Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 3/10/2017

 

 


 

 


 
10000HB3816ham001LRB100 10968 RLC 22146 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3816

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3816 on page 1, line
35, by replacing "Section 3-3-3.1" with the following:
4"Sections 3-3-3.1 and 3-3-3.2"; and
 
5on page 14, line 8, by deleting "and"; and
 
6on page 14, line 17, by replacing "Code." with the following:
7"Code; and
8        (13) hear by at least 8 members and, with the majority
9    vote of the panel voting, release a committed person on
10    medical parole as provided in Section 3-3-3.2 of this
11    Code."; and
 
12on page 21, by inserting immediately below line 22 the
13following:
 
14    "(730 ILCS 5/3-3-3.2 new)

 

 

10000HB3816ham001- 2 -LRB100 10968 RLC 22146 a

1    Sec. 3-3-3.2. Medical parole. Notwithstanding any other
2provision of law to the contrary, any committed person who is
3serving a sentence, including one who has not yet served the
4minimum term of the sentence, who is diagnosed as suffering
5from a terminal condition so as to render the committed person
6likely to live less than 9 months may be released on medical
7parole to a hospital, hospice, other licensed inpatient
8facility, or suitable housing accommodation as specified by the
9Board. The Department shall promptly notify the Board upon
10receipt of medical information that a committed person has a
11diagnosis of a terminal condition with less than 9 months to
12live which prevents him or her from filing a petition on his or
13her own. As used in this Section, "other licensed inpatient
14facility" or "suitable housing accommodation" does not include
15a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act.".