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1     AN ACT in relation to health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 African-American HIV/AIDS Response Act.
 
6     Section 5. Legislative finding. The General Assembly finds
7 that HIV/AIDS in the African-American community is a crisis
8 separate and apart from the overall issue of HIV/AIDS in other
9 communities.
 
10     Section 10. African-American HIV/AIDS Response Officer. An
11 African-American HIV/AIDS Response Officer, responsible for
12 coordinating efforts to address the African-American AIDS
13 crisis within his or her respective Office or Department and
14 serving as a liaison to governmental and non-governmental
15 entities beyond his or her respective Office or Department
16 regarding the same, shall be designated in each of the
17 following:
18         (1) The Office of the Governor.
19         (2) The Department of Human Services.
20         (3) The Department of Public Health.
21         (4) The Department of Corrections.
 
22     Section 15. State agencies; HIV testing.
23     (a) In this Section:
24     "High-risk community" means a community designated as
25 high-risk by the Department of Public Health in rules.
26     "High-traffic facility" means a high-traffic facility as
27 defined by the State agency operating the facility.
28     "State agency" means (i) any department of State government
29 created under Section 5-15 of the Departments of State
30 Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois or

 

 

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1 (ii) the Office of the Secretary of State.
2     (b) The Department of Public Health shall coordinate the
3 response to HIV/AIDS in the African-American community.
4     (c) A State agency that operates a facility that (i) is
5 accessible to the public, (ii) is a high-traffic facility, and
6 (iii) serves a high-risk community must provide the following
7 in each such facility where space and security reasonably
8 permit: space for free HIV counseling and antibody testing to a
9 community-based organization licensed to do testing, in
10 accordance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act and rules adopted
11 by the Department of Public Health. The State agency or its
12 employees shall not conduct any counseling or testing required
13 to be provided under this subsection, but the agency shall make
14 appropriate arrangements with one or more certified
15 community-based organizations to conduct the counseling or
16 testing. The testing required to be provided under this
17 subsection is the rapid testing authorized under Section 5.5 of
18 the AIDS Confidentiality Act.
19     (d) Neither the State of Illinois nor any State agency
20 supplying space for services authorized by this Section shall
21 be liable for damages based on the provision of such space or
22 claimed to result from any services performed in such space,
23 except that this immunity does not apply in the case of willful
24 and wanton misconduct.
 
25     Section 20. Study. The Illinois HIV/AIDS Policy and
26 Research Institute at Chicago State University shall conduct a
27 study to determine whether there is a correlation between
28 incarceration and HIV infection.
 
29     Section 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel.
30     (a) The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established
31 within the Office of the Governor. The Panel shall consist of
32 the following members:
33         (1) One member appointed by the Governor. This member
34     shall serve as the Chair of the Panel.

 

 

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1         (2) One representative of each of the following,
2     appointed by the head of the department: the Department of
3     Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the
4     Department of Public Health.
5         (3) Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of
6     HIV/AIDS as it relates to incarceration, appointed by
7     Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County,
8     and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both
9     of these members must have received a final discharge from
10     the Department of Corrections.
11         (4) Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations
12     that have been in business for at least 2 years, appointed
13     by Governor. In the case of such an organization that
14     represents a constituency the majority of whom are
15     African-American, the organization's representative who is
16     a member of the Panel must be African-American.
17     (b) The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act
18 within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report
19 with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1
20 stating the results of its review.
 
21     Section 30. Rules.
22     (a) No later than March 15, 2006, the Department of Public
23 Health shall issue proposed rules for designating high-risk
24 communities and for implementing subsection (c) of Section 15.
25 The rules must include, but may not be limited to, a standard
26 testing protocol, training for staff, community-based
27 organization experience, and the removal and proper disposal of
28 hazardous waste.
29     (b) The Department of Human Services, the Department of
30 Public Health, and the Department of Corrections shall adopt
31 rules as necessary to ensure that this Act is implemented
32 within 6 months after the effective date of this Act.
 
