Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

Filed: 5/16/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4100

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4100, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
7    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Committed person" means a person who is in the custody of
9or under the control of a custodial agency, including, but not
10limited to, a person who is incarcerated, under arrest,
11detained, or otherwise under the physical control of a
12custodial agency.
13    "Custodial agency" means the Illinois Department of
14Corrections, the Illinois State Police, the sheriff of a
15county, a county jail, a correctional institution, or any other
16State agency, municipality, or unit of local government that

 

 

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1employs personnel designated as police, peace officers,
2wardens, corrections officers, or guards or that employs
3personnel vested by law with the power to place or maintain a
4person in custody.
5    "Health care provider" means a retail health care facility,
6a hospital or facility subject to the Hospital Licensing Act,
7the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
8ID/DD Community Care Act, or a veterans home as defined in the
9Department of Veterans' Affairs Act.
10    "Health care worker" means nursing assistants and other
11support personnel, any individual licensed under the laws of
12this State to provide health services, including but not
13limited to: dentists licensed under the Illinois Dental
14Practice Act; dental hygienists licensed under the Illinois
15Dental Practice Act; nurses and advanced practice registered
16nurses licensed under the Nurse Practice Act; occupational
17therapists licensed under the Illinois Occupational Therapy
18Practice Act; optometrists licensed under the Illinois
19Optometric Practice Act of 1987; pharmacists licensed under the
20Pharmacy Practice Act; physical therapists licensed under the
21Illinois Physical Therapy Act; physicians licensed under the
22Medical Practice Act of 1987; physician assistants licensed
23under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987; podiatric
24physicians licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of
251987; clinical psychologists licensed under the Clinical
26Psychologist Licensing Act; clinical social workers licensed

 

 

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1under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act;
2speech-language pathologists and audiologists licensed under
3the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice
4Act; or hearing instrument dispensers licensed under the
5Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act, or any of their
6successor Acts.
7    "Nurse" means a person who is licensed to practice nursing
8under the Nurse Practice Act.
9    "Retail health care facility" means an institution, place,
10or building, or any portion thereof, that:
11        (1) is devoted to the maintenance and operation of a
12    facility for the performance of health care services and is
13    located within a retail store at a specific location;
14        (2) does not provide surgical services or any form of
15    general anesthesia;
16        (3) does not provide beds or other accommodations for
17    either the long-term or overnight stay of patients; and
18        (4) discharges individual patients in an ambulatory
19    condition without danger to the continued well-being of the
20    patients and transfers non-ambulatory patients to
21    hospitals.
22    "Retail health care facility" does not include hospitals,
23long-term care facilities, ambulatory treatment centers, blood
24banks, clinical laboratories, offices of physicians, advanced
25practice registered nurses, podiatrists, and physician
26assistants, and pharmacies that provide limited health care

 

 

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1services.
 
2    Section 10. Application. This Act applies to health care
3providers and custodial agencies as defined in Section 5.
4    This Act does not apply to an owner of an institution,
5place, building, or any portion of the institution, place, or
6building, who directly or indirectly leases space that is used
7by the lessee to operate a retail health care facility.
 
8    Section 15. Workplace safety.
9    (a) A health care worker who contacts law enforcement or
10files a report with law enforcement against a patient or
11individual because of workplace violence shall provide notice
12to management of the health care provider by which he or she is
13employed within 3 days after contacting law enforcement or
14filing the report.
15    (b) No management of a health care provider may discourage
16a health care worker from exercising his or her right to
17contact law enforcement or file a report with law enforcement
18because of workplace violence.
19    (c) A health care provider that employs a health care
20worker shall display a notice stating that verbal aggression
21will not be tolerated and physical assault will be reported to
22law enforcement.
23    (d) The health care provider shall offer immediate
24post-incident services for a health care worker directly

 

 

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1involved in a workplace violence incident caused by patients or
2their visitors, including acute treatment and access to
3psychological evaluation.
 
4    Section 20. Workplace violence prevention program.
5    (a) A health care provider shall create a workplace
6violence prevention program that complies with the
7Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines for
8preventing workplace violence for health care and social
9service workers as amended or updated by the Occupational
10Safety and Health Administration.
11    (a-5) In addition, the workplace violence prevention
12program shall include:
13        (1) the following classifications of workplace
14    violence as one of 4 possible types:
15            (A) "Type 1 violence" means workplace violence
16        committed by a person who has no legitimate business at
17        the work site and includes violent acts by anyone who
18        enters the workplace with the intent to commit a crime.
19            (B) "Type 2 violence" means workplace violence
20        directed at employees by customers, clients, patients,
21        students, inmates, visitors, or other individuals
22        accompanying a patient.
23            (C) "Type 3 violence" means workplace violence
24        against an employee by a present or former employee,
25        supervisor, or manager.

