Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB1088

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1088

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-8-4	from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4
730 ILCS 5/3-10-4	from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months. Provides that a committed person, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Sections 3-8-4 and 3-10-4 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4)

Sec. 3-8-4. Intradivisional Transfers.

(a) After the initial assignments under Sections 3-8-2 and 3-8-3, all transfers of committed persons to another institution or facility shall be reviewed and approved by a person or persons designated by the Director. A record of each transfer and the reasons therefor shall be included in the person's master record file.

(b) Transfers to facilities for psychiatric treatment and care within the Department shall be made only after prior psychiatric examination and certification to the Director that such transfer is required. Persons in facilities for psychiatric treatment and care within the Department shall be reexamined at least every 6 months. Persons found to no longer require psychiatric treatment and care shall be transferred to other facilities of the Department.

(c) A committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

(730 ILCS 5/3-10-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4)

Sec. 3-10-4. Intradivisional Transfers.

(a) The transfer of committed persons between institutions or facilities of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be under this Section, except that emergency transfers shall be under Section 3-6-2.

(b) The chief administrative officer of an institution or facility desiring to transfer a committed person to another institution or facility shall notify the Director of Juvenile Justice or his delegate of the basis for the transfer. The Director or his delegate shall approve or deny such request.

(c) If a transfer request is made by a committed person or his parent, guardian or nearest relative, the chief administrative officer of the institution or facility from which the transfer is requested shall notify the Director of Juvenile Justice or his delegate of the request, the reasons therefor and his recommendation. The Director of Juvenile Justice or his delegate shall either grant the request or if he denies the request he shall advise the person or his parent, guardian or nearest relative of the basis for the denial.

(d) A committed person, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.

(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)