33     Section 35. Implementation subject to appropriation.
34 Implementation of this Act is subject to appropriation.
 

 

 

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1     Section 90. The Department of Public Health Powers and
2 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
3 amended by adding Section 2310-321 as follows:
 
4     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-321 new)
5     Sec. 2310-321. Information for persons committed to the
6 Department of Corrections and persons confined in a county
7 jail. On the Department's official Web site, the Department
8 shall provide Web-friendly and printer-friendly versions of
9 educational materials targeted to persons presently or
10 previously committed to the Department of Corrections or
11 confined in a county jail, as well as family members and
12 friends of such persons. The information shall include
13 information concerning testing, counseling, and case
14 management, including referrals and support services, in
15 connection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other
16 identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency
17 syndrome (AIDS). Implementation of this Section is subject to
18 appropriation.
 
19     Section 92. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
20 changing Sections 5-2 and 9A-4 and by adding Section 5-5.04 as
21 follows:
 
22     (305 ILCS 5/5-2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 5-2)
23     Sec. 5-2. Classes of Persons Eligible. Medical assistance
24 under this Article shall be available to any of the following
25 classes of persons in respect to whom a plan for coverage has
26 been submitted to the Governor by the Illinois Department and
27 approved by him:
28     1. Recipients of basic maintenance grants under Articles
29 III and IV.
30     2. Persons otherwise eligible for basic maintenance under
31 Articles III and IV but who fail to qualify thereunder on the
32 basis of need, and who have insufficient income and resources

 

 

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1 to meet the costs of necessary medical care, including but not
2 limited to the following:
3         (a) All persons otherwise eligible for basic
4     maintenance under Article III but who fail to qualify under
5     that Article on the basis of need and who meet either of
6     the following requirements:
7             (i) their income, as determined by the Illinois
8         Department in accordance with any federal
9         requirements, is equal to or less than 70% in fiscal
10         year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in fiscal year
11         2002 and until a date to be determined by the
12         Department by rule, and equal to or less than 100%
13         beginning on the date determined by the Department by
14         rule, of the nonfarm income official poverty line, as
15         defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget
16         and revised annually in accordance with Section 673(2)
17         of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,
18         applicable to families of the same size; or
19             (ii) their income, after the deduction of costs
20         incurred for medical care and for other types of
21         remedial care, is equal to or less than 70% in fiscal
22         year 2001, equal to or less than 85% in fiscal year
23         2002 and until a date to be determined by the
24         Department by rule, and equal to or less than 100%
25         beginning on the date determined by the Department by
26         rule, of the nonfarm income official poverty line, as
27         defined in item (i) of this subparagraph (a).
28         (b) All persons who would be determined eligible for
29     such basic maintenance under Article IV by disregarding the
30     maximum earned income permitted by federal law.
31     3. Persons who would otherwise qualify for Aid to the
32 Medically Indigent under Article VII.
33     4. Persons not eligible under any of the preceding
34 paragraphs who fall sick, are injured, or die, not having
35 sufficient money, property or other resources to meet the costs
36 of necessary medical care or funeral and burial expenses.

 

 

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1     5. (a) Women during pregnancy, after the fact of pregnancy
2     has been determined by medical diagnosis, and during the
3     60-day period beginning on the last day of the pregnancy,
4     together with their infants and children born after
5     September 30, 1983, whose income and resources are
6     insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical care to
7     the maximum extent possible under Title XIX of the Federal
8     Social Security Act.
9         (b) The Illinois Department and the Governor shall
10     provide a plan for coverage of the persons eligible under
11     paragraph 5(a) by April 1, 1990. Such plan shall provide
12     ambulatory prenatal care to pregnant women during a
13     presumptive eligibility period and establish an income
14     eligibility standard that is equal to 133% of the nonfarm
15     income official poverty line, as defined by the federal
16     Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in
17     accordance with Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
18     Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to families of the
19     same size, provided that costs incurred for medical care
20     are not taken into account in determining such income
21     eligibility.
22         (c) The Illinois Department may conduct a
23     demonstration in at least one county that will provide
24     medical assistance to pregnant women, together with their
25     infants and children up to one year of age, where the
26     income eligibility standard is set up to 185% of the
27     nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the
28     federal Office of Management and Budget. The Illinois
29     Department shall seek and obtain necessary authorization
30     provided under federal law to implement such a
31     demonstration. Such demonstration may establish resource
32     standards that are not more restrictive than those
33     established under Article IV of this Code.
34     6. Persons under the age of 18 who fail to qualify as
35 dependent under Article IV and who have insufficient income and
36 resources to meet the costs of necessary medical care to the

