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1 | AN ACT concerning sexually dangerous persons.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Sexually Dangerous Persons Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (725 ILCS 205/9) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-9)
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7 | Sec. 9. Recovery; examination and hearing.
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8 | (a) An application in writing setting forth facts showing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | that such
sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | psychopathic person has
recovered may be filed before the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | committing court. Upon receipt thereof,
the clerk of the court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | shall cause a copy of the application to be sent to
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Director of the Department of Corrections. The Director shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | then
cause to be prepared and sent to the court a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | socio-psychiatric report
concerning the applicant. The report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | shall be prepared by a social worker
and psychologist under the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | supervision of a licensed psychiatrist assigned
to , the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | institution wherein such applicant is confined. The court
shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | set a date for the
hearing upon such application and shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | consider the report so prepared
under the direction of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Director of the Department of Corrections and
any other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | relevant information submitted by or on behalf of such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | applicant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (b) At a hearing under this Section, the Attorney General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | or State's Attorney who filed the original application shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | represent the State and shall have the right to have the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | applicant examined by an expert or professional person of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | State's choice. The applicant may retain experts to perform an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | examination as well. The sexually dangerous person or the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | may elect to have the hearing before a jury. The State has the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | applicant is still a sexually dangerous person. |
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1 | (c) If the applicant refuses to speak to, communicate with, | ||||||
2 | or otherwise fails to cooperate with the State's examiner, the | ||||||
3 | applicant may only introduce evidence and testimony from any | ||||||
4 | expert or professional person who is retained to conduct an | ||||||
5 | examination based upon review of the records and may not | ||||||
6 | introduce evidence resulting from an examination of the person. | ||||||
7 | Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10 of the Mental | ||||||
8 | Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, all | ||||||
9 | evaluations conducted under this Act and all Illinois | ||||||
10 | Department of Corrections treatment records shall be | ||||||
11 | admissible at all proceedings held under this Act.
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12 | (d) If a person has previously filed an application in | ||||||
13 | writing setting forth facts showing that the sexually dangerous | ||||||
14 | person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered and | ||||||
15 | the court determined either at a hearing or following a jury | ||||||
16 | trial that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person, | ||||||
17 | no additional application may be filed for one year after a | ||||||
18 | finding that the person is still sexually dangerous. The court | ||||||
19 | shall deny any subsequent application under this Section | ||||||
20 | without a hearing unless the application is accompanied by a | ||||||
21 | statement from the Director that the applicant is attending | ||||||
22 | treatment and contains facts upon which a court could find that | ||||||
23 | the condition of the person had so changed that a hearing is | ||||||
24 | warranted. If the court finds that a hearing is warranted, the | ||||||
25 | court shall set a hearing within a reasonable time and continue | ||||||
26 | proceedings under subsection (a).
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27 | (e) If the person is found to be no longer dangerous, the | ||||||
28 | court shall order
that he be discharged. If the court finds | ||||||
29 | that the person appears no
longer to be dangerous but that it | ||||||
30 | is impossible to determine with
certainty under conditions of | ||||||
31 | institutional care that such person has fully
recovered, the | ||||||
32 | court shall enter an order permitting such person to go at
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33 | large subject to such conditions and such supervision by the | ||||||
34 | Director as in
the opinion of the court will adequately protect | ||||||
35 | the public. In the event
the person violates any of the | ||||||
36 | conditions of such order, the court shall
revoke such |
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1 | conditional release and recommit the person pursuant to Section
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2 | 5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections under the terms of the | ||||||
3 | original
commitment. Upon an order of discharge every | ||||||
4 | outstanding information and
indictment, the basis of which was | ||||||
5 | the reason for the present detention,
shall be quashed.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 92-786, eff. 8-6-02; revised 10-9-03.)
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