Bill Status of SB 1829   94th General Assembly

Short Description:  CD CORR-MEDICAL PAROLE

Senate Sponsors
Sen. John J. Cullerton

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  4/15/2005SenateThird Reading - Lost; 011-046-001

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
730 ILCS 5/3-3-3from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-3

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner committed to the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, including, without limitation, a person serving a sentence that limits the person's eligibility for reduced sentence, parole, or mandatory supervised release, shall be immediately eligible for a medical parole if the person suffers from a serious illness or serious disease which has the effect of permanently incapacitating the prisoner; or the person is terminally ill and is expected, with a reasonable degree of medical certainty, to die within the following 12 months. Establishes procedures by which the prisoner may apply to the Prisoner Review Board for medical parole. Provides that after a person is released on medical parole, statutory or other good time shall not reduce the remainder of the person's sentence while the person is on medical parole. Provides that the term of parole for a person on medical parole shall equal the remainder of the sentence of the person plus any applicable term of parole or mandatory supervised release.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning eligibility for parole or mandatory supervised release.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced with these changes: (1) provides that a person serving a term of natural life imprisonment may not receive medical parole; (2) provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider the nature of the crime of which the prisoner was convicted, the length of sentence, the likelihood that the prisoner will commit another crime and the impact on the victim of the crime should the prisoner be released on medical parole; and (3) provides that the Prisoner Review Board must request and the Department of Corrections shall provide a report from the Director which shall contain, at a minimum: (i) a medical assessment from the treating physician or physicians regarding the prisoner's condition, including a diagnosis and related medical history, a description of the condition and treatment thereof, a prognosis, including life expectancy, likelihood of recovery, likelihood of improvement, rate of debilitation, degree of incapacity, including an assessment of whether the prisoner is ambulatory, capable of engaging in any substantial physical activity, and the extent of that activity; (ii) a statement by the Department's Medical Director as to whether he or she agrees that the prisoner is terminally ill or permanently physically incapacitated; (iii) a recommendation as to the medical treatment which the prisoner would require were he or she to be granted medical parole; and (iv) any security concerns which the Director believes should be considered by the Prisoner Review Board, including the prisoner's disciplinary history and conduct in prison.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/25/2005SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  2/25/2005SenateFirst Reading
  2/25/2005SenateReferred to Rules
  3/2/2005SenateAssigned to Judiciary
  3/9/2005SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/14/2005SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  3/14/2005SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
  3/15/2005SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  3/16/2005SenatePostponed - Judiciary
  3/17/2005SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
  3/17/2005SenateDo Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000
  3/17/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
  4/11/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
  4/11/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
  4/11/2005SenateSecond Reading
  4/11/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
  4/11/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
  4/12/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-003-000
  4/13/2005SenateRecalled to Second Reading
  4/13/2005SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; 054-004-000; Cullerton
  4/13/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
  4/15/2005SenateThird Reading - Lost; 011-046-001

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