97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2844

 

Introduced 1/24/2012, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-2-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that when the Department of Corrections lets bids for contracts for medical services to be provided to persons committed to Department facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical service corporation, or other health care provider or lets bids for contracts for food or commissary services to be provided to Department facilities, the bid may only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating (rather than rated AAA) by a bond rating organization. Changes the definition of an "indigent" committed person in relation to the exemption from the $5 co-payment for medical and dental services. Provides that the committed person who has $20 or less in his or her Inmate Trust Fund at the time of such services and (rather than or) for the 30 days prior to such services. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
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 3-2-2 and 3-6-2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
7    Sec. 3-2-2. Powers and Duties of the Department.
8    (1) In addition to the powers, duties and responsibilities
9which are otherwise provided by law, the Department shall have
10the following powers:
11        (a) To accept persons committed to it by the courts of
12    this State for care, custody, treatment and
13    rehabilitation, and to accept federal prisoners and aliens
14    over whom the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee is
15    authorized to exercise the federal detention function for
16    limited purposes and periods of time.
17        (b) To develop and maintain reception and evaluation
18    units for purposes of analyzing the custody and
19    rehabilitation needs of persons committed to it and to
20    assign such persons to institutions and programs under its
21    control or transfer them to other appropriate agencies. In
22    consultation with the Department of Alcoholism and
23    Substance Abuse (now the Department of Human Services), the

 

 

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1    Department of Corrections shall develop a master plan for
2    the screening and evaluation of persons committed to its
3    custody who have alcohol or drug abuse problems, and for
4    making appropriate treatment available to such persons;
5    the Department shall report to the General Assembly on such
6    plan not later than April 1, 1987. The maintenance and
7    implementation of such plan shall be contingent upon the
8    availability of funds.
9        (b-1) To create and implement, on January 1, 2002, a
10    pilot program to establish the effectiveness of
11    pupillometer technology (the measurement of the pupil's
12    reaction to light) as an alternative to a urine test for
13    purposes of screening and evaluating persons committed to
14    its custody who have alcohol or drug problems. The pilot
15    program shall require the pupillometer technology to be
16    used in at least one Department of Corrections facility.
17    The Director may expand the pilot program to include an
18    additional facility or facilities as he or she deems
19    appropriate. A minimum of 4,000 tests shall be included in
20    the pilot program. The Department must report to the
21    General Assembly on the effectiveness of the program by
22    January 1, 2003.
23        (b-5) To develop, in consultation with the Department
24    of State Police, a program for tracking and evaluating each
25    inmate from commitment through release for recording his or
26    her gang affiliations, activities, or ranks.

 

 

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1        (c) To maintain and administer all State correctional
2    institutions and facilities under its control and to
3    establish new ones as needed. Pursuant to its power to
4    establish new institutions and facilities, the Department
5    may, with the written approval of the Governor, authorize
6    the Department of Central Management Services to enter into
7    an agreement of the type described in subsection (d) of
8    Section 405-300 of the Department of Central Management
9    Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300). The Department shall
10    designate those institutions which shall constitute the
11    State Penitentiary System.
12        Pursuant to its power to establish new institutions and
13    facilities, the Department may authorize the Department of
14    Central Management Services to accept bids from counties
15    and municipalities for the construction, remodeling or
16    conversion of a structure to be leased to the Department of
17    Corrections for the purposes of its serving as a
18    correctional institution or facility. Such construction,
19    remodeling or conversion may be financed with revenue bonds
20    issued pursuant to the Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act
21    by the municipality or county. The lease specified in a bid
22    shall be for a term of not less than the time needed to
23    retire any revenue bonds used to finance the project, but
24    not to exceed 40 years. The lease may grant to the State
25    the option to purchase the structure outright.
26        Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify

 

 

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1    one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
2    the General Assembly for approval. Upon approval of a bid
3    by a constitutional majority of both houses of the General
4    Assembly, pursuant to joint resolution, the Department of
5    Central Management Services may enter into an agreement
6    with the county or municipality pursuant to such bid.
7        (c-5) To build and maintain regional juvenile
8    detention centers and to charge a per diem to the counties
9    as established by the Department to defray the costs of
10    housing each minor in a center. In this subsection (c-5),
11    "juvenile detention center" means a facility to house
12    minors during pendency of trial who have been transferred
13    from proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to
14    prosecutions under the criminal laws of this State in
15    accordance with Section 5-805 of the Juvenile Court Act of
16    1987, whether the transfer was by operation of law or
17    permissive under that Section. The Department shall
18    designate the counties to be served by each regional
19    juvenile detention center.
20        (d) To develop and maintain programs of control,
21    rehabilitation and employment of committed persons within
22    its institutions.
23        (d-5) To provide a pre-release job preparation program
24    for inmates at Illinois adult correctional centers.
25        (e) To establish a system of supervision and guidance
26    of committed persons in the community.

