HB1236 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 06080 RLC 46153 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1236

Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Rita Mayfield

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-6-2

from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that before the release of a committed person from an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the person shall receive a mental health evaluation. Provides that if the evaluation determines that the committed person is severely or profoundly mentally retarded and not functional, the committed person shall be referred to the Department of Human Services and only released directly into the Department's care or to a family member or other person who can provide care.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning corrections.

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 Section 3-6-2 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)

Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.

(a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of such persons.

(b) The chief administrative officer shall have such assistants as the Department may assign.

(c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional correctional or detention institution or facility in the State, subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or Section 3-10-5.

(d) The Department shall provide educational programs for all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State. Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and professional instruction shall be maintained wherever possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory education and may establish rules and regulations for the administration of such programs. A person committed to the Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration, participates in an educational program provided by or through the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the number of hours of credit required for the award of an associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community college, college, or university located in Illinois shall reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs incurred by the State in providing that person during his or her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement is required under this subsection shall be determined and computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to the Department until paid.

(d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing, with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and referrals to support services, in connection with that positive test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject to appropriation.

(e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in this State. If such physician or physicians advise:

(1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is required relative to a condition threatening to cause death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or disfigurement; and

(2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority of a physician to give such treatment.

(e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed person on behalf of the Department advises the chief administrative officer that the committed person's mental or physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.

(f) In the event that the person requires medical care and treatment at a place other than the institution or facility, the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed by the Department. The Department shall require the committed person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for each visit for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment shall be deducted from the committed person's individual account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment for follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled to receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a committed person who is financially able to afford the co-payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as set forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those facilities.

(g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why the child should continue in the custody of the mother until the child is 6 years old.

(h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the following:

(1) family advocacy counseling;

(2) parent self-help group;

(3) parenting skills training;

(4) parent and child overnight program;

(5) parent and child reunification counseling, either separately or together, preceding the inmate's release; and

(6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or both and the inmate.

(i) Prior to the release of any inmate who has a documented history of intravenous drug use, and upon the receipt of that inmate's written informed consent, the Department shall provide for the testing of such inmate for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other identified causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The testing provided under this subsection shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or such other test as may be approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered. All inmates tested in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be provided with pre-test and post-test counseling. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, the Department shall not be required to conduct the testing and counseling required by this subsection unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of such testing and counseling are appropriated for that purpose by the General Assembly.

(j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.

(k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board Act.

(l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department must provide the inmate with the option of testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as counseling in connection with such testing, with no copayment for the test. At the same time, the Department shall require each such inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed of his or her rights with respect to the testing required to be offered under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with an opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The Department, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered.

Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case management, including referrals to other support services.

Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to appropriation.

(m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution or facility available for addiction recovery services to be provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time specified by the chief administrative officer of the institution or facility if the following conditions are met:

(1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief administrative officer to arrange the meeting;

(2) the committed person may attend the meeting for addiction recovery services only if the committed person uses pre-existing free time already available to the committed person;

(3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution or facility remain in effect;

(4) the committed person is not given any additional privileges to attend addiction recovery services;

(5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction recovery services shall be provided to the committed person in the institution or facility for that week;

(6) the number of committed persons who may attend an addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any session held at the correctional institution or facility;

(7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery services under this subsection (m) must submit an application to the Department of Corrections under existing Department rules and the Department must review the application within 60 days after submission of the application to the Department; and

(8) each institution and facility of the Department shall manage the addiction recovery services program according to its own processes and procedures.

For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services recognized by the Department of Human Services.

(n) Before the release of a committed person from an institution or facility of the Department, the Department shall have a mental health examination of the committed person conducted by a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist approved by the Department of Human Services. If the evaluation determines that the committed person is a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person as defined in Section 2-10.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 and not functional, the committed person shall be referred to the Department of Human Services and only released directly into the Department's care or to a family member or other person who can provide care.

(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10.)