102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3465

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new

    Amends the Code of Corrections. Provides that each institution or facility of the Department of Corrections shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community. Provides that the Department shall by rule provide for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
5adding Section 3-18-30 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new)
7    Sec. 3-18-30. Reentry specialist. Irrespective of whether
8an institution or facility has access to a reentry program
9under this Article, each institution or facility shall hire a
10reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders
11into the community who have been committed to the Department
12for commission of a felony. The Department shall provide by
13rule for the duties and responsibilities of reentry
14specialists, including, but not limited to, signing inmates up
15for health care under the federal Patient Protection and
16Affordable Care Act.