 

 

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1        (f) To establish in cooperation with the Department of
2    Transportation to supply a sufficient number of prisoners
3    for use by the Department of Transportation to clean up the
4    trash and garbage along State, county, township, or
5    municipal highways as designated by the Department of
6    Transportation. The Department of Corrections, at the
7    request of the Department of Transportation, shall furnish
8    such prisoners at least annually for a period to be agreed
9    upon between the Director of Corrections and the Director
10    of Transportation. The prisoners used on this program shall
11    be selected by the Director of Corrections on whatever
12    basis he deems proper in consideration of their term,
13    behavior and earned eligibility to participate in such
14    program - where they will be outside of the prison facility
15    but still in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
16    Prisoners convicted of first degree murder, or a Class X
17    felony, or armed violence, or aggravated kidnapping, or
18    criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse
19    or a subsequent conviction for criminal sexual abuse, or
20    forcible detention, or arson, or a prisoner adjudged a
21    Habitual Criminal shall not be eligible for selection to
22    participate in such program. The prisoners shall remain as
23    prisoners in the custody of the Department of Corrections
24    and such Department shall furnish whatever security is
25    necessary. The Department of Transportation shall furnish
26    trucks and equipment for the highway cleanup program and

 

 

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1    personnel to supervise and direct the program. Neither the
2    Department of Corrections nor the Department of
3    Transportation shall replace any regular employee with a
4    prisoner.
5        (g) To maintain records of persons committed to it and
6    to establish programs of research, statistics and
7    planning.
8        (h) To investigate the grievances of any person
9    committed to the Department, to inquire into any alleged
10    misconduct by employees or committed persons, and to
11    investigate the assets of committed persons to implement
12    Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for these purposes it may
13    issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and
14    the production of writings and papers, and may examine
15    under oath any witnesses who may appear before it; to also
16    investigate alleged violations of a parolee's or
17    releasee's conditions of parole or release; and for this
18    purpose it may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of
19    witnesses and the production of documents only if there is
20    reason to believe that such procedures would provide
21    evidence that such violations have occurred.
22        If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
23    this subsection, the Director may apply to any circuit
24    court to secure compliance with the subpoena. The failure
25    to comply with the order of the court issued in response
26    thereto shall be punishable as contempt of court.

 

 

