94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2088

 

Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Robert S. Molaro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/110-6.5

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a drug testing program.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5 amended by changing Section 110-6.5 as follows:
 
6     (725 ILCS 5/110-6.5)
7     Sec. 110-6.5. Drug testing program. The The Chief Judge of
8 the circuit may establish a drug testing program as provided by
9 this Section in any county in the circuit if the county board
10 has approved the establishment of the program and the county
11 probation department or pretrial services agency has consented
12 to administer it. The drug testing program shall be conducted
13 under the following provisions:
14     (a) The court, in the case of a defendant charged with a
15 felony offense or any offense involving the possession or
16 delivery of cannabis or a controlled substance, shall:
17         (1) not consider the release of the defendant on his or
18     her own recognizance, unless the defendant consents to
19     periodic drug testing during the period of release on his
20     or her own recognizance, in accordance with this Section;
21         (2) consider the consent of the defendant to periodic
22     drug testing during the period of release on bail in
23     accordance with this Section as a favorable factor for the
24     defendant in determining the amount of bail, the conditions
25     of release or in considering the defendant's motion to
26     reduce the amount of bail.
27     (b) The drug testing shall be conducted by the pretrial
28 services agency or under the direction of the probation
29 department when a pretrial services agency does not exist in
30 accordance with this Section.
31     (c) A defendant who consents to periodic drug testing as
32 set forth in this Section shall sign an agreement with the

 

 

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1 court that, during the period of release, the defendant shall
2 refrain from using illegal drugs and that the defendant will
3 comply with the conditions of the testing program. The
4 agreement shall be on a form prescribed by the court and shall
5 be executed at the time of the bail hearing. This agreement
6 shall be made a specific condition of bail.
7     (d) The drug testing program shall be conducted as follows:
8         (1) The testing shall be done by urinalysis for the
9     detection of phencyclidine, heroin, cocaine, methadone and
10     amphetamines.
11         (2) The collection of samples shall be performed under
12     reasonable and sanitary conditions.
13         (3) Samples shall be collected and tested with due
14     regard for the privacy of the individual being tested and
15     in a manner reasonably calculated to prevent substitutions
16     or interference with the collection or testing of reliable
17     samples.
18         (4) Sample collection shall be documented, and the
19     documentation procedures shall include:
20             (i) Labeling of samples so as to reasonably
21         preclude the probability of erroneous identification
22         of test results; and
23             (ii) An opportunity for the defendant to provide
24         information on the identification of prescription or
25         nonprescription drugs used in connection with a
26         medical condition.
27         (5) Sample collection, storage, and transportation to
28     the place of testing shall be performed so as to reasonably
29     preclude the probability of sample contamination or
30     adulteration.
31         (6) Sample testing shall conform to scientifically
32     accepted analytical methods and procedures. Testing shall
33     include verification or confirmation of any positive test
34     result by a reliable analytical method before the result of
35     any test may be used as a basis for any action by the
36     court.

 

 

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1     (e) The initial sample shall be collected before the
2 defendant's release on bail. Thereafter, the defendant shall
3 report to the pretrial services agency or probation department
4 as required by the agency or department. The pretrial services
5 agency or probation department shall immediately notify the
6 court of any defendant who fails to report for testing.
7     (f) After the initial test, a subsequent confirmed positive
8 test result indicative of continued drug use shall result in
9 the following:
10         (1) Upon the first confirmed positive test result, the
11     pretrial services agency or probation department, shall
12     place the defendant on a more frequent testing schedule and
13     shall warn the defendant of the consequences of continued
14     drug use.
15         (2) A second confirmed positive test result shall be
16     grounds for a hearing before the judge who authorized the
17     release of the defendant in accordance with the provisions
18     of subsection (g) of this Section.
19     (g) The court shall, upon motion of the State or upon its
20 own motion, conduct a hearing in connection with any defendant
21 who fails to appear for testing, fails to cooperate with the
22 persons conducting the testing program, attempts to submit a
23 sample not his or her own or has had a confirmed positive test
24 result indicative of continued drug use for the second or
25 subsequent time after the initial test. The hearing shall be
26 conducted in accordance with the procedures of Section 110-6.
27     Upon a finding by the court that the State has established
28 by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant has
29 violated the drug testing conditions of bail, the court may
30 consider any of the following sanctions:
31         (1) increase the amount of the defendant's bail or
32     conditions of release;
33         (2) impose a jail sentence of up to 5 days;
34         (3) revoke the defendant's bail; or
35         (4) enter such other orders which are within the power
36     of the court as deemed appropriate.

 

 

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1     (h) The results of any drug testing conducted under this
2 Section shall not be admissible on the issue of the defendant's
3 guilt in connection with any criminal charge.
4     (i) The court may require that the defendant pay for the
5 cost of drug testing.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-677, eff. 12-15-94.)