Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5766

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with DuPage County to establish a pilot program within DuPage County, which shall include the establishment of a secure facility for the purpose of delivering intensive and individualized evidence-based substance abuse treatment to persons sentenced to incarceration. Provides that contingent upon the establishment of a secure treatment facility in DuPage County under an intergovernmental agreement between DuPage County and the Department, a defendant sentenced to a term of incarceration for any Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Theft and Related Offenses Article or the Deception and Fraud Article of the Criminal Code of 2012, burglary, or possession of burglary tools, may serve his or her sentence at the secure treatment facility if: (1) the defendant, the State's Attorney, the Department, and DuPage County all consent to the defendant serving his or her sentence at the secure treatment facility; and (2) a risks and needs assessment of the defendant conducted by the Department indicates that the defendant has a severe addiction which makes it likely that he or she will reoffend if the addiction is not effectively treated. Provides that the pilot program shall terminate on January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections may establish a pilot program under which the Department may identify one or more facilities in each of 3 counties, including Cook County, DuPage County, and another county selected by the Department which currently participates in the Adult Redeploy Illinois program. Provides that the Department may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with each participating county to establish one or more facilities in that county for the purpose of delivering intensive and individualized evidence-based substance abuse treatment to persons sentenced to incarceration, or one or more work release facilities, or both. Provides that contingent upon the establishment of a facility under an intergovernmental agreement between a participating county and the Department, if the court finds that any offender, a defendant sentenced to a term of incarceration for any Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Theft and Related Offenses Article or the Deception and Fraud Article of the Criminal Code of 2012, burglary, or possession of burglary tools, may meet the eligibility requirements of the Department, then the court may in its sentencing order approve the offender for placement in the program, conditioned upon his or her acceptance in the program by the Department. Provides that the pilot program shall terminate on January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.

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