102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3616

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 5/104-17  from Ch. 38, par. 104-17

    Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in the case of an order of the court committing a defendant who has been found unfit to stand trial for treatment, the court shall order that the placement be on an outpatient basis unless the court determines that outpatient treatment will not provide reasonable assurances for the safety of the defendant and others or provide reasonable assurances that the defendant can be restored to fitness on an outpatient basis. Provides that if the court determines that placement on an outpatient basis is not appropriate, the court shall (rather than may) order the defendant placed for treatment in the custody of the Department of Human Services or the court may order him or her placed in the custody of any other appropriate public or private inpatient mental health facility (deletes treatment program) which has agreed to provide treatment to the defendant. Makes other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5amended by changing Section 104-17 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 5/104-17)  (from Ch. 38, par. 104-17)
7    Sec. 104-17. Commitment for treatment; treatment plan.
8    (a) If the defendant is eligible to be or has been released
9on bail or on his own recognizance, the court shall select the
10least physically restrictive form of treatment therapeutically
11appropriate and consistent with the treatment plan. The
12placement may be ordered either on an inpatient or an
13outpatient basis. The court shall order that the placement be
14on an outpatient basis unless the court determines that
15outpatient treatment will not provide reasonable assurances
16for the safety of the defendant and others or provide
17reasonable assurances that the defendant can be restored to
18fitness on an outpatient basis. If the court determines that
19placement on an outpatient basis is not appropriate (b) If the
20defendant's disability is mental, the court shall may order
21the defendant him placed for treatment in the custody of the
22Department of Human Services which shall place and maintain
23the defendant in a suitable treatment facility or program, or

 

 

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1the court may order him or her placed in the custody of any
2other appropriate public or private inpatient mental health
3facility or treatment program which has agreed to provide
4treatment to the defendant. If the court determines that
5placement on an outpatient basis is appropriate, the court
6shall order the defendant placed in the custody of any
7appropriate public or private outpatient treatment program
8which has been approved by the Department of Human Services
9and has agreed to provide treatment to the defendant.
10    (b) If the defendant is in custody and If the court orders
11the defendant placed in the custody of the Department of Human
12Services, the Department shall evaluate the defendant to
13determine to which secure facility the defendant shall be
14transported and, within 20 days of the transmittal by the
15clerk of the circuit court of the placement court order,
16notify the sheriff of the designated facility. Upon receipt of
17that notice, the sheriff shall promptly transport the
18defendant to the designated facility. If the defendant is
19placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the
20defendant shall be placed in a secure setting. During the
21period of time required to determine the appropriate placement
22the defendant shall remain in jail. If during the course of
23evaluating the defendant for placement, the Department of
24Human Services determines that the defendant is currently fit
25to stand trial, it shall immediately notify the court and
26shall submit a written report within 7 days. In that

 

 

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1circumstance the placement shall be held pending a court
2hearing on the Department's report. Otherwise, upon completion
3of the placement process, the sheriff shall be notified and
4shall transport the defendant to the designated facility. If,
5within 20 days of the transmittal by the clerk of the circuit
6court of the placement court order, the Department fails to
7notify the sheriff of the identity of the facility to which the
8defendant shall be transported, the sheriff shall contact a
9designated person within the Department to inquire about when
10a placement will become available at the designated facility
11and bed availability at other facilities. If, within 20 days
12of the transmittal by the clerk of the circuit court of the
13placement court order, the Department fails to notify the
14sheriff of the identity of the facility to which the defendant
15shall be transported, the sheriff shall notify the Department
16of its intent to transfer the defendant to the nearest secure
17mental health facility operated by the Department and inquire
18as to the status of the placement evaluation and availability
19for admission to such facility operated by the Department by
20contacting a designated person within the Department. The
21Department shall respond to the sheriff within 2 business days
22of the notice and inquiry by the sheriff seeking the transfer
23and the Department shall provide the sheriff with the status
24of the evaluation, information on bed and placement
25availability, and an estimated date of admission for the
26defendant and any changes to that estimated date of admission.

