(a) The Illinois Access to Civil Justice Council shall develop a pilot program to create a statewide military personnel and veterans' legal assistance hotline and coordinated network of legal support resources. (a-5) The Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission may develop a pilot program to provide court-based legal assistance services. (b) The General Assembly recommends that the pilot programs: (1) provide intake, screening, and varying levels of legal assistance to ensure that the parties served by these programs have meaningful access to justice; (2) gather information on the outcomes associated with providing the services described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and (3) guard against the involuntary waiver of rights or disposition by default. legal assistance to ensure that the parties served by these programs have meaningful access to justice; with providing the services described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and disposition by default.
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