97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3432

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Camille Y Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections shall be tested (rather than entitled to testing) for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), unless the person opts out of testing under rules prescribed by the Department. Provides that the results of the testing shall be confidential. Provides that the provisions are subject to appropriation.


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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 3-6-2 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
7    Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and Facility Administration.
8    (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
9be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
10the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
11responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
12facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
13the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
14such persons.
15    (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
16assistants as the Department may assign.
17    (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
18emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
19formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
20correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
21subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
22facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
23State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers

 

 

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1thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
2be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
3be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
4This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
5Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
6Section 3-10-5.
7    (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
8all committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity
9to attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
10the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
11Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
12professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
13possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
14education and may establish rules and regulations for the
15administration of such programs. A person committed to the
16Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
17participates in an educational program provided by or through
18the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
19number of hours of credit required for the award of an
20associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
21college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
22reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
23incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
24her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
25for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
26is required under this subsection shall be determined and

 

 

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1computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
2shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
3of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
4from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
5person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
6constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
7the Department until paid.
8    (d-5) A person committed to the Department shall be tested
9is entitled to confidential testing for infection with human
10immunodeficiency virus (HIV), unless the person opts out of
11testing under rules prescribed by the Department. The results
12of the testing shall be confidential. Implementation of this
13subsection (d-5) is subject to appropriation.
14     (d-6) A person committed to the Department is entitled and
15to counseling in connection with such testing prescribed in
16subsection (d-5), with no copay to the committed person. A
17person committed to the Department who has tested positive for
18infection with HIV is entitled to medical care while
19incarcerated, counseling, and referrals to support services,
20in connection with that positive test result. Implementation of
21this subsection (d-6) (d-5) is subject to appropriation.
22    (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
23need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
24giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
25treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
26person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer

 

 

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1consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
2physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
3this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
4        (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
5    required relative to a condition threatening to cause
6    death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
7    disfigurement; and
8        (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
9    such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
10    consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
11    consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
12    all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
13    of a physician to give such treatment.
14    (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
15person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
16administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
17physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
18of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
19surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
20impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
21officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
22    (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
23treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
24the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
25by the Department. The Department shall require the committed
26person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency

 

 

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1basis to pay a $2 co-payment to the Department for each visit
2for medical or dental services. The amount of each co-payment
3shall be deducted from the committed person's individual
4account. A committed person who has a chronic illness, as
5defined by Department rules and regulations, shall be exempt
6from the $2 co-payment for treatment of the chronic illness. A
7committed person shall not be subject to a $2 co-payment for
8follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is employed by, or
9contracts with, the Department. A committed person who is
10indigent is exempt from the $2 co-payment and is entitled to
11receive medical or dental services on the same basis as a
12committed person who is financially able to afford the
13co-payment. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
14subsection (f) to the contrary, any person committed to any
15facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice, as set
16forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this Code, is exempt from the
17co-payment requirement for the duration of confinement in those
18facilities.
19    (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
20of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
21commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
22Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
23the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
24of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
25the child should continue in the custody of the mother until
26the child is 6 years old.

 

 

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1    (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
2Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
3following:
4        (1) family advocacy counseling;
5        (2) parent self-help group;
6        (3) parenting skills training;
7        (4) parent and child overnight program;
8        (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
9    separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
10    and
11        (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
12    family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
13    both and the inmate.
14    (i) Prior to the release of any inmate who has a documented
15history of intravenous drug use, and upon the receipt of that
16inmate's written informed consent, the Department shall
17provide for the testing of such inmate for infection with human
18immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and any other identified
19causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
20The testing provided under this subsection shall consist of an
21enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or such other
22test as may be approved by the Illinois Department of Public
23Health. If the test result is positive, the Western Blot Assay
24or more reliable confirmatory test shall be administered. All
25inmates tested in accordance with the provisions of this
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1counseling. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection
2to the contrary, the Department shall not be required to
3conduct the testing and counseling required by this subsection
4unless sufficient funds to cover all costs of such testing and
5counseling are appropriated for that purpose by the General
6Assembly.
7    (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
8Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
9a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
10from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
11shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
12guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
13Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
14    (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
15Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
16Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
17treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and
18conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
19Act.
20    (l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department must
21provide the inmate with the option of testing for infection
22with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as counseling
23in connection with such testing, with no copayment for the
24test. At the same time, the Department shall require each such
25inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has been informed
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1offered under this subsection (l) and providing the inmate with
2an opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be
3tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The
4Department, in consultation with the Department of Public
5Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The testing
6provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an
7enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other
8test approved by the Department of Public Health. If the test
9result is positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable
10confirmatory test shall be administered.
11    Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
12has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
13timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
14management, including referrals to other support services.
15    Implementation of this subsection (l) is subject to
16appropriation.
17    (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
18facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
19or facility available for addiction recovery services to be
20provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The
21services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
22specified by the chief administrative officer of the
23institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
24        (1) the addiction recovery service contacts the chief
25    administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
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1    addiction recovery services only if the committed person
2    uses pre-existing free time already available to the
3    committed person;
4        (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
5    or facility remain in effect;
6        (4) the committed person is not given any additional
7    privileges to attend addiction recovery services;
8        (5) if the addiction recovery service does not arrange
9    for scheduling a meeting for that week, no addiction
10    recovery services shall be provided to the committed person
11    in the institution or facility for that week;
12        (6) the number of committed persons who may attend an
13    addiction recovery meeting shall not exceed 40 during any
14    session held at the correctional institution or facility;
15        (7) a volunteer seeking to provide addiction recovery
16    services under this subsection (m) must submit an
17    application to the Department of Corrections under
18    existing Department rules and the Department must review
19    the application within 60 days after submission of the
20    application to the Department; and
21        (8) each institution and facility of the Department
22    shall manage the addiction recovery services program
23    according to its own processes and procedures.
24    For the purposes of this subsection (m), "addiction
25recovery services" means recovery services for alcoholics and
26addicts provided by volunteers of recovery support services

 

 

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1recognized by the Department of Human Services.
2(Source: P.A. 96-284, eff. 1-1-10.)