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1        (i) To appoint and remove the chief administrative
2    officers, and administer programs of training and
3    development of personnel of the Department. Personnel
4    assigned by the Department to be responsible for the
5    custody and control of committed persons or to investigate
6    the alleged misconduct of committed persons or employees or
7    alleged violations of a parolee's or releasee's conditions
8    of parole shall be conservators of the peace for those
9    purposes, and shall have the full power of peace officers
10    outside of the facilities of the Department in the
11    protection, arrest, retaking and reconfining of committed
12    persons or where the exercise of such power is necessary to
13    the investigation of such misconduct or violations.
14        (j) To cooperate with other departments and agencies
15    and with local communities for the development of standards
16    and programs for better correctional services in this
17    State.
18        (k) To administer all moneys and properties of the
19    Department.
20        (l) To report annually to the Governor on the committed
21    persons, institutions and programs of the Department.
22        (l-5) In a confidential annual report to the Governor,
23    the Department shall identify all inmate gangs by
24    specifying each current gang's name, population and allied
25    gangs. The Department shall further specify the number of
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1    during the past year, and the measures taken by the
2    Department to segregate each leader from his or her gang
3    and allied gangs. The Department shall further report the
4    current status of leaders identified and segregated in
5    previous years. All leaders described in the report shall
6    be identified by inmate number or other designation to
7    enable tracking, auditing, and verification without
8    revealing the names of the leaders. Because this report
9    contains law enforcement intelligence information
10    collected by the Department, the report is confidential and
11    not subject to public disclosure.
12        (m) To make all rules and regulations and exercise all
13    powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
14        (n) To establish rules and regulations for
15    administering a system of good conduct credits,
16    established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject to
17    review by the Prisoner Review Board.
18        (o) To administer the distribution of funds from the
19    State Treasury to reimburse counties where State penal
20    institutions are located for the payment of assistant
21    state's attorneys' salaries under Section 4-2001 of the
22    Counties Code.
23        (p) To exchange information with the Department of
24    Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
25    Services for the purpose of verifying living arrangements
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1    administration of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid
2    Code.
3        (q) To establish a diversion program.
4        The program shall provide a structured environment for
5    selected technical parole or mandatory supervised release
6    violators and committed persons who have violated the rules
7    governing their conduct while in work release. This program
8    shall not apply to those persons who have committed a new
9    offense while serving on parole or mandatory supervised
10    release or while committed to work release.
11        Elements of the program shall include, but shall not be
12    limited to, the following:
13            (1) The staff of a diversion facility shall provide
14        supervision in accordance with required objectives set
15        by the facility.
16            (2) Participants shall be required to maintain
17        employment.
18            (3) Each participant shall pay for room and board
19        at the facility on a sliding-scale basis according to
20        the participant's income.
21            (4) Each participant shall:
22                (A) provide restitution to victims in
23            accordance with any court order;
24                (B) provide financial support to his
25            dependents; and
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1            court-ordered obligations.
2            (5) Each participant shall complete community
3        service in addition to employment.
4            (6) Participants shall take part in such
5        counseling, educational and other programs as the
6        Department may deem appropriate.
7            (7) Participants shall submit to drug and alcohol
8        screening.
9            (8) The Department shall promulgate rules
10        governing the administration of the program.
11        (r) To enter into intergovernmental cooperation
12    agreements under which persons in the custody of the
13    Department may participate in a county impact
14    incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
15    3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
16        (r-5) (Blank).
17        (r-10) To systematically and routinely identify with
18    respect to each streetgang active within the correctional
19    system: (1) each active gang; (2) every existing inter-gang
20    affiliation or alliance; and (3) the current leaders in
21    each gang. The Department shall promptly segregate leaders
22    from inmates who belong to their gangs and allied gangs.
23    "Segregate" means no physical contact and, to the extent
24    possible under the conditions and space available at the
25    correctional facility, prohibition of visual and sound
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1    "leaders" means persons who:
2            (i) are members of a criminal streetgang;
3            (ii) with respect to other individuals within the
4        streetgang, occupy a position of organizer,
5        supervisor, or other position of management or
6        leadership; and
7            (iii) are actively and personally engaged in
8        directing, ordering, authorizing, or requesting
9        commission of criminal acts by others, which are
10        punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
11        related activity both within and outside of the
12        Department of Corrections.
13    "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related" have the
14    meanings ascribed to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
15    Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
16        (s) To operate a super-maximum security institution,
17    in order to manage and supervise inmates who are disruptive
18    or dangerous and provide for the safety and security of the
19    staff and the other inmates.
20        (t) To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
21    unprivileged communication, whether in person or by mail,
22    telephone, or other means, between an inmate who, before
23    commitment to the Department, was a member of an organized
24    gang and any other person without the need to show cause or
25    satisfy any other requirement of law before beginning the
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1    monitoring may be by video, voice, or other method of
2    recording or by any other means. As used in this
3    subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
4    ascribed to it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang
5    Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
6        As used in this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
7    conversation" or "unprivileged communication" means a
8    conversation or communication that is not protected by any
9    privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule, or order
10    of the Illinois Supreme Court.
11        (u) To establish a Women's and Children's Pre-release
12    Community Supervision Program for the purpose of providing
13    housing and services to eligible female inmates, as
14    determined by the Department, and their newborn and young
15    children.
16        (u-5) To issue an order, whenever a person committed to
17    the Department absconds or absents himself or herself,
18    without authority to do so, from any facility or program to
19    which he or she is assigned. The order shall be certified
20    by the Director, the Supervisor of the Apprehension Unit,
21    or any person duly designated by the Director, with the
22    seal of the Department affixed. The order shall be directed
23    to all sheriffs, coroners, and police officers, or to any
24    particular person named in the order. Any order issued
25    pursuant to this subdivision (1) (u-5) shall be sufficient
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1    arrest and deliver the committed person to the proper
2    correctional officials and shall be executed the same as
3    criminal process.
4        (v) To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
5    provisions of this Chapter.
6    (2) The Department of Corrections shall by January 1, 1998,
7consider building and operating a correctional facility within
8100 miles of a county of over 2,000,000 inhabitants, especially
9a facility designed to house juvenile participants in the
10impact incarceration program.
11    (3) When the Department lets bids for contracts for medical
12services to be provided to persons committed to Department
13facilities by a health maintenance organization, medical
14service corporation, or other health care provider, the bid may
15only be let to a health care provider that has obtained an
16irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond issued by a
17company whose bonds have an investment grade or higher rating
18are rated AAA by a bond rating organization.
19    (4) When the Department lets bids for contracts for food or
20commissary services to be provided to Department facilities,
21the bid may only be let to a food or commissary services
22provider that has obtained an irrevocable letter of credit or
23performance bond issued by a company whose bonds have an
24investment grade or higher rating are rated AAA by a bond
25rating organization.
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1    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
2    Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
3    (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
4be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
5the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
6responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
7facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
8the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
9such persons.
10    (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
11assistants as the Department may assign.
12    (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
13emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
14formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
15correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
16subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
17facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
18State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
19thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
20be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
21be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
22This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
23Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
24Section 3-10-5.
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1all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
2to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
3the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
4Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
5professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
6possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
7education and may establish rules and regulations for the
8administration of such programs. A person committed to the
9Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
10participates in an educational program provided by or through
11the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
12number of hours of credit required for the award of an
13associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
14college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
15reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
16incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
17her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
18for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
19is required under this subsection shall be determined and
20computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
21shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
22of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
23from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
24person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
25constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
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1    (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to
2confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
3virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
4with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
5the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
6is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
7referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
8test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
9to appropriation.
10    (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
11need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
12giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
13treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
14person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
15consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
16physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
17this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
18        (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
19    required relative to a condition threatening to cause
20    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
21    disfigurement; and
22        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
23    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
24    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
25    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
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1    of a physician to give such treatment.
2    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
3person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
4administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
5physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
6of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
7surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
8impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
9officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
10    (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
11treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
12the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
13by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
14person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
15basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit
16for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
17shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
18account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
19defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt
20from the $5 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
21committed person shall not be subject to a $5 co-payment for
22follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
23contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
24indigent is exempt from the $5 co-payment and is entitled to
25receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
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1co-payment. For purposes of this Section only, "indigent" means
2a committed person who has $20 or less in his or her Inmate
3Trust Fund at the time of such services and or for the 30 days
4prior to such services. Notwithstanding any other provision in
5this subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to
6any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as
7set forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
8co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
9facilities.
10    (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
11of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
12commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
13Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
14the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
15of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
16the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
17the child is 6 years old.
18    (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
19Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
20following:
21        (1) family advocacy counseling;
22        (2) parent self-help group;
23        (3) parenting skills training;
24        (4) parent and child overnight program;
25        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
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1    and
2        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
3    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
4    both and the inmate.
5    (i) (Blank). a test approved by the Illinois Department of
6Public Health to determine the presence of HIV infection, based
7upon recommendations of United States Centers for Disease
8Control and Prevention a reliable supplemental based upon
9recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
10Control and Prevention information
11    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
12Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
13a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
14from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
15shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
16guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
17Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
18    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
19Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
20Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
21treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
22conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
23Act.
24    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a
25facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile
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1appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or
2other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department
3shall develop the informational materials in consultation with
4the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
5Department must also offer the committed person the option of
6testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
7with no copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be
8provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained
9as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the
10AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct opt-out
11HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality
12Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the
13Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other
14languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in
15the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that
16they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or
17acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's
18medical record. The Department shall follow procedures
19established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
20testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
21testing must be conducted by medical personnel, but pre-test
22and other information may be provided by committed persons who
23have received appropriate training. The Department, in
24conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop
25a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to
26deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test

 

 

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1results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section
2shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate
3who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested
4for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV
5test result is available to the Department electronically. The
6testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of a
7test approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to
8determine the presence of HIV infection, based upon
9recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
10Control and Prevention. If the test result is positive, a
11reliable supplemental test based upon recommendations of the
12United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
13be administered.
14    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
15has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
16timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
17management, including referrals to other support services.
18    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
19facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
20or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
21provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
22services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
23specified by the chief administrative officer of the
24institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
25        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
26    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;

 

 

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1        (2) the committed person may attend the meeting for
2    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
3    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
4    committed person;
5        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
6    or facility remain in effect;
7        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
8    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
9        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
10    for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction
11    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
12    in the institution or facility for that week;
13        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
14    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
15    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
16        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
17    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
18    application to the Department of Corrections under
19    existing Department rules and the Department must review
20    the application within 60 days after submission of the
21    application to the Department; and
22        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
23    shall manage the addiction recovery services program
24    according to its own processes and procedures.
25    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
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1addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services
2recognized by the Department of Human Services.
3(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10; 97-244, eff. 8-4-11; 97-323,
4eff. 8-12-11; 97-562, eff. 1-1-12; revised 9-14-11.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.