 

 

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1 maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the Federal Social
2 Security Act.
3     7. Persons who are under 21 years of age and would qualify
4 as disabled as defined under the Federal Supplemental Security
5 Income Program, provided medical service for such persons would
6 be eligible for Federal Financial Participation, and provided
7 the Illinois Department determines that:
8         (a) the person requires a level of care provided by a
9     hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care
10     facility, as determined by a physician licensed to practice
11     medicine in all its branches;
12         (b) it is appropriate to provide such care outside of
13     an institution, as determined by a physician licensed to
14     practice medicine in all its branches;
15         (c) the estimated amount which would be expended for
16     care outside the institution is not greater than the
17     estimated amount which would be expended in an institution.
18     8. Persons who become ineligible for basic maintenance
19 assistance under Article IV of this Code in programs
20 administered by the Illinois Department due to employment
21 earnings and persons in assistance units comprised of adults
22 and children who become ineligible for basic maintenance
23 assistance under Article VI of this Code due to employment
24 earnings. The plan for coverage for this class of persons
25 shall:
26         (a) extend the medical assistance coverage for up to 12
27     months following termination of basic maintenance
28     assistance; and
29         (b) offer persons who have initially received 6 months
30     of the coverage provided in paragraph (a) above, the option
31     of receiving an additional 6 months of coverage, subject to
32     the following:
33             (i) such coverage shall be pursuant to provisions
34         of the federal Social Security Act;
35             (ii) such coverage shall include all services
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1         maintenance assistance;
2             (iii) no premium shall be charged for such
3         coverage; and
4             (iv) such coverage shall be suspended in the event
5         of a person's failure without good cause to file in a
6         timely fashion reports required for this coverage
7         under the Social Security Act and coverage shall be
8         reinstated upon the filing of such reports if the
9         person remains otherwise eligible.
10     9. Persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
11 or with AIDS-related conditions with respect to whom there has
12 been a determination that but for home or community-based
13 services such individuals would require the level of care
14 provided in an inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility or
15 intermediate care facility the cost of which is reimbursed
16 under this Article. Assistance shall be provided to such
17 persons to the maximum extent permitted under Title XIX of the
18 Federal Social Security Act.
19     10. Participants in the long-term care insurance
20 partnership program established under the Partnership for
21 Long-Term Care Act who meet the qualifications for protection
22 of resources described in Section 25 of that Act.
23     11. Persons with disabilities who are employed and eligible
24 for Medicaid, pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(xv) of
25 the Social Security Act, as provided by the Illinois Department
26 by rule.
27     12. Subject to federal approval, persons who are eligible
28 for medical assistance coverage under applicable provisions of
29 the federal Social Security Act and the federal Breast and
30 Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000. Those
31 eligible persons are defined to include, but not be limited to,
32 the following persons:
33         (1) persons who have been screened for breast or
34     cervical cancer under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
35     and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
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1     Services Act in accordance with the requirements of Section
2     1504 of that Act as administered by the Illinois Department
3     of Public Health; and
4         (2) persons whose screenings under the above program
5     were funded in whole or in part by funds appropriated to
6     the Illinois Department of Public Health for breast or
7     cervical cancer screening.
8 "Medical assistance" under this paragraph 12 shall be identical
9 to the benefits provided under the State's approved plan under
10 Title XIX of the Social Security Act. The Department must
11 request federal approval of the coverage under this paragraph
12 12 within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory
13 Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
14     13. Subject to appropriation and to federal approval,
15 persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not otherwise eligible
16 under this Article and who qualify for services covered under
17 Section 5-5.04 as provided by the Illinois Department by rule.
18     The Illinois Department and the Governor shall provide a
19 plan for coverage of the persons eligible under paragraph 7 as
20 soon as possible after July 1, 1984.
21     The eligibility of any such person for medical assistance
22 under this Article is not affected by the payment of any grant
23 under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax
24 Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any distributions
25 or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of
26 paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois
27 Income Tax Act. The Department shall by rule establish the
28 amounts of assets to be disregarded in determining eligibility
29 for medical assistance, which shall at a minimum equal the
30 amounts to be disregarded under the Federal Supplemental
31 Security Income Program. The amount of assets of a single
32 person to be disregarded shall not be less than $2,000, and the
33 amount of assets of a married couple to be disregarded shall
34 not be less than $3,000.
35     To the extent permitted under federal law, any person found
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1 ineligible for medical assistance under this Article, as
2 provided in Section 8A-8.
3     The eligibility of any person for medical assistance under
4 this Article shall not be affected by the receipt by the person
5 of donations or benefits from fundraisers held for the person
6 in cases of serious illness, as long as neither the person nor
7 members of the person's family have actual control over the
8 donations or benefits or the disbursement of the donations or
9 benefits.
10 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-47, eff. 7-3-01; 92-597,
11 eff. 6-28-02; 93-20, eff. 6-20-03.)
 
