97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1236

 

Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that before the release of a committed person from an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the person shall receive a mental health evaluation. Provides that if the evaluation determines that the committed person is severely or profoundly mentally retarded and not functional, the committed person shall be referred to the Department of Human Services and only released directly into the Department's care or to a family member or other person who can provide care.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. 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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
2    disfigurement; and
3        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
4    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
5    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
6    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
7    all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
8    of a physician to give such treatment.
9    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
10person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
11administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
12physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
13of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
14surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
15impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
16officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
17    (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
18treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
19the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
20by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
21person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
22basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for each visit
23for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
24shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
25account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
26defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt

 

 

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1from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
2committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment for
3follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
4contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
5indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled to
6receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
7committed person who is financially able to afford the
8co-payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
9subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to any
10facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as set
11forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
12co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
13facilities.
14    (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
15of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
16commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
17Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
18the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
19of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
20the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
21the child is 6 years old.
22    (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
23Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
24following:
25        (1) family advocacy counseling;
26        (2) parent self-help group;

 

 

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1        (3) parenting skills training;
2        (4) parent and child overnight program;
3        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
4    separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
5    and
6        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
7    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
8    both and the inmate.
9    (i) Prior to the release of any inmate who has a documented
10history of intravenous drug use, and upon the receipt of that
11inmate's written informed consent, the Department shall
12provide for the testing of such inmate for infection with human
13immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other identified
14causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
15The testing provided under this subsection shall consist of an
16enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or such other
17test as may be approved by the Illinois Department of Public
18Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay
19or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered. All
20inmates tested in accordance with the provisions of this
21subsection shall be provided with pre-test and post-test
22counseling. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection
23to the contrary, the Department shall not be required to
24conduct the testing and counseling required by this subsection
25unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of such testing and
26counseling are appropriated for that purpose by the General

 

 

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1Assembly.
2    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
3Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
4a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
5from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
6shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
7guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
8Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
9    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
10Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
11Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
12treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
13conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
14Act.
15    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department must
16provide the inmate with the option of testing for infection
17with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as counseling
18in connection with such testing, with no copayment for the
19test. At the same time, the Department shall require each such
20inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed
21of his or her rights with respect to the testing required to be
22offered under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with
23an opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be
24tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The
25Department, in consultation with the Department of Public
26Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The testing

 

 

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1provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an
2enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other
3test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test
4result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable
5confirmatory test shall be administered.
6    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
7has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
8timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
9management, including referrals to other support services.
10    Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to
11appropriation.
12    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
13facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
14or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
15provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
16services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
17specified by the chief administrative officer of the
18institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
19        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
20    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
21        (2) the committed person may attend the meeting for
22    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
23    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
24    committed person;
25        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
26    or facility remain in effect;

 

 

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1        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
2    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
3        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
4    for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction
5    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
6    in the institution or facility for that week;
7        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
8    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
9    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
10        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
11    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
12    application to the Department of Corrections under
13    existing Department rules and the Department must review
14    the application within 60 days after submission of the
15    application to the Department; and
16        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
17    shall manage the addiction recovery services program
18    according to its own processes and procedures.
19    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
20recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and
21addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services
22recognized by the Department of Human Services.
23    (n) Before the release of a committed person from an
24institution or facility of the Department, the Department shall
25have a mental health examination of the committed person
26conducted by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist approved

 

 

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1by the Department of Human Services. If the evaluation
2determines that the committed person is a severely or
3profoundly mentally retarded person as defined in Section
42-10.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and not functional, the
5committed person shall be referred to the Department of Human
6Services and only released directly into the Department's care
7or to a family member or other person who can provide care.
8(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10.)