Full Text of HB2738 100th General Assembly
HB2738ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Carol Ammons Filed: 3/24/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2738
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2738 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 3-7-2 as follows: | 6 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-7-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-7-2) | 7 | | Sec. 3-7-2. Facilities. | 8 | | (a) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | 9 | | provide
every committed person with access to toilet | 10 | | facilities, barber
facilities, bathing facilities at least | 11 | | once each week, a library of
legal materials and published | 12 | | materials including newspapers and magazines
approved by the | 13 | | Director. A committed person may not receive any materials
that | 14 | | the Director deems pornographic. | 15 | | (b) (Blank). | 16 | | (c) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
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| 1 | | provide
facilities for every committed person to leave his cell | 2 | | for at least one
hour each day unless the chief administrative | 3 | | officer determines that it
would be harmful or dangerous to the | 4 | | security or safety of the
institution or facility. | 5 | | (d) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | 6 | | provide
every committed person with a wholesome and nutritional | 7 | | diet at
regularly scheduled hours, drinking water, clothing | 8 | | adequate for the
season, bedding, soap and towels and medical | 9 | | and dental care. | 10 | | (e) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall | 11 | | permit
every committed person to send and receive an unlimited | 12 | | number of
uncensored letters, provided, however, that the | 13 | | Director may order that
mail be inspected and read for reasons | 14 | | of the security, safety or morale
of the institution or | 15 | | facility. | 16 | | (f) All of the institutions and facilities of the | 17 | | Department shall
permit every committed person to receive | 18 | | in-person visitors and video contact , except in case of
abuse | 19 | | of the visiting privilege or when the chief administrative | 20 | | officer
determines that such visiting would be harmful or | 21 | | dangerous to the
security, safety or morale of the institution | 22 | | or facility.
The chief administrative officer shall have the | 23 | | right to restrict visitation
to non-contact visits , video, or | 24 | | other forms of non-contact visits for reasons of safety, | 25 | | security, and order, including,
but not limited to, restricting | 26 | | contact visits for committed persons engaged in
gang activity.
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| 1 | | No committed person in a super maximum security facility or on | 2 | | disciplinary
segregation is allowed contact visits. Any | 3 | | committed person found in
possession of illegal drugs or who | 4 | | fails a drug test shall not be permitted
contact visits for a | 5 | | period of at least 6 months. Any committed person
involved in | 6 | | gang activities or found guilty of assault committed against a
| 7 | | Department employee shall not be permitted contact visits for a | 8 | | period of at
least 6 months. The Department shall offer every | 9 | | visitor appropriate written information concerning HIV and | 10 | | AIDS, including information concerning how to contact the | 11 | | Illinois Department of Public Health for counseling | 12 | | information. The Department shall develop the written | 13 | | materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. | 14 | | The Department shall ensure that all such information and | 15 | | materials are culturally sensitive and reflect cultural | 16 | | diversity as appropriate. Implementation of the changes made to | 17 | | this Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 18 | | Assembly is subject to appropriation.
The Department shall seek | 19 | | the lowest possible cost to provide video calling and shall | 20 | | charge to the extent of recovering any demonstrated costs of | 21 | | providing video calling. The Department shall not make a | 22 | | commission or profit from video calling services. Nothing in | 23 | | this Section shall be construed to permit video calling instead | 24 | | of in-person visitation. | 25 | | (f-5) (Blank). | 26 | | (g) All institutions and facilities of the Department shall |
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religious ministrations and sacraments to be available | 2 | | to every
committed person, but attendance at religious services | 3 | | shall not be
required. | 4 | | (h) Within 90 days after December 31, 1996, the Department | 5 | | shall prohibit
the use of curtains, cell-coverings, or any | 6 | | other matter or object that
obstructs or otherwise impairs the | 7 | | line of vision into a committed person's
cell. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)".
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