97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4612

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Camille Y Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-14-3  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall make information about the availability of referral services to any other State or local agencies known to a parolee or releasee prior to his or her release from the correctional facility where the parolee or releasee has been residing. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning corrections.
 
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
5changing Section 3-14-3 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3)
7    Sec. 3-14-3. Parole Services. To assist parolees or
8releasees, the Department shall provide employment counseling
9and job placement services, and may in addition to other
10services provide the following:
11    (1) assistance in residential placement;
12    (2) family and individual counseling and treatment
13placement;
14    (3) financial counseling;
15    (4) vocational and educational counseling and placement;
16and
17    (5) referral services to any other State or local agencies.
18The Department shall make information about the availability of
19these services known to a parolee or releasee prior to his or
20her release from the correctional facility where the parolee or
21releasee has been residing. The Department may purchase
22necessary services for a parolee or releasee if they are
23otherwise unavailable and the parolee or releasee is unable to

 

 

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1pay for them. It may assess all or part of the costs of such
2services to a parolee or releasee in accordance with his
3ability to pay for them.
4(Source: P.A. 84-669.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.