12     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.04 new)
13     Sec. 5-5.04. Persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Department
14 of Public Aid may seek federal approval to expand access to
15 health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Implementation of
16 this Section is subject to appropriation.
 
17     (305 ILCS 5/9A-4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-4)
18     Sec. 9A-4. Participation.
19     (a) Except for those exempted under subsection (b) below,
20 and to the extent resources permit, the Illinois Department as
21 a condition of eligibility for public aid, may, as provided by
22 rule, require all recipients to participate in an education,
23 training, and employment program, which shall include
24 accepting suitable employment and refraining from terminating
25 employment or reducing earnings without good cause.
26     (b) Recipients shall be exempt from the requirement of
27 participation in the education, training, and employment
28 program in the following circumstances:
29         (1) The recipient is a person over age 60; or
30         (2) The recipient is a person with a child under age
31     one.
32     Recipients are entitled to request a reasonable
33 modification to the requirement of participation in the
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1 accommodate a qualified individual with a disability as defined
2 by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Requests for a
3 reasonable modification shall be evaluated on a case-by-case
4 functional basis by designated staff based on Department rule.
5 All such requests shall be monitored as part of the agency's
6 quality assurance process or processes to attest to the
7 expediency with which such requests are addressed.
8 Implementation of the changes made to this Section by this
9 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly is subject to
10 appropriation.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
12     Section 94. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
13 changing Sections 3-6-2, 3-7-2, 3-8-2, and 3-10-2 and by adding
14 Section 3-2-11 as follows:
 
15     (730 ILCS 5/3-2-11 new)
16     Sec. 3-2-11. Web link to Department of Public Health
17 information. On the Department's official Web site, the
18 Department shall provide a link to the information provided to
19 persons committed to the Department and those persons' family
20 members and friends by the Department of Public Health pursuant
21 to Section 2310-321 of the Department of Public Health Powers
22 and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
23 Implementation of this Section is subject to appropriation.
 
