Public Act 094-0163
 
HB2062 Enrolled LRB094 03374 RLC 33375 b

    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
Sections 2-110 and 2-201.5 and by adding Sections 1-114.01,
2-216, 3-202.3, and 3-202.4 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 45/1-114.01 new)
    Sec. 1-114.01. Identified offender. "Identified offender"
means a person who has been convicted of any felony offense
listed in Section 25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check
Act, is a registered sex offender, or is serving a term of
parole, mandatory supervised release, or probation for a felony
offense.
 
    (210 ILCS 45/2-110)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-110)
    Sec. 2-110. (a) Any employee or agent of a public agency,
any representative of a community legal services program or any
other member of the general public shall be permitted access at
reasonable hours to any individual resident of any facility,
but only if there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to
such access and if the purpose is to do any of the following:
    (1) Visit, talk with and make personal, social and legal
services available to all residents;
    (2) Inform residents of their rights and entitlements and
their corresponding obligations, under federal and State laws,
by means of educational materials and discussions in groups and
with individual residents;
    (3) Assist residents in asserting their legal rights
regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance and
social security benefits, as well as in all other matters in
which residents are aggrieved. Assistance may include
counseling and litigation; or
    (4) Engage in other methods of asserting, advising and
representing residents so as to extend to them full enjoyment
of their rights.
    (a-5) If a resident of a licensed facility is an identified
offender, any federal, State, or local law enforcement officer
or county probation officer shall be permitted reasonable
access to the individual resident to verify compliance with the
requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act or to verify
compliance with applicable terms of probation, parole, or
mandatory supervised release.
    (b) All persons entering a facility under this Section
shall promptly notify appropriate facility personnel of their
presence. They shall, upon request, produce identification to
establish their identity. No such person shall enter the
immediate living area of any resident without first identifying
himself and then receiving permission from the resident to
enter. The rights of other residents present in the room shall
be respected. A resident may terminate at any time a visit by a
person having access to the resident's living area under this
Section.
    (c) This Section shall not limit the power of the
Department or other public agency otherwise permitted or
required by law to enter and inspect a facility.
    (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, the
administrator of a facility may refuse access to the facility
to any person if the presence of that person in the facility
would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or
would threaten the security of the property of a resident or
the facility, or if the person seeks access to the facility for
commercial purposes. Any person refused access to a facility
may within 10 days request a hearing under Section 3-703. In
that proceeding, the burden of proof as to the right of the
facility to refuse access under this Section shall be on the
facility.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 
    (210 ILCS 45/2-201.5)
    Sec. 2-201.5. Screening prior to admission.
    (a) All persons age 18 or older seeking admission to a
nursing facility must be screened to determine the need for
nursing facility services prior to being admitted, regardless
of income, assets, or funding source. In addition, any person
who seeks to become eligible for medical assistance from the
Medical Assistance Program under the Illinois Public Aid Code
to pay for long term care services while residing in a facility
must be screened prior to receiving those benefits. Screening
for nursing facility services shall be administered through
procedures established by administrative rule. Screening may
be done by agencies other than the Department as established by
administrative rule. This Section applies on and after July 1,
1996.
    (b) In addition to the screening required by subsection
(a), identified offenders who seek admission to a licensed
facility shall not be admitted unless the licensed facility
complies with the requirements of the Department's
administrative rules adopted pursuant to Section 3-202.3.
(Source: P.A. 91-467, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
    (210 ILCS 45/2-216 new)
    Sec. 2-216. Notification of identified offenders. If
identified offenders are residents of the licensed facility,
the licensed facility shall notify every resident or resident's
guardian in writing that such offenders are residents of the
licensed facility. The licensed facility shall also provide
notice to its employees and to visitors to the facility that
identified offenders are residents.
 
