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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 3-6-2, 3-8-2, and 3-10-2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
7    Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
8    (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
9be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
10the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
11responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
12facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
13the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
14such persons.
15    (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
16assistants as the Department may assign.
17    (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
18emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
19formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
20correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
21subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
22facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
23State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers

 

 

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1thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
2be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
3be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
4This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
5Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
6Section 3-10-5.
7    (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
8all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
9to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
10the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
11Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
12professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
13possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
14education and may establish rules and regulations for the
15administration of such programs. A person committed to the
16Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
17participates in an educational program provided by or through
18the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
19number of hours of credit required for the award of an
20associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
21college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
22reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
23incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
24her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
25for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
26is required under this subsection shall be determined and

 

 

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1computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
2shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
3of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
4from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
5person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
6constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
7the Department until paid.
8    (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to
9confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
10virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
11with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
12the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
13is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
14referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
15test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
16to appropriation.
17    (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
18need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
19giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
20treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
21person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
22consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
23physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
24this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
25        (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
26    required relative to a condition threatening to cause

 

 

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1    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
2    disfigurement; and
3        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
4    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
5    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
6    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
7    all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
8    of a physician to give such treatment.
9    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
10person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
11administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
12physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
13of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
14surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
15impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
16officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
17    (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
18treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
19the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
20by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
21person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
22basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for each visit
23for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
24shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
25account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
26defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt

 

 

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1from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
2committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment for
3follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
4contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
5indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled to
6receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
7committed person who is financially able to afford the
8co-payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
9subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to any
10facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as set
11forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
12co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
13facilities.
14    (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
15of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
16commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
17Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
18the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
19of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
20the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
21the child is 6 years old.
22    (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
23Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
24following:
25        (1) family advocacy counseling;
26        (2) parent self-help group;

 

 

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1        (3) parenting skills training;
2        (4) parent and child overnight program;
3        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
4    separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
5    and
6        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
7    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
8    both and the inmate.
9    (i) (Blank). Prior to the release of any inmate who has a
10documented history of intravenous drug use, and upon the
11receipt of that inmate's written informed consent, the
12Department shall provide for the testing of such inmate for
13infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other
14identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency
15syndrome (AIDS). The testing provided under this subsection
16shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
17test or such other test as may be approved by the Illinois
18Department of Public Health. If the test result is positive,
19the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory test shall
20be administered. All inmates tested in accordance with the
21provisions of this subsection shall be provided with pre-test
22and post-test counseling. Notwithstanding any provision of
23this subsection to the contrary, the Department shall not be
24required to conduct the testing and counseling required by this
25subsection unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of such
26testing and counseling are appropriated for that purpose by the

 

 

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1General Assembly.
2    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
3Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
4a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
5from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
6shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
7guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
8Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
9    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
10Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
11Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
12treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
13conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
14Act.
15    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a
16facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile
17Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with
18appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or
19other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department
20shall develop the informational materials in consultation with
21the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
22Department must also offer the committed person the option of
23testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
24as well as counseling in connection with such testing, with no
25copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be provided
26to the committed person and informed consent obtained as

 

 

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1required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the
2AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct opt-out
3HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality
4Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the
5Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other
6languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in
7the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that
8they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or
9acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's
10medical record. The Department shall follow procedures
11established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
12testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
13testing must be conducted by medical personnel, but pre-test
14and other information may be provided by committed persons who
15have received appropriate training. The Department, in
16conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop
17a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to
18deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test
19results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section
20shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate
21who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested
22for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV
23test result is available to the Department electronically. At
24the same time, the Department shall require each such inmate to
25sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed of his or
26her rights with respect to the testing required to be offered

 

 

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1under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with an
2opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be
3tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The
4Department, in consultation with the Department of Public
5Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The testing
6provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an
7enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other
8test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test
9result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable
10confirmatory test shall be administered.
11    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
12has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
13timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
14management, including referrals to other support services.
15    Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to
16appropriation.
17    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
18facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
19or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
20provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
21services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
22specified by the chief administrative officer of the
23institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
24        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
25    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
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1    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
2    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
3    committed person;
4        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
5    or facility remain in effect;
6        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
7    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
8        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
9    for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction
10    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
11    in the institution or facility for that week;
12        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
13    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
14    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
15        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
16    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
17    application to the Department of Corrections under
18    existing Department rules and the Department must review
19    the application within 60 days after submission of the
20    application to the Department; and
21        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
22    shall manage the addiction recovery services program
23    according to its own processes and procedures.
24    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
25recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and
26addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services

 

 