24     (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
25     Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
26     (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
27 be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
28 the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
29 responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
30 facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
31 the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
32 such persons.
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1 assistants as the Department may assign.
2     (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
3 emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
4 formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
5 correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
6 subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
7 facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
8 State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
9 thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
10 be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
11 be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
12 This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
13 Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
14 Section 3-10-5.
15     (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
16 all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
17 to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
18 the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
19 Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
20 professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
21 possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
22 education and may establish rules and regulations for the
23 administration of such programs. A person committed to the
24 Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
25 participates in an educational program provided by or through
26 the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
27 number of hours of credit required for the award of an
28 associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
29 college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
30 reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
31 incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
32 her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
33 for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
34 is required under this subsection shall be determined and
35 computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
36 shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate

 

 

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1 of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
2 from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
3 person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
4 constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
5 the Department until paid.
6     (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to
7 confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
8 virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
9 with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
10 the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
11 is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
12 referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
13 test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
14 to appropriation.
15     (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
16 need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
17 giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
18 treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
19 person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
20 consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
21 physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
22 this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
23         (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
24     required relative to a condition threatening to cause
25     death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
26     disfigurement; and
27         (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
28     such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
29     consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
30     consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
31     all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
32     of a physician to give such treatment.
33     (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
34 person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
35 administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
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1 of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
2 surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
3 impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
4 officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
5     (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
6 treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
7 the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
8 by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
9 person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency
10 basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for each visit
11 for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
12 shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
13 account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
14 defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt
15 from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
16 committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment for
17 follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
18 contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
19 indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled to
20 receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
21 committed person who is financially able to afford the
22 co-payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
23 subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to any
24 facility operated by the Juvenile Division, as set forth in
25 subsection (b) of Section 3-2-5 of this Code, is exempt from
26 the co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in
27 those facilities.
28     (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
29 of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
30 commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
31 Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
32 the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
33 of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
34 the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
35 the child is 6 years old.
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1 Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
2 following:
3         (1) family advocacy counseling;
4         (2) parent self-help group;
5         (3) parenting skills training;
6         (4) parent and child overnight program;
7         (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
8     separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
9     and
10         (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
11     family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
12     both and the inmate.
13     (i) Prior to the release of any inmate who has a documented
14 history of intravenous drug use, and upon the receipt of that
15 inmate's written informed consent, the Department shall
16 provide for the testing of such inmate for infection with human
17 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other identified
18 causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
19 The testing provided under this subsection shall consist of an
20 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or such other
21 test as may be approved by the Illinois Department of Public
22 Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay
23 or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered. All
24 inmates tested in accordance with the provisions of this
25 subsection shall be provided with pre-test and post-test
26 counseling. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection
27 to the contrary, the Department shall not be required to
28 conduct the testing and counseling required by this subsection
29 unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of such testing and
30 counseling are appropriated for that purpose by the General
31 Assembly.
32     (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
33 Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
34 a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
35 from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
36 shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and

 

 

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1 guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
2 Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
3     (k) Any minor committed to the Department of
4 Corrections-Juvenile Division for a sex offense as defined by
5 the Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to
6 undergo sex offender treatment by a treatment provider approved
7 by the Board and conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender
8 Management Board Act.
9     (l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department must
10 provide the inmate with the option of testing for infection
11 with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as counseling
12 in connection with such testing, with no copayment for the
13 test. At the same time, the Department shall require each such
14 inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed
15 of his or her rights with respect to the testing required to be
16 offered under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with
17 an opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be
18 tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The
19 Department, in consultation with the Department of Public
20 Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The testing
21 provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an
22 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other
23 test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test
24 result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable
25 confirmatory test shall be administered.
26     Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
27 has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
28 timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
29 management, including referrals to other support services.
30     Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to
31 appropriation.
32 (Source: P.A. 92-292, eff. 8-9-01; 93-616, eff. 1-1-04; 93-928,
33 eff. 1-1-05.)
 
34     (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2)
35     Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities.