 

 

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1            (D) "Type 4 violence" means workplace violence
2        committed in the workplace by someone who does not work
3        there, but has or is known to have had a personal
4        relationship with an employee.
5        (2) management commitment and worker participation,
6    including, but not limited to, nurses;
7        (3) worksite analysis and identification of potential
8    hazards;
9        (4) hazard prevention and control;
10        (5) safety and health training with required hours
11    determined by rule; and
12        (6) recordkeeping and evaluation of the violence
13    prevention program.
14    (b) The Department of Public Health may by rule adopt
15additional criteria for workplace violence prevention
16programs.
 
17    Section 25. Whistleblower protection. The Whistleblower
18Act applies to health care providers and their employees with
19respect to actions taken to implement or enforce compliance
20with this Act.
 
21    Section 30. Medical care for committed persons.
22    (a) If a committed person receives medical care and
23treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
24the Department of Corrections, a county, or a municipality,

 

 

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1then the institution or facility shall:
2        (1) to the greatest extent practicable, notify the
3    hospital or medical facility that is treating the committed
4    person prior to the committed person's visit and notify the
5    hospital or medical facility of any significant medical,
6    mental health, potentially violent actions, or other
7    safety concerns regarding the patient;
8        (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the
9    transferred committed person is accompanied by all
10    available medical records;
11        (3) provide at least one guard trained in custodial
12    escort and custody of high-risk committed persons to
13    accompany any committed person, and the committed person
14    shall be restrained during the visit to the hospital or
15    medical facility. The custodial agency shall attest to such
16    training for custodial escort and custody of high-risk
17    committed persons through the training of the Department of
18    Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice or the
19    training described in Section 35. However, under no
20    circumstances may a pregnant female be restrained as
21    provided in this paragraph, unless otherwise required by
22    law. Additionally, restraints shall not be used on a
23    committed person if a medical professional determines that
24    the restraints would impede medical treatment; and
25        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
26    Corrections, county, or municipality personnel, and

 

 

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1    visitors on the committed person's approved institutional
2    visitors list may visit the committed person. Visitation by
3    a person on the committed person's approved institutional
4    visitors list shall be subject to the rules and procedures
5    of the hospital or medical facility and the Department of
6    Corrections, county, or municipality. In any situation in
7    which a committed person is being visited:
8            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
9        facility's or institution's documentation;
10            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
11        or her person or any personal property under his or her
12        control at any time; and
13            (C) the custodial agency may deny the committed
14        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
15        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
16        of safety.
17    The committed person shall remain restrained in accordance
18with the rules and procedures of the Department of Corrections,
19county, or municipality, unless the Department of Corrections,
20county, or municipality determines that restraints are
21unnecessary: (i) because there is no risk of the committed
22person causing physical harm to the committed person or another
23person; (ii) because the committed person has no history of
24disruptive behavior that has placed others in potentially
25harmful situations or presents a substantial risk of inflicting
26physical harm on himself or herself or others as evidenced by

 

 

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1recent behavior; and (iii) there is no well-founded belief that
2the committed person presents a substantial risk of flight. In
3order to provide the second guard in this Section, it is
4permissible for the custodial agency to enter into a mutual aid
5agreement with the hospital and any other entity of law
6enforcement. Under no circumstances may a pregnant female be
7restrained as provided this paragraph, unless otherwise
8required by law.
9    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
10for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
11Department of Corrections, county, or municipality,
12specifically with regard to potentially violent persons.
13    (b) If a committed person receives medical care and
14treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
15the Department of Juvenile Justice, then the institution or
16facility shall:
17        (1) to the greatest extent practicable, notify the
18    hospital or medical facility that is treating the committed
19    person prior to the committed person's visit, and notify
20    the hospital or medical facility of any significant
21    medical, mental health, potentially violent actions, or
22    other safety concerns regarding the patient;
23        (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the
24    transferred committed person is accompanied by all
25    available medical records;
26        (3) provide: (i) at least one guard trained in

 

 

