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91_HB3180

 
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections  by
 2    changing Section 5-2-4.

 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 5-2-4 as follows:

 7        (730 ILCS 5/5-2-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-2-4)
 8        Sec. 5-2-4.  Proceedings after  Acquittal  by  Reason  of
 9    Insanity.
10        (a)  After  a  finding or verdict of not guilty by reason
11    of insanity under Sections 104-25, 115-3 or 115-4 of The Code
12    of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the defendant shall be ordered
13    to the Department of Human Services for an evaluation  as  to
14    whether  he is subject to involuntary admission or in need of
15    mental health services.  The order shall specify whether  the
16    evaluation  shall  be conducted on an inpatient or outpatient
17    basis. If the evaluation is to be conducted on  an  inpatient
18    basis,  the  defendant  shall  be  placed in a secure setting
19    unless the Court determines that there are compelling reasons
20    why such placement is not necessary. After the evaluation and
21    during  the  period  of  time  required  to   determine   the
22    appropriate  placement,  the  defendant shall remain in jail.
23    Upon completion of the placement  process the  sheriff  shall
24    be   notified  and  shall  transport  the  defendant  to  the
25    designated facility.
26        The Department shall provide the Court with a  report  of
27    its evaluation within 30 days of the date of this order.  The
28    Court  shall  hold  a  hearing  as  provided under the Mental
29    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code  to  determine  if
30    the  individual is: (a) subject to involuntary admission; (b)
31    in need of mental health services on an inpatient basis;  (c)
 
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 1    in need of mental health services on an outpatient basis; (d)
 2    a  person  not  in need of mental health services.  The Court
 3    shall enter its findings.
 4        If the defendant is found to be  subject  to  involuntary
 5    admission  or  in  need  of  mental  health  services  on  an
 6    inpatient  care basis, the Court shall order the defendant to
 7    the Department of Human  Services.  The  defendant  shall  be
 8    placed  in  a secure setting unless the Court determines that
 9    there are  compelling  reasons  why  such  placement  is  not
10    necessary.  Such  defendants placed in a secure setting shall
11    not be permitted outside the facility's housing  unit  unless
12    escorted  or  accompanied  by  personnel of the Department of
13    Human Services or with the prior approval of  the  Court  for
14    unsupervised  on-grounds  privileges  as provided herein. Any
15    defendant  placed  in  a  secure  setting  pursuant  to  this
16    Section, transported to court  hearings  or  other  necessary
17    appointments   off  facility  grounds  by  personnel  of  the
18    Department of Human  Services,  may  be  placed  in  security
19    devices   or   otherwise   secured   during   the  period  of
20    transportation to assure secure transport  of  the  defendant
21    and  the safety of Department of Human Services personnel and
22    others.   These  security  measures  shall   not   constitute
23    restraint  as  defined in the Mental Health and Developmental
24    Disabilities Code.  If the defendant is found to be  in  need
25    of  mental  health  services,  but  not  on an inpatient care
26    basis, the Court shall conditionally release  the  defendant,
27    under  such  conditions  as set forth in this Section as will
28    reasonably assure the defendant's  satisfactory  progress  in
29    treatment  or  rehabilitation and the safety of the defendant
30    or others.  If the Court finds the  person  not  in  need  of
31    mental  health  services,  then  the  Court  shall  order the
32    defendant discharged from custody.
33        (1)  Definitions:  For the purposes of this Section:
34             (A)  "Subject to involuntary  admission"  means:   a
 
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 1        defendant   has  been  found  not  guilty  by  reason  of
 2        insanity; and
 3                  (i)  who is mentally ill and who because of his
 4             mental illness is  reasonably  expected  to  inflict
 5             serious physical harm upon himself or another in the
 6             near future; or
 7                  (ii)  who  is  mentally  ill and who because of
 8             his illness is  unable  to  provide  for  his  basic
 9             physical  needs  so as to guard himself from serious
10             harm.
11             (B)  "In  need  of  mental  health  services  on  an
12        inpatient basis" means: a defendant who  has  been  found
13        not  guilty  by  reason of insanity who is not subject to
14        involuntary admission but who is reasonably  expected  to
15        inflict serious physical harm upon himself or another and
16        who  would  benefit  from inpatient care or is in need of
17        inpatient care.
18             (C)  "In  need  of  mental  health  services  on  an
19        outpatient basis" means: a defendant who has  been  found
20        not  guilty  by  reason of insanity who is not subject to
21        involuntary  admission  or  in  need  of  mental   health
22        services  on  an  inpatient  basis,  but  is  in  need of
23        outpatient  care,  drug  and/or  alcohol   rehabilitation
24        programs,   community  adjustment  programs,  individual,
25        group, or family therapy, or chemotherapy.
26             (D)  "Conditional Release" means: the  release  from
27        either the custody of the Department of Human Services or
28        the  custody  of the Court of a person who has been found
29        not guilty by reason of insanity under such conditions as
30        the  Court  may  impose  which  reasonably   assure   the
31        defendant's   satisfactory   progress   in  treatment  or
32        habilitation and the safety of the defendant and  others.
33        The  Court shall consider such terms and conditions which
34        may include, but need not be limited to, outpatient care,
 