    (210 ILCS 45/3-202.3 new)
    Sec. 3-202.3. Identified offenders as residents. No later
than 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 94th General Assembly, the Department shall file with the
Illinois Secretary of State's Office, pursuant to the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act, emergency rules regarding the
provision of services to identified offenders. The emergency
rules shall provide for, or include, but not be limited to the
following:
        (1) A process for the identification of identified
    offenders.
        (2) A required risk assessment of identified
    offenders.
        (3) A requirement that a licensed facility be required,
    within 10 days of the filing of the emergency rules, to
    compare its residents against the Illinois Department of
    Corrections and Illinois State Police registered sex
    offender databases.
        (4) A requirement that the licensed facility notify the
    Department within 48 hours of determining that a resident
    or residents of the licensed facility are listed on the
    Illinois Department of Corrections or Illinois State
    Police registered sex offender databases.
        (5) The care planning of identified offenders, which
    shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the
    security measures necessary to protect facility residents
    from the identified offender, including whether the
    identified offender should be segregated from other
    facility residents.
        (6) For offenders serving terms of probation for felony
    offenses, parole, or mandatory supervised release, the
    facility shall acknowledge the terms of release as imposed
    by the court or Illinois Prisoner Review Board.
        (7) The discharge planning for identified offenders.
 
    (210 ILCS 45/3-202.4 new)
    Sec. 3-202.4. Feasibility of segregating identified
offenders. The Department shall determine the feasibility of
requiring identified offenders that seek admission to a
licensed facility to be segregated from other residents. The
Department shall report its findings to the General Assembly
and the Office of the Governor not later than 6 months after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly.
 