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1recognized by the Department of Human Services.
2(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
3    (730 ILCS 5/3-8-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-2)
4    Sec. 3-8-2. Social Evaluation; physical examination;
5HIV/AIDS.
6    (a) A social evaluation shall be made of a committed
7person's medical, psychological, educational and vocational
8condition and history, including the use of alcohol and other
9drugs, the circumstances of his offense, and such other
10information as the Department may determine. The committed
11person shall be assigned to an institution or facility in so
12far as practicable in accordance with the social evaluation.
13Recommendations shall be made for medical, dental,
14psychiatric, psychological and social service treatment.
15    (b) A record of the social evaluation shall be entered in
16the committed person's master record file and shall be
17forwarded to the institution or facility to which the person is
18assigned.
19    (c) Upon admission to a correctional institution each
20committed person shall be given a physical examination. If he
21is suspected of having a communicable disease that in the
22judgment of the Department medical personnel requires medical
23isolation, the committed person shall remain in medical
24isolation until it is no longer deemed medically necessary.
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1or an inmate's final destination, the Department must provide
2the committed person with appropriate information in writing,
3verbally, by video or other electronic means written
4information and counseling concerning HIV and AIDS. The
5Department shall develop the informational written materials
6in consultation with the Department of Public Health. At the
7same time, the Department also must offer the committed person
8the option of being tested, with no copayment, for infection
9with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pre-test information
10shall be provided to the committed person and informed consent
11obtained as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section
125 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct
13opt-out HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS
14Confidentiality Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV
15testing, the Department shall place signs in English, Spanish
16and other languages as needed in multiple, highly visible
17locations in the area where HIV testing is conducted informing
18inmates that they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse,
19and refusal or acceptance of testing shall be documented in the
20inmate's medical record. The Department shall follow
21procedures established by the Department of Public Health to
22conduct HIV testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test
23results. All testing must be conducted by medical personnel,
24but pre-test and other information may be provided by committed
25persons who have received appropriate training. The
26Department, in conjunction with the Department of Public

 

 

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1Health, shall develop a plan that complies with the AIDS
2Confidentiality Act to deliver confidentially all positive or
3negative HIV test results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing
4in this Section shall require the Department to offer HIV
5testing to an inmate who is known to be infected with HIV, or
6who has been tested for HIV within the previous 180 days and
7whose documented HIV test result is available to the Department
8electronically. The Department shall require each committed
9person to sign a form stating that the committed person has
10been informed of his or her rights with respect to the testing
11required to be offered under this subsection (d) and providing
12the committed person with an opportunity to indicate either
13that he or she wants to be tested or that he or she does not
14want to be tested. The Department, in consultation with the
15Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the contents of
16the form. The testing provided under this subsection (d) shall
17consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or
18any other test approved by the Department of Public Health. If
19the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more
20reliable confirmatory test shall be administered.
21Implementation of this subsection (d) is subject to
22appropriation.
23(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
24    (730 ILCS 5/3-10-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-2)
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1Department of Juvenile Justice.
2    (a) A person committed to the Department of Juvenile
3Justice shall be examined in regard to his medical,
4psychological, social, educational and vocational condition
5and history, including the use of alcohol and other drugs, the
6circumstances of his offense and any other information as the
7Department of Juvenile Justice may determine.
8    (a-5) Upon admission of a person committed to the
9Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Juvenile
10Justice must provide the person with appropriate information
11written information and counseling concerning HIV and AIDS in
12writing, verbally, or by video or other electronic means. The
13Department of Juvenile Justice shall develop the informational
14written materials in consultation with the Department of Public
15Health. At the same time, the Department of Juvenile Justice
16also must offer the person the option of being tested, at no
17charge to the person, for infection with human immunodeficiency
18virus (HIV). Pre-test information shall be provided to the
19committed person and informed consent obtained as required in
20subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the AIDS
21Confidentiality Act. The Department of Juvenile Justice may
22conduct opt-out HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS
23Confidentiality Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV
24testing, the Department shall place signs in English, Spanish
25and other languages as needed in multiple, highly visible
26locations in the area where HIV testing is conducted informing

 

 

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1inmates that they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse,
2and refusal or acceptance of testing shall be documented in the
3inmate's medical record. The Department shall follow
4procedures established by the Department of Public Health to
5conduct HIV testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test
6results. All testing must be conducted by medical personnel,
7but pre-test and other information may be provided by committed
8persons who have received appropriate training. The
9Department, in conjunction with the Department of Public
10Health, shall develop a plan that complies with the AIDS
11Confidentiality Act to deliver confidentially all positive or
12negative HIV test results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing
13in this Section shall require the Department to offer HIV
14testing to an inmate who is known to be infected with HIV, or
15who has been tested for HIV within the previous 180 days and
16whose documented HIV test result is available to the Department
17electronically. or any other identified causative agent of
18acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of
19Juvenile Justice shall require each person committed to the
20Department of Juvenile Justice to sign a form stating that the
21person has been informed of his or her rights with respect to
22the testing required to be offered under this subsection (a-5)
23and providing the person with an opportunity to indicate either
24that he or she wants to be tested or that he or she does not
25want to be tested. The Department of Juvenile Justice, in
26consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall