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 1        alcoholic and  drug  rehabilitation  programs,  community
 2        adjustment   programs,  individual,  group,  family,  and
 3        chemotherapy, periodic checks with the legal  authorities
 4        and/or  the  Department of Human Services.  The person or
 5        facility rendering the outpatient care shall be  required
 6        to  periodically  report  to the Court on the progress of
 7        the defendant. Such conditional release shall  be  for  a
 8        period of five years, unless the defendant, the person or
 9        facility  rendering  the  treatment,  therapy, program or
10        outpatient care, or the State's  Attorney  petitions  the
11        Court  for an extension of the conditional release period
12        for an additional three years. Upon  receipt  of  such  a
13        petition,  the Court shall hold a hearing consistent with
14        the provisions of this paragraph (a) and paragraph (f) of
15        this  Section,  shall  determine  whether  the  defendant
16        should continue to be subject to the terms of conditional
17        release, and shall enter an order  either  extending  the
18        defendant's  period  of  conditional release for a single
19        additional  three  year   period   or   discharging   the
20        defendant.  In  no  event shall the defendant's period of
21        conditional release exceed eight years. These  provisions
22        for  extension of conditional release shall only apply to
23        defendants conditionally released on  or  after  July  1,
24        1979.  However  the  extension  provisions  of Public Act
25        83-1449 apply only to defendants charged with a  forcible
26        felony.
27             (E)  "Facility  director" means the chief officer of
28        a mental health or developmental disabilities facility or
29        his or her designee or the supervisor  of  a  program  of
30        treatment   or  habilitation  or  his  or  her  designee.
31        "Designee"   may   include    a    physician,    clinical
32        psychologist, social worker, or nurse.
33        (b)  If   the   Court  finds  the  defendant  subject  to
34    involuntary admission or in need of mental health services on
 
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 1    an inpatient basis, the admission, detention, care, treatment
 2    or  habilitation,  treatment   plans,   review   proceedings,
 3    including  review  of  treatment  and  treatment  plans,  and
 4    discharge  of  the  defendant after such order shall be under
 5    the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, except
 6    that the initial order for admission of a defendant acquitted
 7    of a felony by reason of insanity shall be for an  indefinite
 8    period  of  time.  Such period of commitment shall not exceed
 9    the maximum length of time that the defendant would have been
10    required to serve, less  credit  for  good  behavior,  before
11    becoming  eligible  for  release had he been convicted of and
12    received the maximum sentence for the most serious crime  for
13    which  he has been acquitted by reason of insanity. The Court
14    shall determine  the  maximum  period  of  commitment  by  an
15    appropriate order. During  this period of time, the defendant
16    shall  not be permitted to be in the community in any manner,
17    including but not limited to off-grounds privileges, with  or
18    without  escort  by  personnel  of  the  Department  of Human
19    Services, unsupervised on-grounds  privileges,  discharge  or
20    conditional  or  temporary  release,  except  by  a  plan  as
21    provided  in  this  Section.  In no event shall a defendant's
22    continued unauthorized absence be a basis for discharge.  Not
23    more  than  30  days  after  admission  and  every  60   days
24    thereafter  so  long  as the initial order remains in effect,
25    the facility director shall file a treatment plan report with
26    the court and forward a copy of the treatment plan report  to
27    the  clerk  of  the  court,  the  State's  Attorney,  and the
28    defendant's attorney, if  the  defendant  is  represented  by
29    counsel, or to a person authorized by the defendant under the
30    Mental  Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality
31    Act to be sent a  copy  of  the  report.   The  report  shall
32    include  an  opinion as to whether the defendant is currently
33    subject to involuntary admission, in need  of  mental  health
34    services  on  an inpatient basis, or in need of mental health
 
