97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5822

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. John D. Cavaletto

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new

    Amends the Code of Corrections. Creates the Correctional Facility Nominating Committee to nominate candidates to be appointed by the Director of Corrections to serve as the chief administrative officer of a correctional institution or facility. Sets forth the process for organizing the Committee, as well as the procedures to be used by the Committee. Requires the Department to publish annually the qualifications and duties of each position responsible for the custody and care of inmates, together with all supervisory positions over them, including chief administrative officers.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Sections 3-2-2 and 3-6-2 and by adding Section 3-6-2.1
6as follows:
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
8    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department.
9    (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities
10which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have
11the following powers:
12        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
13    this State for care, custody, treatment and
14    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens
15    over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is
16    authorized to exercise the federal detention function for
17    limited purposes and periods of time.
18        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
19    units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
20    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
21    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
22    control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
23    consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and

 

 

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1    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the
2    Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for
3    the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its
4    custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for
5    making appropriate treatment available to such persons;
6    the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such
7    plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and
8    implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the
9    availability of funds.
10        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
11    pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
12    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
13    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
14    purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
15    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
16    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
17    used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
18    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
19    additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
20    appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
21    the pilot program. The Department must report to the
22    General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
23    January 1, 2003.
24        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department
25    of State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
26    inmate from commitment through release for recording his or

 

 

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1    her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.
2        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
3    institutions and facilities under its control and to
4    establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
5    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
6    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
7    the Department of Central Management Services to enter into
8    an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of
9    Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
10    Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300). The Department shall
11    designate those institutions which shall constitute the
12    State Penitentiary System.
13        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and
14    facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of
15    Central Management Services to accept bids from counties
16    and municipalities for the construction, remodeling or
17    conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of
18    Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a
19    correctional institution or facility. Such construction,
20    remodeling or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds
21    issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act
22    by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid
23    shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to
24    retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but
25    not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State
26    the option to purchase the structure outright.

 

 

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1        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
2    one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
3    the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
4    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General
5    Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
6    Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
7    with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
8        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
9    detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
10    as established by the Department to defray the costs of
11    housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
12    "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
13    minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
14    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
15    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
16    accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
17    1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
18    permissive under that Section. The Department shall
19    designate the counties to be served by each regional
20    juvenile detention center.
21        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
22    rehabilitation and employment of committed persons within
23    its institutions.
24        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program
25    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
26        (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance

 

 

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1    of committed persons in the community.
2        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
3    Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
4    for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the
5    trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
6    municipal highways as designated by the Department of
7    Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
8    request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
9    such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
10    upon between the Director of Corrections and the Director
11    of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall
12    be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever
13    basis he deems proper in consideration of their term,
14    behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such
15    program - where they will be outside of the prison facility
16    but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
17    Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X
18    felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or
19    criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
20    or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or
21    forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a
22    Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to
23    participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as
24    prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections
25    and such Department shall furnish whatever security is
26    necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish

 

 

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1    trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and
2    personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the
3    Department of Corrections nor the Department of
4    Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a
5    prisoner.
6        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
7    to establish programs of research, statistics and
8    planning.
9        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person
10    committed to the Department, to inquire into any alleged
11    misconduct by employees or committed persons, and to
12    investigate the assets of committed persons to implement
13    Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for these purposes it may
14    issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
15    the production of writings and papers, and may examine
16    under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also
17    investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or
18    releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this
19    purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of
20    witnesses and the production of documents only if there is
21    reason to believe that such procedures would provide
22    evidence that such violations have occurred.
23        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
24    this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
25    court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
26    to comply with the order of the court issued in response

 

 

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1    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.
2        (i) To appoint, as provided under Section 3-6-2.1 of
3    this Code, and remove the chief administrative officers,
4    and administer programs of training and development of
5    personnel of the Department. Personnel assigned by the
6    Department to be responsible for the custody and control of
7    committed persons or to investigate the alleged misconduct
8    of committed persons or employees or alleged violations of
9    a parolee's or releasee's conditions of parole shall be
10    conservators of the peace for those purposes, and shall
11    have the full power of peace officers outside of the
12    facilities of the Department in the protection, arrest,
13    retaking and reconfining of committed persons or where the
14    exercise of such power is necessary to the investigation of
15    such misconduct or violations.
16        (i-5) To publish annually descriptions of the
17    qualifications and duties of each position within the
18    Department in which personnel are responsible for the
19    custody and care of committed persons, together with
20    descriptions of the qualifications and duties of each
21    position exercising a supervisory role over such
22    personnel, up to and including chief administrative
23    officers. Copies of this publication shall be provided to
24    all employees of the Department, and shall also be provided
25    by the Department to any person upon request at no charge.
26    The Department shall publish these descriptions within one

 

 

