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91_HB2561

 
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 3-6-2 and adding Section 3-7-2.5.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
 6    changing Section 3-6-2 and adding Section 3-7-2.5 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
 8        Sec. 3-6-2.  Institutions and Facility Administration.
 9        (a)  Each institution  and  facility  of  the  Department
10    shall  be  administered  by  a  chief  administrative officer
11    appointed by the Director.  A  chief  administrative  officer
12    shall   be  responsible  for  all  persons  assigned  to  the
13    institution or facility.  The  chief  administrative  officer
14    shall  administer  the  programs  of  the  Department for the
15    custody and treatment  of such persons.
16        (b)  The chief administrative  officer  shall  have  such
17    assistants as the Department may assign.
18        (c)  The  Director  or  Assistant Director shall have the
19    emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals  without
20    formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
21    correctional  or  detention  institution  or  facility in the
22    State,  subject  to  the   acceptance   of   such   receiving
23    institution  or  facility,  or  to  designate  any reasonably
24    secure place in the State as such an institution or  facility
25    and  to make transfers thereto. However, transfers made under
26    emergency powers shall be reviewed  as  soon  as  practicable
27    under Article 8, and shall be subject to Section 5-905 of the
28    Juvenile  Court Act of 1987.  This Section shall not apply to
29    transfers to the  Department  of  Human  Services  which  are
30    provided for under Section 3-8-5 or Section 3-10-5.
31        (d)  The  Department  shall  provide educational programs
 
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 1    for all  committed  persons  so  that  all  persons  have  an
 2    opportunity to attain the achievement level equivalent to the
 3    completion  of  the twelfth grade in the public school system
 4    in this State. Other higher levels  of  attainment  shall  be
 5    encouraged  and  professional instruction shall be maintained
 6    wherever possible. The Department may establish  programs  of
 7    mandatory  education  and may establish rules and regulations
 8    for the administration of such programs. A  person  committed
 9    to  the  Department  who,  during  the  period  of his or her
10    incarceration,  participates  in   an   educational   program
11    provided  by  or  through  the  Department  and  through that
12    program is awarded or earns the number  of  hours  of  credit
13    required  for  the  award  of an associate, baccalaureate, or
14    higher  degree  from  a  community   college,   college,   or
15    university  located  in  Illinois  shall reimburse the State,
16    through the Department, for the costs incurred by  the  State
17    in providing that person during his or her incarceration with
18    the education that qualifies him or her for the award of that
19    degree.   The costs for which reimbursement is required under
20    this subsection shall  be  determined  and  computed  by  the
21    Department   under   rules  and  regulations  that  it  shall
22    establish for that purpose.  However, interest at the rate of
23    6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of  those  costs
24    from  time  to  time  remaining  unpaid, from the date of the
25    person's parole, mandatory  supervised  release,  or  release
26    constituting  a final termination of his or her commitment to
27    the Department until paid.
28        (e)  A person committed to the Department who becomes  in
29    need  of  medical  or  surgical treatment but is incapable of
30    giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
31    treatment by the chief administrative officer  consenting  on
32    the  person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
33    consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of  one  or  more
34    physicians  licensed to practice medicine in all its branches
 
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 1    in this State.  If such physician or physicians advise:
 2             (1)  that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
 3        required relative to a  condition  threatening  to  cause
 4        death,  damage  or  impairment  to  bodily  functions, or
 5        disfigurement; and
 6             (2)  that  the  person  is  not  capable  of  giving
 7        consent  to  such  treatment;  the  chief  administrative
 8        officer may give consent for  such  medical  or  surgical
 9        treatment,  and  such  consent  shall be deemed to be the
10        consent of the person for all  purposes,  including,  but
11        not limited to, the authority of a physician to give such
12        treatment.
13        (f)  In  the  event that the person requires medical care
14    and treatment at  a  place  other  than  the  institution  or
15    facility,   the   person   may  be  removed  therefrom  under
16    conditions prescribed by the Department. The Department shall
17    require the committed  person  receiving  medical  or  dental
18    services  on  a non-emergency basis to pay a $2 co-payment to
19    the Department for each visit for medical or dental  services
20    at  a  place  other  than  the  institution or facility.  The
21    amount  of  each  co-payment  shall  be  deducted  from   the
22    committed person's individual account. A committed person who
23    is  indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled
24    to receive medical or dental services on the same basis as  a
25    committed  person  who  is  financially  able  to  afford the
26    co-payment.
27        (g)  Any person having sole custody of  a  child  at  the
28    time of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after
29    her   commitment,  may  arrange  through  the  Department  of
30    Children and Family Services for suitable  placement  of  the
31    child  outside of the Department of Corrections. The Director
32    of the Department of Corrections may determine that there are
33    special reasons why the child should continue in the  custody
34    of the mother until the child is 6 years old.
 