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 1    services on an  outpatient  basis.   The  report  shall  also
 2    summarize  the basis for those findings and provide a current
 3    summary of the following items from the treatment  plan:  (1)
 4    an  assessment  of  the  defendant's  treatment  needs, (2) a
 5    description of the services recommended  for  treatment,  (3)
 6    the  goals  of  each  type  of  element  of  service,  (4) an
 7    anticipated timetable for the accomplishment  of  the  goals,
 8    and   (5)   a   designation  of  the  qualified  professional
 9    responsible for the implementation of the  plan.  The  report
10    may   also   include   unsupervised   on-grounds  privileges,
11    off-grounds privileges (with or without escort  by  personnel
12    of  the  Department  of  Human  Services),  home  visits  and
13    participation   in   work   programs,  but  only  where  such
14    privileges have been approved by specific court order,  which
15    order  may  include  such  conditions on the defendant as the
16    Court may deem appropriate and necessary to reasonably assure
17    the defendant's satisfactory progress in  treatment  and  the
18    safety of the defendant and others.
19        (c)  Every  defendant  acquitted of a felony by reason of
20    insanity and subsequently found to be subject to  involuntary
21    admission  or  in  need  of  mental  health services shall be
22    represented by counsel in all proceedings under this  Section
23    and  under  the  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
24    Code.
25             (1)  The Court shall appoint as counsel  the  public
26        defender or an attorney licensed by this State.
27             (2)  Upon  filing  with  the  Court  of  a  verified
28        statement  of  legal  services  rendered  by  the private
29        attorney appointed pursuant  to  paragraph  (1)  of  this
30        subsection,  the  Court  shall determine a reasonable fee
31        for such services.  If the defendant is unable to pay the
32        fee, the Court shall enter an order upon the State to pay
33        the entire fee or such amount as the defendant is  unable
34        to  pay  from  funds appropriated by the General Assembly
 
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 1        for that purpose.
 2        (d)  When the facility director determines that:
 3             (1)  the  defendant  is   no   longer   subject   to
 4        involuntary   admission  or  in  need  of  mental  health
 5        services on an inpatient basis; and
 6             (2)  the defendant  may  be  conditionally  released
 7        because  he  or  she  is  still  in need of mental health
 8        services or that the defendant may be discharged  as  not
 9        in need of any mental health services; or
10             (3)  the defendant no longer requires placement in a
11        secure setting;
12    the facility director shall give written notice to the Court,
13    State's  Attorney and defense attorney. Such notice shall set
14    forth in detail the  basis  for  the  recommendation  of  the
15    facility  director,  and specify clearly the recommendations,
16    if any, of  the  facility  director,  concerning  conditional
17    release.   Within 30 days of the notification by the facility
18    director, the Court shall set a hearing and make a finding as
19    to whether the defendant is:
20             (i)  subject to involuntary admission; or
21             (ii)  in need of mental health services in the  form
22        of inpatient care; or
23             (iii)  in  need  of  mental  health services but not
24        subject to involuntary admission or inpatient care; or
25             (iv)  no longer in need of mental  health  services;
26        or
27             (v)  no   longer  requires  placement  in  a  secure
28        setting.
29        Upon finding by the Court,  the  Court  shall  enter  its
30    findings and such appropriate order as provided in subsection
31    (a) of this Section.
32        (e)  A  defendant  admitted  pursuant to this Section, or
33    any person on his behalf, may  file a petition for  treatment
34    plan  review,  transfer  to  a  non-secure setting within the
 