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1    custodial escort and custody of high-risk committed
2    persons to accompany any committed person, and the
3    committed person shall be restrained during the visit to
4    the hospital or medical facility. The custodial agency
5    shall attest to such training for custodial escort and
6    custody of high-risk committed persons through the
7    training of the Department of Corrections or the Department
8    of Juvenile Justice or the training described in Section
9    35; or (ii) 2 guards to accompany the committed person at
10    all times during the visit to the hospital or medical
11    facility; and
12        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
13    Juvenile Justice personnel, and visitors on the committed
14    person's approved institutional visitors list may visit
15    the committed person. Visitation by a person on the
16    committed person's approved institutional visitors list
17    shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the
18    hospital or medical facility and the Department of Juvenile
19    Justice. In any situation in which a committed person is
20    being visited:
21            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
22        facility's or institution's documentation;
23            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
24        or her person or any personal property under his or her
25        control at any time; and
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1        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
2        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
3        of safety.
4    If a committed person receives medical care and treatment
5at a place other than an institution or facility of the
6Department of Juvenile Justice, then the institution or
7facility shall ensure that the committed person is wearing
8security restraints on either his or her wrists or ankles in
9accordance with the Department of Juvenile Justice's rules and
10procedures unless the Department of Juvenile Justice
11determines that restraints are unnecessary: (i) because there
12is no risk of the committed person causing physical harm to the
13committed person or another person; (ii) because the committed
14person has no history of disruptive behavior that has placed
15others in potentially harmful situations or presents a
16substantial risk of inflicting physical harm on himself or
17herself or others as evidenced by recent behavior; and (iii)
18there is no well-founded belief that the committed person
19presents a substantial risk of flight. Any restraints used on a
20committed person under this paragraph shall be the least
21restrictive restraints necessary to prevent flight or physical
22harm to the committed person or another person. Restraints
23shall not be used on the committed person as provided in this
24paragraph if a medical professional determines that the
25restraints would impede medical treatment. Under no
26circumstances may a pregnant female be restrained as provided

 

 

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1in this paragraph, unless otherwise required by law.
2    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
3for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
4Department of Juvenile Justice, specifically with regard to
5potentially violent persons.
 
6    Section 35. Custodial agency training. The Illinois Law
7Enforcement Training Standards Board shall establish a
8curriculum for custodial escort and custody of high-risk
9committed persons certification, which shall include, but not
10be limited to, the following:
11        (1) handcuffing or shackling of a high-risk committed
12    person;
13        (2) mobile transportation of a committed person with
14    defense from the committed person's attack;
15        (3) outside facility threat assessment;
16        (4) hands-on weapons retention training; and
17        (5) custodial considerations for a high-risk committed
18    person in outside facilities.
 
19    Section 90. The State Police Act is amended by adding
20Section 45 as follows:
 
21    (20 ILCS 2610/45 new)
22    Sec. 45. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
23Prevention Act. The Department shall comply with the Health

 

 

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1Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
2    Section 95. The Department of Veterans' Affairs Act is
3amended by changing Section 2.07 as follows:
 
4    (20 ILCS 2805/2.07)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 67.07)
5    Sec. 2.07. The Department shall employ and maintain
6sufficient and qualified staff at the veterans' homes (i) to
7fill all beds, subject to appropriation, and (ii) to fulfill
8the requirements of this Act. The Department shall report to
9the General Assembly, by January 1 and July 1 of each year, the
10number of staff employed in providing direct patient care at
11their veterans' homes, the compliance or noncompliance with
12staffing standards established by the United States Department
13of Veterans Affairs for such care, and in the event of
14noncompliance with such standards, the number of staff required
15for compliance. For purposes of this Section, a nurse who has a
16license application pending with the State shall not be deemed
17unqualified by the Department if the nurse is in compliance
18with Section 50-15 of the Nurse Practice Act.
19    A veterans home is subject to the Health Care Violence
20Prevention Act.
21(Source: P.A. 96-699, eff. 8-25-09; 97-297, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
22    Section 100. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
23amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (110 ILCS 330/10 new)
2    Sec. 10. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
3Prevention Act. The University of Illinois Hospital shall
4comply with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
5    Section 105. The MC/DD Act is amended by adding Section
62-219 as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 46/2-219 new)
8    Sec. 2-219. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
9Prevention Act. A facility licensed under this Act shall comply
10with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
11    Section 110. The ID/DD Community Care Act is amended by
12adding Section 2-219 as follows:
 
13    (210 ILCS 47/2-219 new)
14    Sec. 2-219. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
15Prevention Act. A facility licensed under this Act shall comply
16with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
17    Section 115. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
18adding Section 9.8 as follows:
 
19    (210 ILCS 85/9.8 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 9.8. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
2Prevention Act. A hospital licensed under this Act shall comply
3with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.
 