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 1        (h)  The  Department  may  provide  Family Responsibility
 2    Services which may consist of, but  not  be  limited  to  the
 3    following:
 4             (1)  family advocacy counseling;
 5             (2)  parent self-help group;
 6             (3)  parenting skills training;
 7             (4)  parent and child overnight program;
 8             (5)  parent   and  child  reunification  counseling,
 9        either separately or  together,  preceding  the  inmate's
10        release; and
11             (6)  a  prerelease  reunification staffing involving
12        the  family   advocate,  the  inmate  and   the   child's
13        counselor, or both and the inmate.
14        (i)  Prior  to  the  release  of  any  inmate  who  has a
15    documented history of intravenous  drug  use,  and  upon  the
16    receipt  of  that  inmate's  written  informed  consent,  the
17    Department  shall  provide for the testing of such inmate for
18    infection with human immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  and  any
19    other identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency
20    syndrome  (AIDS).  The testing provided under this subsection
21    shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
22    test or such other test as may be approved  by  the  Illinois
23    Department  of Public Health. If the test result is positive,
24    the Western Blot Assay or  more  reliable  confirmatory  test
25    shall  be administered. All inmates tested in accordance with
26    the provisions of this  subsection  shall  be  provided  with
27    pre-test   and   post-test  counseling.  Notwithstanding  any
28    provision of this subsection to the contrary, the  Department
29    shall  not  be required to conduct the testing and counseling
30    required by this subsection unless sufficient funds to  cover
31    all costs of such testing and counseling are appropriated for
32    that purpose by the General Assembly.
33        (j)  When a narcotic drug in pill form is administered to
34    a  committed  person  by  the Department or by an employee or
 
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 1    agent of or person under contract with  the  Department,  the
 2    pill  containing the narcotic drug must be crushed before its
 3    administration to the committed  person.   As  used  in  this
 4    subsection  (j),  "narcotic drug" has the meaning ascribed to
 5    it in subsection  (a)(a)  of  Section  102  of  the  Illinois
 6    Controlled Substances Act.
 7        (k)  The  Department  must  establish rules providing for
 8    the inspection of the consumption  of  all  drugs,  including
 9    nonprescription  drugs,  administered to committed persons by
10    the Department or by agents or employees of or persons  under
11    contract with the Department.
12        (l)  Every  committed  person must be randomly tested for
13    the presence of drugs once per year.
14    (Source: P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-659,  eff.  1-1-97;
15    90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

16        (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2.5 new)
17        Sec. 3-7-2.5.  Drug testing in Department facilities.
18        (a)  Every  employee  and  administrative  officer  of  a
19    Department  facility must be randomly tested for the presence
20    of drugs once per year.
21             (1)  Any refusal to take a drug test results in  the
22        employee  or  officer's  suspension  without  pay for one
23        month for the first offense.
24             (2)  Any refusal to take a drug test  results  in  a
25        dismissal from the Department of Corrections for a second
26        offense.
27             (3)  Any  positive  drug test results in a dismissal
28        from the Department of Corrections.
29             (4)  Any employee dismissed from the Department  for
30        failure  to take a test or for a positive test result may
31        not be rehired for a period of 4 years and  must  provide
32        proof of completion of a drug rehabilitation program.
33        (b)  Every  person,  including  a correctional officer or
 
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 1    administrative officer, entering a Department  facility  must
 2    be searched for drugs and contraband.
 3        (c)  A   person  observed  committing  a  crime  must  be
 4    referred to the State's Attorney's  Office  for  prosecution.
 5    Every violation must be reported to the Director.
 6        (d)  A  notice must be posted at each Department facility
 7    that anyone entering the facility can be subject  to  a  body
 8    cavity search.
 9        (e)  Any  person  who  refuses  to be searched may not be
10    allowed to enter the Department facility until he or  she  is
11    searched.

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