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 1    Department of Human  Services  or  discharge  or  conditional
 2    release  under  the  standards  of  this Section in the Court
 3    which rendered the verdict.  Upon receipt of a  petition  for
 4    treatment  plan  review,  transfer to a non-secure setting or
 5    discharge or conditional  release,  the  Court  shall  set  a
 6    hearing  to  be  held  within  120  days.  Thereafter, no new
 7    petition may be filed for  120  days  without  leave  of  the
 8    Court.
 9        (f)  The  Court  shall direct that notice of the time and
10    place of the  hearing  be  served  upon  the  defendant,  the
11    facility  director, the State's Attorney, and the defendant's
12    attorney. If requested by either the State or the defense  or
13    if   the   Court   feels  it  is  appropriate,  an  impartial
14    examination of the defendant by a  psychiatrist  or  clinical
15    psychologist as defined in Section 1-103 of the Mental Health
16    and  Developmental Disabilities Code who is not in the employ
17    of the Department of Human Services shall be ordered, and the
18    report considered at the time of the hearing.
19        (g)  The findings of the Court shall  be  established  by
20    clear  and  convincing evidence.  The burden of proof and the
21    burden of  going  forth  with  the  evidence  rest  with  the
22    defendant  or any person on the defendant's behalf State when
23    a hearing is held to review the determination of the facility
24    director that  the  defendant  should  be  transferred  to  a
25    non-secure  setting, discharged, or conditionally released or
26    .  The burden of proof and the burden of going forth with the
27    evidence rest on the defendant when  a  hearing  is  held  to
28    review  a  petition  filed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  such
29    defendant.   The  evidence  shall  be presented in open Court
30    with the right of confrontation and cross-examination.
31        (h)  If the Court finds that the defendant is  no  longer
32    in need of mental health services it shall order the facility
33    director to discharge the defendant.  If the Court finds that
34    the  defendant  is  in need of mental health services, and no
 
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 1    longer in need of inpatient care, it shall order the facility
 2    director to release the defendant under  such  conditions  as
 3    the  Court deems appropriate and as provided by this Section.
 4    Such conditional release shall be imposed  for  a  period  of
 5    five years and shall be subject  to later modification by the
 6    Court  as  provided  by this Section. If the Court finds that
 7    the defendant is subject to involuntary admission or in  need
 8    of  mental  health  services  on an inpatient basis, it shall
 9    order the facility director not to discharge or  release  the
10    defendant in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
11        (i)  If  within the period of the defendant's conditional
12    release, the Court determines, after hearing  evidence,  that
13    the  defendant  has  not fulfilled the conditions of release,
14    the Court shall order a hearing to be  held  consistent  with
15    the  provisions  of paragraph (f) and (g) of this Section. At
16    such hearing, if  the  Court  finds  that  the  defendant  is
17    subject  to involuntary admission or in need of mental health
18    services on an inpatient  basis,  it  shall  enter  an  order
19    remanding  him  or her to the Department of Human Services or
20    other  facility.  If  the  defendant  is  remanded   to   the
21    Department  of Human Services, he or she shall be placed in a
22    secure setting unless the Court  determines  that  there  are
23    compelling  reasons  that such placement is not necessary. If
24    the Court finds that the defendant  continues to be  in  need
25    of  mental  health services but not on an inpatient basis, it
26    may modify the conditions of the original release in order to
27    reasonably assure the defendant's  satisfactory  progress  in
28    treatment  and his or her safety and the safety of others. In
29    no event shall such conditional release be longer than  eight
30    years. Nothing in this Section shall limit a Court's contempt
31    powers or any other powers of a Court.
32        (j)  An  order  of  admission under this Section does not
33    affect the remedy of habeas corpus.
34        (k)  In the event of a conflict between this Section  and
 
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 1    the  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or the
 2    Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities  Confidentiality
 3    Act, the provisions of this Section shall govern.
 4        (l)  This  amendatory  Act shall apply to all persons who
 5    have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and who  are
 6    presently  committed  to  the Department of Mental Health and
 7    Developmental  Disabilities  (now  the  Department  of  Human
 8    Services).
 9        (m)  The Clerk of the Court shall, after the entry of  an
10    order  of  transfer to a non-secure setting of the Department
11    of  Human  Services  or  discharge  or  conditional  release,
12    transmit a certified copy of the order to the  Department  of
13    Human  Services, and the sheriff of the county from which the
14    defendant was admitted.  In cases where  the  arrest  of  the
15    defendant  or the commission of the offense took place in any
16    municipality with a population of more than  25,000  persons,
17    the  Clerk  of the Court shall also transmit a certified copy
18    of the order of  discharge  or  conditional  release  to  the
19    proper  law enforcement agency for said municipality provided
20    the municipality has requested such notice in writing.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-105, eff.  7-11-97;  90-593,  eff.  6-19-98;
22    91-536, eff. 1-1-00.)

23        Section  99.  Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
24    January 1, 2001.

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