 

 

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1prescribe the contents of the form. The testing provided under
2this subsection (a-5) shall consist of an enzyme-linked
3immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
4the Department of Public Health. If the test result is
5positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory
6test shall be administered.
7    Also upon admission of a person committed to the Department
8of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Juvenile Justice must
9inform the person of the Department's obligation to provide the
10person with medical care.
11    Implementation of this subsection (a-5) is subject to
12appropriation.
13    (b) Based on its examination, the Department of Juvenile
14Justice may exercise the following powers in developing a
15treatment program of any person committed to the Department of
16Juvenile Justice:
17        (1) Require participation by him in vocational,
18    physical, educational and corrective training and
19    activities to return him to the community.
20        (2) Place him in any institution or facility of the
21    Department of Juvenile Justice.
22        (3) Order replacement or referral to the Parole and
23    Pardon Board as often as it deems desirable. The Department
24    of Juvenile Justice shall refer the person to the Parole
25    and Pardon Board as required under Section 3-3-4.
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1    Services and the Director of Children and Family Services,
2    with courts having probation officers, and with private
3    agencies or institutions for separate care or special
4    treatment of persons subject to the control of the
5    Department of Juvenile Justice.
6    (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall make periodic
7reexamination of all persons under the control of the
8Department of Juvenile Justice to determine whether existing
9orders in individual cases should be modified or continued.
10This examination shall be made with respect to every person at
11least once annually.
12    (d) A record of the treatment decision including any
13modification thereof and the reason therefor, shall be part of
14the committed person's master record file.
15    (e) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall by certified
16mail, return receipt requested, notify the parent, guardian or
17nearest relative of any person committed to the Department of
18Juvenile Justice of his physical location and any change
19thereof.
20(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
21    Section 10. The County Jail Act is amended by changing
22Section 17.10 as follows:
 
23    (730 ILCS 125/17.10)
24    Sec. 17.10. Requirements in connection with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

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1    (a) In each county other than Cook, during the medical
2admissions exam, the warden of the jail, a correctional officer
3at the jail, or a member of the jail medical staff must provide
4the prisoner with appropriate written information concerning
5human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
6immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of Public
7Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
8HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to
9the warden at no cost to the county. The warden, a correctional
10officer, or a member of the jail medical staff must inform the
11prisoner of the option of being tested for infection with HIV
12by a certified local community-based agency or other available
13medical provider at no charge to the prisoner.
14    (b) In Cook County, during the medical admissions exam, an
15employee of the Cook County Health & Hospitals System Bureau of
16Health Services must provide the prisoner with appropriate
17written information in writing, verbally or by video or other
18electronic means concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
19and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and must also
20provide the prisoner with option of testing for infection with
21HIV or any other identified causative agent of AIDS, as well as
22counseling in connection with such testing. The Cook County
23Health & Hospitals System may provide the inmate with opt-out
24human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, as defined in
25Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act, unless the inmate
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1Health & Hospitals System shall place signs in English,
2Spanish, and other languages as needed in multiple, highly
3visible locations in the area where HIV testing is conducted
4informing inmates that they will be tested for HIV unless they
5refuse, and refusal or acceptance of testing shall be
6documented in the inmate's medical record. Pre-test
7information shall be provided to the inmate and informed
8consent obtained from the inmate as required in subsection (d)
9of Section 3 and Section 5 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act. The
10Cook County Health & Hospitals System shall follow procedures
11established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
12testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
13aspects of HIV testing shall comply with the requirements of
14the AIDS Confidentiality Act, including delivery of test
15results, as determined by the Cook County Health & Hospitals
16System in consultation with the Illinois Department of Public
17Health. Nothing in this Section shall require the Cook County
18Health & Hospitals System to offer HIV testing to inmates who
19are known to be infected with HIV. The Department of Public
20Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
21HIV/AIDS testing may must provide these informational
22materials to the Bureau at no cost to the county. The testing
23provided under this subsection (b) shall be conducted by the
24Cook County Bureau of Health Services and shall consist of an
25enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other
26test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test

 

 

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1result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable
2confirmatory test shall be administered.
3    (c) In each county, the warden of the jail must make
4appropriate written information concerning HIV/AIDS available
5to every visitor to the jail. This information must include
6information concerning persons or entities to contact for local
7counseling and testing. The Department of Public Health and
8community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS
9testing must provide these informational materials to the
10warden at no cost to the office of the county sheriff.
11    (d) Implementation of this Section is subject to
12appropriation.
13(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1,
152011.