98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5923

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/104-15  from Ch. 38, par. 104-15

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a person retained by the State or the defense to conduct a fitness examination shall, upon written request, make his or her notes, other evaluations, and any videotaped interviews available to another examiner of the defendant. Allows an examiner to use these materials as part of a diagnosis or explanation. Prohibits disclosure of the examination's contents except as otherwise provided in the Code. Effective immediately.


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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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 104-15 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/104-15)  (from Ch. 38, par. 104-15)
7    Sec. 104-15. Report.) (a) The person or persons conducting
8an examination of the defendant, pursuant to paragraph (a) or
9(b) of Section 104-13 shall submit a written report to the
10court, the State, and the defense within 30 days of the date of
11the order. The report shall include:
12    (1) A diagnosis and an explanation as to how it was reached
13and the facts upon which it is based;
14    (2) A description of the defendant's mental or physical
15disability, if any; its severity; and an opinion as to whether
16and to what extent it impairs the defendant's ability to
17understand the nature and purpose of the proceedings against
18him or to assist in his defense, or both.
19    (b) If the report indicates that the defendant is not fit
20to stand trial or to plead because of a disability, the report
21shall include an opinion as to the likelihood of the defendant
22attaining fitness within one year if provided with a course of
23treatment. If the person or persons preparing the report are

 

 

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1unable to form such an opinion, the report shall state the
2reasons therefor. The report may include a general description
3of the type of treatment needed and of the least physically
4restrictive form of treatment therapeutically appropriate.
5    (c) The report shall indicate what information, if any,
6contained therein may be harmful to the mental condition of the
7defendant if made known to him.
8    (d) In addition to the report, a person retained by the
9State or the defense to conduct an examination shall, upon
10written request, make his or her notes, other evaluations, and
11any videotaped interviews available to another examiner of the
12defendant. An examiner may use these materials as part of his
13or her diagnosis and explanation but shall not otherwise
14disclose the contents, including at a hearing before the court,
15except as otherwise provided in Section 104-14 of this Code.
16(Source: P.A. 81-1217.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.