HB3315 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 26381 RLC 52744 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3315

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Will Guzzardi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-5-5 new

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a committed person dies while incarcerated in a Department of Corrections institution or facility, the chief administrative officer of the Department institution or facility shall order that an autopsy of the committed person be conducted by a physician contracted by the Department or shall request that the county coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the institution or facility is located conduct the autopsy. Provides that the results of the autopsy shall be made publicly available and shall be posted on the Department's website.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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 adding Section 3-5-5 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-5-5 new)

Sec. 3-5-5. Deaths of committed persons.

(a) If a committed person dies while incarcerated in a Department of Corrections institution or facility, the chief administrative officer of the Department institution or facility shall order that an autopsy of the committed person be conducted by a physician contracted by the Department or shall request that the county coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the institution or facility is located conduct the autopsy.

(b) The results of the autopsy described in subsection (a) shall be made publicly available and shall be posted on the Department's website.