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1    year from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2    97th General Assembly, and every year thereafter, together
3    with any changes required to ensure the accuracy of the
4    descriptions.
5        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
6    and with local communities for the development of standards
7    and programs for better correctional services in this
8    State.
9        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the
10    Department.
11        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed
12    persons, institutions and programs of the Department.
13        (l-5) In a confidential annual report to the Governor,
14    the Department shall identify all inmate gangs by
15    specifying each current gang's name, population and allied
16    gangs. The Department shall further specify the number of
17    top leaders identified by the Department for each gang
18    during the past year, and the measures taken by the
19    Department to segregate each leader from his or her gang
20    and allied gangs. The Department shall further report the
21    current status of leaders identified and segregated in
22    previous years. All leaders described in the report shall
23    be identified by inmate number or other designation to
24    enable tracking, auditing, and verification without
25    revealing the names of the leaders. Because this report
26    contains law enforcement intelligence information

 

 

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1    collected by the Department, the report is confidential and
2    not subject to public disclosure.
3        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
4    powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
5        (n) To establish rules and regulations for
6    administering a system of good conduct credits,
7    established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to
8    review by the Prisoner Review Board.
9        (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
10    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
11    institutions are located for the payment of assistant
12    state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
13    Counties Code.
14        (p) To exchange information with the Department of
15    Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
16    Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements
17    and for other purposes directly connected with the
18    administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid
19    Code.
20        (q) To establish a diversion program.
21        The program shall provide a structured environment for
22    selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release
23    violators and committed persons who have violated the rules
24    governing their conduct while in work release. This program
25    shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new
26    offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised

 

 

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1    release or while committed to work release.
2        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be
3    limited to, the following:
4            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide
5        supervision in accordance with required objectives set
6        by the facility.
7            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
8        employment.
9            (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
10        at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
11        the participant's income.
12            (4) Each participant shall:
13                (A) provide restitution to victims in
14            accordance with any court order;
15                (B) provide financial support to his
16            dependents; and
17                (C) make appropriate payments toward any other
18            court-ordered obligations.
19            (5) Each participant shall complete community
20        service in addition to employment.
21            (6) Participants shall take part in such
22        counseling, educational and other programs as the
23        Department may deem appropriate.
24            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
25        screening.
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1        governing the administration of the program.
2        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
3    agreements under which persons in the custody of the
4    Department may participate in a county impact
5    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
6    3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
7        (r-5) (Blank).
8        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
9    respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
10    system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang
11    affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in
12    each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders
13    from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs.
14    "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent
15    possible under the conditions and space available at the
16    correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound
17    communication. For the purposes of this paragraph (r-10),
18    "leaders" means persons who:
19            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
20            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the
21        streetgang, occupy a position of organizer,
22        supervisor, or other position of management or
23        leadership; and
24            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
25        directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting
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1        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
2        related activity both within and outside of the
3        Department of Corrections.
4    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
5    meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
6    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
7        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
8    in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive
9    or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the
10    staff and the other inmates.
11        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
12    unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
13    telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before
14    commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
15    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or
16    satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the
17    monitoring, except as constitutionally required. The
18    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of
19    recording or by any other means. As used in this
20    subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
21    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
22    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
23        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
24    conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
25    conversation or communication that is not protected by any
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1    of the Illinois Supreme Court.
2        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
3    Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
4    housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
5    determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
6    children.
7        (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed to
8    the Department absconds or absents himself or herself,
9    without authority to do so, from any facility or program to
10    which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified
11    by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit,
12    or any person duly designated by the Director, with the
13    seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed
14    to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any
15    particular person named in the order. Any order issued
16    pursuant to this subdivision (1) (u-5) shall be sufficient
17    warrant for the officer or person named in the order to
18    arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper
19    correctional officials and shall be executed the same as
20    criminal process.
21        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
22    provisions of this Chapter.
23    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998,
24consider building and operating a correctional facility within
25100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially
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1impact incarceration program.
2    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical
3services to be provided to persons committed to Department
4facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical
5service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may
6only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an
7irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a
8company whose bonds are rated AAA by a bond rating
9organization.
10    (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or
11commissary services to be provided to Department facilities,
12the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services
13provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or
14performance bond issued by a company whose bonds are rated AAA
15by a bond rating organization.
16(Source: P.A. 96-1265, eff. 7-26-10.)
 
17    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
18    Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
19    (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
20be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
21the Director, as provided under Section 3-6-2.1 of this Code. A
22chief administrative officer shall be responsible for all
23persons assigned to the institution or facility. The chief
24administrative officer shall administer the programs of the
25Department for the custody and treatment of such persons.

 

 