4    Section 120. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-6-2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
7    Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
8    (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
9be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
10the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
11responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
12facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
13the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
14such persons.
15    (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
16assistants as the Department may assign.
17    (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
18emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
19formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
20correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
21subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
22facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
23State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
24thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall

 

 

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1be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
2be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
3This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
4Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
5Section 3-10-5.
6    (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
7all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
8to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
9the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
10Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
11professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
12possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
13education and may establish rules and regulations for the
14administration of such programs. A person committed to the
15Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
16participates in an educational program provided by or through
17the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
18number of hours of credit required for the award of an
19associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
20college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
21reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
22incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
23her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
24for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
25is required under this subsection shall be determined and
26computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it

 

 

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1shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
2of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
3from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
4person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
5constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
6the Department until paid.
7    (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to
8confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
9virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
10with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
11the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
12is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
13referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
14test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
15to appropriation.
16    (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
17need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
18giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
19treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
20person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
21consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
22physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
23this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
24        (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
25    required relative to a condition threatening to cause
26    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or

 

 

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1    disfigurement; and
2        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
3    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
4    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
5    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
6    all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
7    of a physician to give such treatment.
8    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
9person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
10administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
11physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
12of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
13surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
14impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
15officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
16    (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
17treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
18the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
19by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
20person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
21basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit
22for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
23shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
24account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
25defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt
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1committed person shall not be subject to a $5 co-payment for
2follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
3contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
4indigent is exempt from the $5 co-payment and is entitled to
5receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
6committed person who is financially able to afford the
7co-payment. For purposes of this Section only, "indigent" means
8a committed person who has $20 or less in his or her Inmate
9Trust Fund at the time of such services and for the 30 days
10prior to such services. Notwithstanding any other provision in
11this subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to
12any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as
13set forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
14co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
15facilities.
16    (f-5) The Department shall comply with the Health Care
17Violence Prevention Act.
18    (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
19of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
20commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
21Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
22the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
23of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
24the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
25the child is 6 years old.
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1Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
2following:
3        (1) family advocacy counseling;
4        (2) parent self-help group;
5        (3) parenting skills training;
6        (4) parent and child overnight program;
7        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
8    separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
9    and
10        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
11    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
12    both and the inmate.
13    (i) (Blank).
14    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
15Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
16a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
17from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
18shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
19guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
20Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
21    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
22Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
23Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
24treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
25conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
26Act.

 

 

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1    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a
2facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile
3Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with
4appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or
5other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department
6shall develop the informational materials in consultation with
7the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
8Department must also offer the committed person the option of
9testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
10with no copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be
11provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained
12as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the
13AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct opt-out
14HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality
15Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the
16Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other
17languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in
18the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that
19they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or
20acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's
21medical record. The Department shall follow procedures
22established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
23testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
24testing must be conducted by medical personnel, but pre-test
25and other information may be provided by committed persons who
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1conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop
2a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to
3deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test
4results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section
5shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate
6who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested
7for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV
8test result is available to the Department electronically. The
9testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of a
10test approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to
11determine the presence of HIV infection, based upon
12recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
13Control and Prevention. If the test result is positive, a
14reliable supplemental test based upon recommendations of the
15United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
16be administered.
17    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
18has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
19timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
20management, including referrals to other support services.
21    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
22facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
23or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
24provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
25services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
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1institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
2        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
3    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
4        (2) the committed person may attend the meeting for
5    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
6    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
7    committed person;
8        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
9    or facility remain in effect;
10        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
11    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
12        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
13    for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction
14    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
15    in the institution or facility for that week;
16        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
17    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
18    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
19        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
20    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
21    application to the Department of Corrections under
22    existing Department rules and the Department must review
23    the application within 60 days after submission of the
24    application to the Department; and
25        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
26    shall manage the addiction recovery services program

 

 

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1    according to its own processes and procedures.
2    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
3recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and
4addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services
5recognized by the Department of Human Services.
6(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10; 97-244, eff. 8-4-11; 97-323,
7eff. 8-12-11; 97-562, eff. 1-1-12; 97-802, eff. 7-13-12;
897-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
9    Section 125. The County Jail Act is amended by changing
10Section 17.5 and by adding Section 17.15 as follows:
 
11    (730 ILCS 125/17.5)
12    Sec. 17.5. Pregnant female prisoners. Notwithstanding any
13other statute, directive, or administrative regulation, when a
14pregnant female prisoner is brought to a hospital from a county
15jail for the purpose of delivering her baby, no handcuffs,
16shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used during her
17transport to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering
18her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles or
19waist shackles be used on any pregnant female prisoner who is
20in labor. Upon the pregnant female prisoner's entry to the
21hospital delivery room, 2 a county correctional officers
22officer must be posted immediately outside the delivery room.
23The Sheriff must provide for adequate personnel to monitor the
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1hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
2(Source: P.A. 91-253, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
3    (730 ILCS 125/17.15 new)
4    Sec. 17.15. Compliance with the Health Care Violence
5Prevention Act. The sheriff or warden of the jail shall comply
6with the Health Care Violence Prevention Act.".