 

 

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1     (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
2 provide every committed person with access to toilet
3 facilities, barber facilities, bathing facilities at least
4 once each week, a library of legal materials and published
5 materials including newspapers and magazines approved by the
6 Director. A committed person may not receive any materials that
7 the Director deems pornographic.
8     (b) (Blank).
9     (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
10 provide facilities for every committed person to leave his cell
11 for at least one hour each day unless the chief administrative
12 officer determines that it would be harmful or dangerous to the
13 security or safety of the institution or facility.
14     (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
15 provide every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional
16 diet at regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing
17 adequate for the season, bedding, soap and towels and medical
18 and dental care.
19     (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
20 permit every committed person to send and receive an unlimited
21 number of uncensored letters, provided, however, that the
22 Director may order that mail be inspected and read for reasons
23 of the security, safety or morale of the institution or
24 facility.
25     (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the
26 Department shall permit every committed person to receive
27 visitors, except in case of abuse of the visiting privilege or
28 when the chief administrative officer determines that such
29 visiting would be harmful or dangerous to the security, safety
30 or morale of the institution or facility. The chief
31 administrative officer shall have the right to restrict
32 visitation to non-contact visits for reasons of safety,
33 security, and order, including, but not limited to, restricting
34 contact visits for committed persons engaged in gang activity.
35 No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on
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1 committed person found in possession of illegal drugs or who
2 fails a drug test shall not be permitted contact visits for a
3 period of at least 6 months. Any committed person involved in
4 gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
5 Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a
6 period of at least 6 months. The Department shall offer every
7 visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and
8 AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the
9 Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling
10 information. The Department shall develop the written
11 materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health.
12 The Department shall ensure that all such information and
13 materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural
14 diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to
15 this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
16 Assembly is subject to appropriation.
17     (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall
18 permit religious ministrations and sacraments to be available
19 to every committed person, but attendance at religious services
20 shall not be required.
21     (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department
22 shall prohibit the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any
23 other matter or object that obstructs or otherwise impairs the
24 line of vision into a committed person's cell.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-912, eff. 7-7-00.)
 
26     (730 ILCS 5/3-8-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-2)
27     Sec. 3-8-2. Social Evaluation; physical examination;
28 HIV/AIDS. (a) A social evaluation shall be made of a committed
29 person's medical, psychological, educational and vocational
30 condition and history, including the use of alcohol and other
31 drugs, the circumstances of his offense, and such other
32 information as the Department may determine. The committed
33 person shall be assigned to an institution or facility in so
34 far as practicable in accordance with the social evaluation.
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1 psychiatric, psychological and social service treatment.
2     (b) A record of the social evaluation shall be entered in
3 the committed person's master record file and shall be
4 forwarded to the institution or facility to which the person is
5 assigned.
6     (c) Upon admission to a correctional institution each
7 committed person shall be given a physical examination. If he
8 is suspected of having a communicable disease that in the
9 judgment of the Department medical personnel requires medical
10 isolation, the committed person shall remain in medical
11 isolation until it is no longer deemed medically necessary.
12     (d) Upon arrival at an inmate's final destination, the
13 Department must provide the committed person with appropriate
14 written information and counseling concerning HIV and AIDS. The
15 Department shall develop the written materials in consultation
16 with the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
17 Department also must offer the committed person the option of
18 being tested, with no copayment, for infection with human
19 immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Department shall require
20 each committed person to sign a form stating that the committed
21 person has been informed of his or her rights with respect to
22 the testing required to be offered under this subsection (d)
23 and providing the committed person with an opportunity to
24 indicate either that he or she wants to be tested or that he or
25 she does not want to be tested. The Department, in consultation
26 with the Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the
27 contents of the form. The testing provided under this
28 subsection (d) shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent
29 assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by the Department
30 of Public Health. If the test result is positive, the Western
31 Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory test shall be
32 administered. Implementation of this subsection (d) is subject
33 to appropriation.
34 (Source: P.A. 87-1256.)
 