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1    (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
2assistants as the Department may assign.
3    (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
4emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
5formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
6correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
7subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
8facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
9State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
10thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
11be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
12be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
13This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
14Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
15Section 3-10-5.
16    (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
17all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
18to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
19the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
20Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
21professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
22possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
23education and may establish rules and regulations for the
24administration of such programs. A person committed to the
25Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
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1the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
2number of hours of credit required for the award of an
3associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
4college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
5reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
6incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
7her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
8for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
9is required under this subsection shall be determined and
10computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
11shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
12of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
13from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
14person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
15constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
16the Department until paid.
17    (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to
18confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
19virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
20with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
21the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
22is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
23referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
24test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
25to appropriation.
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1need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
2giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
3treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
4person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
5consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
6physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
7this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
8        (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
9    required relative to a condition threatening to cause
10    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
11    disfigurement; and
12        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
13    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
14    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
15    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
16    all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
17    of a physician to give such treatment.
18    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
19person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
20administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
21physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
22of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
23surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
24impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
25officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
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1treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
2the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
3by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
4person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
5basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit
6for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
7shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
8account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
9defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt
10from the $5 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
11committed person shall not be subject to a $5 co-payment for
12follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
13contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
14indigent is exempt from the $5 co-payment and is entitled to
15receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
16committed person who is financially able to afford the
17co-payment. For purposes of this Section only, "indigent" means
18a committed person who has $20 or less in his or her Inmate
19Trust Fund at the time of such services or for the 30 days
20prior to such services. Notwithstanding any other provision in
21this subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to
22any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as
23set forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
24co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
25facilities.
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1of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
2commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
3Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
4the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
5of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
6the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
7the child is 6 years old.
8    (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
9Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
10following:
11        (1) family advocacy counseling;
12        (2) parent self-help group;
13        (3) parenting skills training;
14        (4) parent and child overnight program;
15        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
16    separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
17    and
18        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
19    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
20    both and the inmate.
21    (i) (Blank). a test approved by the Illinois Department of
22Public Health to determine the presence of HIV infection, based
23upon recommendations of United States Centers for Disease
24Control and Prevention a reliable supplemental based upon
25recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
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1    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
2Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
3a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
4from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
5shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
6guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
7Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
8    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
9Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
10Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
11treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
12conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
13Act.
14    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a
15facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile
16Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with
17appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or
18other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department
19shall develop the informational materials in consultation with
20the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
21Department must also offer the committed person the option of
22testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
23with no copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be
24provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained
25as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the
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1HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality
2Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the
3Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other
4languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in
5the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that
6they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or
7acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's
8medical record. The Department shall follow procedures
9established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
10testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
11testing must be conducted by medical personnel, but pre-test
12and other information may be provided by committed persons who
13have received appropriate training. The Department, in
14conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop
15a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to
16deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test
17results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section
18shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate
19who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested
20for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV
21test result is available to the Department electronically. The
22testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of a
23test approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to
24determine the presence of HIV infection, based upon
25recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
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1reliable supplemental test based upon recommendations of the
2United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
3be administered.
4    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
5has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
6timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
7management, including referrals to other support services.
8    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
9facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
10or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
11provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
12services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
13specified by the chief administrative officer of the
14institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
15        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
16    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
17        (2) the committed person may attend the meeting for
18    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
19    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
20    committed person;
21        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
22    or facility remain in effect;
23        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
24    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
25        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
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1    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
2    in the institution or facility for that week;
3        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
4    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
5    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
6        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
7    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
8    application to the Department of Corrections under
9    existing Department rules and the Department must review
10    the application within 60 days after submission of the
11    application to the Department; and
12        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
13    shall manage the addiction recovery services program
14    according to its own processes and procedures.
15    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
16recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and
17addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services
18recognized by the Department of Human Services.
19(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10; 97-244, eff. 8-4-11; 97-323,
20eff. 8-12-11; 97-562, eff. 1-1-12; revised 9-14-11.)
 
21    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2.1 new)
22    Sec. 3-6-2.1. Appointment of chief administrative
23officers.
24    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
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1administrative officer of a correctional institution or
2facility who is appointed by the Director under subsection (a)
3of Section 3-6-2 of this Code.
4    "Correctional facility" or "facility" means the specific
5correctional institution or facility operated by the
6Department for which a chief administrative officer is to be
7appointed by the Director.
8    "Correctional Facility Nominating Committee" or
9"Committee" means the correctional facility nominating
10committee organized under subsection (b) of this Section for
11the purpose of providing nominees to the Director for
12appointment to serve as the chief administrative officer of a
13correctional facility.
14    "Director" means the Director of Corrections.
15    (b) Committee. The Correctional Facility Nominating
16Committee shall be composed of the following members:
17        (1) The currently serving chief administrative officer
18    of the facility in question or, if there is no currently
19    serving chief administrative officer, then the most
20    recently serving former chief administrative officer of
21    the facility in question.
22        (2) Six current employees of the facility in question
23    who are elected by secret ballot by a majority of the
24    current employees of the facility in question. Of the
25    persons so elected, 2 shall be correctional officers below
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1    with the rank of sergeant; one shall be a correctional
2    officer above the rank of sergeant; one shall be an
3    employee who is not a correctional officer and who is not
4    employed in a supervisory capacity; and one shall be an
5    employee who is not a correctional officer and who is
6    employed in a supervisory capacity.
7        (3) The Correctional Facility Nominating Committee
8    shall by majority vote of the members of the Committee
9    select 3 persons to be nominated to serve as the chief
10    administrative officer of the facility. In making its
11    nominations, the Committee shall give preference to
12    current employees of the facility. If and only if there is
13    an insufficient number of qualified and interested current
14    employees of the facility to provide 3 nominations may the
15    Committee consider for nomination current employees of
16    other facilities operated by the Department.
17        (4) No member of the Committee shall be eligible to be
18    nominated by the Committee.