 

 

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1If the Department notifies the sheriff during the 2 business
2day period of a facility operated by the Department with
3placement availability, the sheriff shall promptly transport
4the defendant to that facility. If the Department determines
5that a defendant, who has been placed in the Department's
6custody for treatment on an inpatient basis, can be treated on
7an outpatient basis, the Department shall provide written
8notification to the court, the State's Attorney, and counsel
9for defendant of that determination, which notification shall
10set forth in detail the basis for the Department's
11determination. If the court determines that outpatient
12treatment will provide reasonable assurances for the safety of
13the defendant and others and provides reasonable assurances
14that the defendant can be restored to fitness on an outpatient
15basis, the court shall order the defendant to undergo
16treatment on an outpatient basis as provided in subsection (a)
17of this Section The placement may be ordered either on an
18inpatient or an outpatient basis.
19    (c) If the defendant is not in custody and the court orders
20defendant placed in the custody of the Department of Human
21Services, the Department shall notify the defendant of the
22facility to which he or she must report and the date and time
23that the defendant must report to that facility. If the
24defendant fails to report to the facility, the Department
25shall notify the sheriff who shall transport the defendant to
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1physical, the court may order him placed under the supervision
2of the Department of Human Services which shall place and
3maintain the defendant in a suitable treatment facility or
4program, or the court may order him placed in an appropriate
5public or private facility or treatment program which has
6agreed to provide treatment to the defendant. The placement
7may be ordered either on an inpatient or an outpatient basis.
8    (c-5) If the defendant has been placed in an outpatient
9treatment program, that program shall promptly notify the
10court, the Department, the State's Attorney and counsel for
11defendant should the defendant fail to comply with the
12provisions of the court order for treatment or should the
13defendant no longer be appropriate for outpatient fitness
14restoration. If the court determines that outpatient treatment
15is no longer appropriate pursuant to the standard in
16subsection (a), the court shall order the defendant to receive
17treatment on an inpatient basis as provided in subsection (c).
18Nothing in this Section shall limit a court's contempt powers
19or any other powers of a court.
20    (d) The clerk of the circuit court shall within 5 days of
21the entry of the order transmit to the Department, agency or
22institution, if any, to which the defendant is remanded for
23treatment, the following:
24        (1) a certified copy of the order to undergo
25    treatment. Accompanying the certified copy of the order to
26    undergo treatment shall be the complete copy of any report

 

 

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1    prepared under Section 104-15 of this Code or other report
2    prepared by a forensic examiner for the court;
3        (2) the county and municipality in which the offense
4    was committed;
5        (3) the county and municipality in which the arrest
6    took place;
7        (4) a copy of the arrest report, criminal charges,
8    arrest record; and
9        (5) all additional matters which the Court directs the
10    clerk to transmit.
11    (e) Within 30 days of entry of an order to undergo
12treatment, the person supervising the defendant's treatment
13shall file with the court, the State, and the defense a report
14assessing the facility's or program's capacity to provide
15appropriate treatment for the defendant and indicating his
16opinion as to the probability of the defendant's attaining
17fitness within a period of time from the date of the finding of
18unfitness. For a defendant charged with a felony, the period
19of time shall be one year. For a defendant charged with a
20misdemeanor, the period of time shall be no longer than the
21sentence if convicted of the most serious offense. If the
22report indicates that there is a substantial probability that
23the defendant will attain fitness within the time period, the
24treatment supervisor shall also file a treatment plan which
25shall include:
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1        (2) A description of treatment goals with respect to
2    rendering the defendant fit, a specification of the
3    proposed treatment modalities, and an estimated timetable
4    for attainment of the goals;
5        (3) An identification of the person in charge of
6    supervising the defendant's treatment.
7(Source: P.A. 99-140, eff. 1-1-16; 100-27, eff. 1-1-18.)