35     (730 ILCS 5/3-10-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-2)

 

 

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1     Sec. 3-10-2. Examination of Persons Committed to the
2 Juvenile Division.
3     (a) A person committed to the Juvenile Division shall be
4 examined in regard to his medical, psychological, social,
5 educational and vocational condition and history, including
6 the use of alcohol and other drugs, the circumstances of his
7 offense and any other information as the Department may
8 determine.
9     (a-5) Upon admission of a person committed to the Juvenile
10 Division, the Department must provide the person with
11 appropriate written information and counseling concerning HIV
12 and AIDS. The Department shall develop the written materials in
13 consultation with the Department of Public Health. At the same
14 time, the Department also must offer the person the option of
15 being tested, at no charge to the person, for infection with
16 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any other identified
17 causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
18 The Department shall require each person committed to the
19 Juvenile Division to sign a form stating that the person has
20 been informed of his or her rights with respect to the testing
21 required to be offered under this subsection (a-5) and
22 providing the person with an opportunity to indicate either
23 that he or she wants to be tested or that he or she does not
24 want to be tested. The Department, in consultation with the
25 Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the contents of
26 the form. The testing provided under this subsection (a-5)
27 shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
28 test or any other test approved by the Department of Public
29 Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay
30 or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered.
31     Also upon admission of a person committed to the Juvenile
32 Division, the Department must inform the person of the
33 Department's obligation to provide the person with medical
34 care.
35     Implementation of this subsection (a-5) is subject to
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1     (b) Based on its examination, the Department may exercise
2 the following powers in developing a treatment program of any
3 person committed to the Juvenile Division:
4         (1) Require participation by him in vocational,
5     physical, educational and corrective training and
6     activities to return him to the community.
7         (2) Place him in any institution or facility of the
8     Juvenile Division.
9         (3) Order replacement or referral to the Parole and
10     Pardon Board as often as it deems desirable. The Department
11     shall refer the person to the Parole and Pardon Board as
12     required under Section 3-3-4.
13         (4) Enter into agreements with the Secretary of Human
14     Services and the Director of Children and Family Services,
15     with courts having probation officers, and with private
16     agencies or institutions for separate care or special
17     treatment of persons subject to the control of the
18     Department.
19     (c) The Department shall make periodic reexamination of all
20 persons under the control of the Juvenile Division to determine
21 whether existing orders in individual cases should be modified
22 or continued. This examination shall be made with respect to
23 every person at least once annually.
24     (d) A record of the treatment decision including any
25 modification thereof and the reason therefor, shall be part of
26 the committed person's master record file.
27     (e) The Department shall by certified mail, return receipt
28 requested, notify the parent, guardian or nearest relative of
29 any person committed to the Juvenile Division of his physical
30 location and any change thereof.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
32     Section 95. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
33 Section 17.10 as follows:
 
34     (730 ILCS 125/17.10 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 17.10. Requirements in connection with HIV/AIDS.
2     (a) In each county other than Cook, during the medical
3 admissions exam, the warden of the jail, a correctional officer
4 at the jail, or a member of the jail medical staff must provide
5 the prisoner with appropriate written information concerning
6 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
7 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of Public
8 Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
9 HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to
10 the warden at no cost to the county. The warden, a correctional
11 officer, or a member of the jail medical staff must inform the
12 prisoner of the option of being tested for infection with HIV
13 by a certified local community-based agency or other available
14 medical provider at no charge to the prisoner.
15     (b) In Cook County, during the medical admissions exam, an
16 employee of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services must
17 provide the prisoner with appropriate written information
18 concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
19 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and must also provide the
20 prisoner with option of testing for infection with HIV or any
21 other identified causative agent of AIDS, as well as counseling
22 in connection with such testing. The Department of Public
23 Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
24 HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to
25 the Bureau at no cost to the county. The testing provided under
26 this subsection (b) shall be conducted by the Cook County
27 Bureau of Health Services and shall consist of an enzyme-linked
28 immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
29 the Department of Public Health. If the test result is
30 positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory
31 test shall be administered.
32     (c) In each county, the warden of the jail must make
33 appropriate written information concerning HIV/AIDS available
34 to every visitor to the jail. This information must include
35 information concerning persons or entities to contact for local
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1 community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS
2 testing must provide these informational materials to the
3 warden at no cost to the office of the county sheriff.
4     (d) Implementation of this Section is subject to
5 appropriation.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
7 1, 2006.