99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4089

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 125/14  from Ch. 75, par. 114

    Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that when any prisoner is transferred to the custody of the Department of Human Services, the warden shall supply the Department of Human Services with all necessary information regarding the prisoner, including but not limited to: (1) charged offenses; (2) offense history; (3) suicide risk; (4) history of self-injurious behavior; (5) psychiatric or psychological examinations and reports, or both; (6) medication history and medications currently being administered; (7) all known allergies and drug interaction information; (8) copy of the most recent physical examination; (9) medical reports, consultations, discharge summaries, and diagnoses; (10) known gang affiliations; (11) complete disciplinary history; (12) staff or prisoner assaults, or both; (13) aggressive behavior; (14) known victim profiles; (15) security classification and escape risk; (16) history of drug or alcohol use, or both; (17) information on sexual assaults and predatory behavior; (18) special or religious dietary needs; (19) declared religion or approved religious accommodations, or both; (20) history of dental care and outstanding dental needs; (21) family contact information; and (22) relevant visitor information. Effective immediately.


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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 County Jail Act is amended by changing
5Section 14 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 125/14)  (from Ch. 75, par. 114)
7    Sec. 14. At any time, in the opinion of the Warden, the
8lives or health of the prisoners are endangered or the security
9of the penal institution is threatened, to such a degree as to
10render their removal necessary, the Warden may cause an
11individual prisoner or a group of prisoners to be removed to
12some suitable place within the county, or to the jail of some
13convenient county, where they may be confined until they can be
14safely returned to the place whence they were removed. No
15prisoner charged with a felony shall be removed by the warden
16to a Mental Health or Developmental Disabilities facility as
17defined in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
18Code, except as specifically authorized by Article 104 or 115
19of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Mental Health
20and Developmental Disabilities Code. Any place to which the
21prisoners are so removed shall, during their imprisonment
22there, be deemed, as to such prisoners, a prison of the county
23in which they were originally confined; but, they shall be

 

 

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1under the care, government and direction of the Warden of the
2jail of the county in which they are confined. When any
3prisoner is transferred to the custody of the Department of
4Human Services, the warden shall supply the Department of Human
5Services with all necessary information regarding the
6prisoner, including but not limited to:
7        (1) charged offenses;
8        (2) offense history;
9        (3) suicide risk;
10        (4) history of self-injurious behavior;
11        (5) psychiatric or psychological examinations and
12    reports, or both;
13        (6) medication history and medications currently being
14    administered;
15        (7) all known allergies and drug interaction
16    information;
17        (8) copy of the most recent physical examination;
18        (9) medical reports, consultations, discharge
19    summaries, and diagnoses;
20        (10) known gang affiliations;
21        (11) complete disciplinary history;
22        (12) staff or prisoner assaults, or both;
23        (13) aggressive behavior;
24        (14) known victim profiles;
25        (15) security classification and escape risk;
26        (16) history of drug or alcohol use, or both;

 

 

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1        (17) information on sexual assaults and predatory
2    behavior;
3        (18) special or religious dietary needs;
4        (19) declared religion or approved religious
5    accommodations, or both;
6        (20) history of dental care and outstanding dental
7    needs;
8        (21) family contact information; and
9        (22) relevant visitor information.
10(Source: P.A. 97-104, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.