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Annazette Collins is a Democratic member of
the Illinois House of
Representatives, representing the 10th District since 1999.
Early
life
Collins earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and her
master’s in Criminal Justice from Chicago State University.
Public
Service
Prior to her election as state representative, Collins held
various positions in social services and criminal justice agencies.
Collins worked as an Administrator of the Chicago Board of
Education, a Public Service Administrator for the Illinois
Department of Children and Family Services, Cook
County Social Services, Probation Department, and a
Correctional Officer with the Bureau of Prisons.
State
Representative
Collins lists her legislative priorities as improving education,
expanding access to quality health care, raising the age of
majority for juveniles and reforming juvenile justice system.
Ms. Collins co-sponsored FamilyCare, which allows working
parents of KidCare-eligible children, to have access to state
subsidized heath care. Collins worked on legislation to allow
patients to sue HMO’s for harmful and delayed medical
procedures.
Collins worked to move children out of state custody into family
environments whenever possible. She was the chief sponsor of
adoption reform legislation allowing godparents and second cousins
to adopt children in the custody of DCFS.
Controversy
In July 2008, the Illinois State Board of
Elections fined Collins' campaign committee $20,000 and ordered her to issue an
apology for filing political finance reports from 2005-2007 that
reflected the raising, but not spending, of campaign money. The
board's orders stemmed from a complaint filed by the Illinois
Campaign for Political Reform indicating a lack of contributions or
expenditures on her state-mandated campaign disclosure. Collins'
campaign committee has corrected 18 of its previously filed reports
after the complaint was filed. [1]
Personal
life
Representative Collins is married to Keith Langston and they
have two daughters, Angelique Nicole and Taylor Kourtnie.
Was robbed at gunpoint by a masked man on Chicago's South Side
on November 15th, 2001 while walking to her mother's home.
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