410 ILCS 303/25

(410 ILCS 303/25)

Sec. 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel.

(a) The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established within the Office of the Governor. The Panel shall consist of the following members:

(1) One member appointed by the Governor. This member shall serve as the Chair of the Panel.

(2) One representative of each of the following, appointed by the head of the department: the Department of Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the Department of Public Health.

(3) Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of HIV/AIDS as it relates to incarceration, appointed by Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County, and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both of these members must have received a final discharge from the Department of Corrections.

(4) Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations that have been in business for at least 2 years, appointed by Governor. In the case of such an organization that represents a constituency the majority of whom are African-American, the organization's representative who is a member of the Panel must be African-American.

(b) The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1 stating the results of its review.

(Source: P.A. 94-629, eff. 1-1-06.)