    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
    Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
    (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release,
final discharge or pardon the Department shall return all
property held for him, provide him with suitable clothing and
procure necessary transportation for him to his designated
place of residence and employment. It may provide such person
with a grant of money for travel and expenses which may be paid
in installments. The amount of the money grant shall be
determined by the Department.
    The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain,
in any institution it administers, revolving funds to be known
as "Travel and Allowances Revolving Funds". These revolving
funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense allowances
to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. The moneys
paid into such revolving funds shall be from appropriations to
the Department for Committed, Paroled, and Discharged
Prisoners.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish procedures to provide written
notification of any release of any person who has been
convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney and sheriff of
the county from which the offender was committed, and the
State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the
offender is to be paroled or released. Except as otherwise
provided in this Code, the Department shall establish
procedures to provide written notification to the proper law
enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the
offender or the commission of the offense took place in the
municipality, if the offender is to be paroled or released into
the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a
person convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the
Department of Corrections or on parole or mandatory supervised
release informs the Department that he or she has resided,
resides, or will reside at an address that is a housing
facility owned, managed, operated, or leased by a public
housing agency, the Department must send written notification
of that information to the public housing agency that owns,
manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days
before release of the person from custody, or as soon
thereafter as possible.
    (c-1) (Blank).
    (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release
becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the
Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public
Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the following
information to the appropriate licensing or regulating
Department and the licensed or regulated facility where the
person becomes a resident:
        (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation
    reports.
        (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section
    3-8-2.
        (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to
    subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2.
        (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and
    dispositions.
        (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the
    Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and
    dispositions.
        (6) The name and contact information for the assigned
    parole agent and parole supervisor.
    This information shall be provided within 3 days of the
person becoming a resident of the facility.
    (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised
release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated
by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of
Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the
Department of Corrections shall provide written notification
of such residence to the following:
        (1) The Prisoner Review Board.
        (2) The chief of police and sheriff in the municipality
    and county in which the licensed facility is located.
    The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the
person becoming a resident of the facility.
    (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
mandatory supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the
Department shall provide such person with information
concerning programs and services of the Illinois Department of
Public Health to ascertain whether such person has been exposed
to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
    (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole,
mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the
Department shall provide the person who has met the criteria
established by the Department with an identification card
identifying the person as being on parole, mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, or pardon, as the case may be. The
Department, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of
State, shall prescribe the form of the identification card,
which may be similar to the form of the standard Illinois
Identification Card. The Department shall inform the committed
person that he or she may present the identification card to
the Office of the Secretary of State upon application for a
standard Illinois Identification Card in accordance with the
Illinois Identification Card Act. The Department shall require
the committed person to pay a $1 fee for the identification
card.
    For purposes of a committed person receiving an
identification card issued by the Department under this
subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
committed person must meet before the card is issued. It is the
sole responsibility of the committed person requesting the
identification card issued by the Department to meet the
established criteria. The person's failure to meet the criteria
is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the
identification card. An identification card issued by the
Department under this subsection shall be valid for a period of
time not to exceed 30 calendar days from the date the card is
issued. The Department shall not be held civilly or criminally
liable to anyone because of any act of any person utilizing a
card issued by the Department under this subsection.
    The Department shall adopt rules governing the issuance of
identification cards to committed persons being released on
parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or
pardon.
(Source: P.A. 91-506, eff. 8-13-99; 91-695, eff. 4-13-00;
92-240, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
    Section 15. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is
amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 110/12)  (from Ch. 38, par. 204-4)
    Sec. 12. The duties of probation officers shall be:
    (1) To investigate as required by Section 5-3-1 of the
"Unified Code of Corrections", approved July 26, 1972, as
amended, the case of any person to be placed on probation. Full
opportunity shall be afforded a probation officer to confer
with the person under investigation when such person is in
custody.
    (2) To notify the court of any previous conviction for
crime or previous probation of any defendant invoking the
provisions of this Act.
    (3) All reports and notifications required in this Act to
be made by probation officers shall be in writing and shall be
filed by the clerk in the respective cases.
    (4) To preserve complete and accurate records of cases
investigated, including a description of the person
investigated, the action of the court with respect to his case
and his probation, the subsequent history of such person, if he
becomes a probationer, during the continuance of his probation,
which records shall be open to inspection by any judge or by
any probation officer pursuant to order of court, but shall not
be a public record, and its contents shall not be divulged
otherwise than as above provided, except upon order of court.
    (5) To take charge of and watch over all persons placed on
probation under such regulations and for such terms as may be
prescribed by the court, and giving to each probationer full
instructions as to the terms of his release upon probation and
requiring from him such periodical reports as shall keep the
officer informed as to his conduct.
    (6) To develop and operate programs of reasonable public or
community service for any persons ordered by the court to
perform public or community service, providing, however, that
no probation officer or any employee of a probation office
acting in the course of his official duties shall be liable for
any tortious acts of any person performing public or community
service except for wilful misconduct or gross negligence on the
part of the probation officer or employee.
    (7) When any person on probation removes from the county
where his offense was committed, it shall be the duty of the
officer under whose care he was placed to report the facts to
the probation officer in the county to which the probationer
has removed; and it shall thereupon become the duty of such
probation officer to take charge of and watch over said
probationer the same as if the case originated in that county;
and for that purpose he shall have the same power and authority
over said probationer as if he had been originally placed in
said officer's charge; and such officer shall be required to
report in writing every 6 months, or more frequently upon
request the results of his supervision to the probation officer
in whose charge the said probationer was originally placed by
the court.
    (8) To authorize travel permits to individuals under their
supervision unless otherwise ordered by the court.
    (9) To perform such other duties as are provided for in
this act or by rules of court and such incidental duties as may
be implied from those expressly required.
    (10) To send written notification to a public housing
agency if a person on probation for a felony who is under the
supervision of the probation officer informs the probation
officer that he or she has resided, resides, or will reside at
an address that is a housing facility owned, managed, operated,
or leased by that public housing agency.
    (11) If a person on probation for a felony offense who is
under the supervision of the probation officer becomes a
resident of a facility licensed or regulated by the Department
of Public Health, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, or
Illinois Department of Human Services, the probation officer
shall within 3 days of the person becoming a resident, notify
the licensing or regulating Department and licensed or
regulated facility and shall provide the licensed or regulated
facility and licensing or regulating Department with copies of
the following:
        (a) pre-sentence investigation reports or social
    investigation reports;
        (b) any applicable probation orders and corresponding
    compliance plans;
        (c) the name and contact information for the assigned
    probation officer.
(Source: P.A. 91-506, eff. 8-13-99.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.