101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5109

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new

    Amends the Code of Corrections. Provides that each institution or facility of the Department of Corrections shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community. Provides that the Department shall by rule provide for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists.


LRB101 17165 RLC 66566 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5109LRB101 17165 RLC 66566 b

1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5adding Section 3-18-30 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new)
7    Sec. 3-18-30. Reentry specialist. Irrespective of whether
8an institution or facility has access to a reentry program
9under this Article, each institution or facility shall hire a
10reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into
11the community who have been committed to the Department for
12commission of a felony. The Department shall provide by rule
13for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists,
14including, but not limited to, signing inmates up for health
15care under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
16Act.