12 is not criminal when committed by adults, such as 1 13 truancy and running away from home; and 1 14 WHEREAS, the federal decriminalization of status 1 15 offenses prohibits the placing of status offenders in 1 16 secure detention; and 1 17 WHEREAS, the behavior of some status offenders 1 18 places them in jeopardy and demands immediate 1 19 intervention to halt their self-destructive behavior 1 20 and ameliorate factors contributing to such behavior; 1 21 and 1 22 WHEREAS, intervention for status offenders must be 1 23 responsive to many types of children, families, and 1 24 communities, including situations where a status 1 25 offender refuses to cooperate with appropriate 1 26 parental or community rules and standards; and 1 27 WHEREAS, assuring the continued presence and safety 1 28 of a status offender may require the offender's 1 29 placement in a controlled, secure setting; and 1 30 WHEREAS, Congress has established guidelines 1 31 granting states authority to make exceptions to the 1 32 prohibition on the placing of status offenders in 1 33 secure detention; and 1 34 WHEREAS, states and local jurisdictions within 1 35 states are responsible for the development of policies 1 36 and the funding of programs that respond to the 1 37 federal prohibition on the placing of status offenders 1 38 in secure detention; and 1 39 WHEREAS, complex, time-consuming procedures and 1 40 resources are required to implement currently allowed 1 41 exceptions to the prohibition on the placing of status 1 42 offenders in secure detention; and 1 43 WHEREAS, Congress is currently considering 1 44 reauthorizing the federal Juvenile Justice and 1 45 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; NOW THEREFORE, 1 46 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE 1 47 SENATE CONCURRING, That Congress should provide states 1 48 with sufficient funds through the federal Juvenile 1 49 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act's formula grant 1 50 program to meet that Acts' mandates; and that Congress 2 1 should amend the Act to decrease the administrative 2 2 complexities of the Act's exceptions to prohibitions 2 3 on the placing of status offenders in secure 2 4 detention." 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 TONY BISIGNANO 2 9 HCR 28.301 76 2 10 rn/cf
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