HB1587 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 10539 RLC 40816 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1587

Introduced 2/15/2005, by Rep. Lou Lang

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

725 ILCS 5/104-20

from Ch. 38, par. 104-20

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that when the court receives a progress report from the supervisor of a defendant who is unfit to stand trial, the court shall set a first hearing within 21 days for a determination of whether the defendant has attained fitness to stand trial or to plead and if not whether the defendant is making progress under treatment toward attainment of fitness within one year from the date of the original finding of unfitness. Effective immediately.

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 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is amended by changing Section 104-20 as follows:

(725 ILCS 5/104-20) (from Ch. 38, par. 104-20)

Sec. 104-20. Ninety-Day Hearings; Continuing Treatment.) (a) Upon entry or continuation of any order to undergo treatment, the court shall set a date for hearing to reexamine the issue of the defendant's fitness not more than 90 days thereafter. In addition, whenever the court receives a report from the supervisor of the defendant's treatment pursuant to subparagraph (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of Section 104-18, the court shall forthwith set the matter for a first hearing within 21 days. On the date set or upon conclusion of the matter then pending before it, the court, sitting without a jury, shall conduct a hearing, unless waived by the defense, and shall determine:

(1) Whether the defendant is fit to stand trial or to plead; and if not,

(2) Whether the defendant is making progress under treatment toward attainment of fitness within one year from the date of the original finding of unfitness.

(b) If the court finds the defendant to be fit pursuant to this Section, the court shall set the matter for trial; provided that if the defendant is in need of continued care or treatment and the supervisor of the defendant's treatment agrees to continue to provide it, the court may enter any order it deems appropriate for the continued care or treatment of the defendant by the facility or program pending the conclusion of the criminal proceedings.

(c) If the court finds that the defendant is still unfit but that he is making progress toward attaining fitness, the court may continue or modify its original treatment order entered pursuant to Section 104-17.

(d) If the court finds that the defendant is still unfit and that he is not making progress toward attaining fitness such that there is not a substantial probability that he will attain fitness within one year from the date of the original finding of unfitness, the court shall proceed pursuant to Section 104-23. However, if the defendant is in need of continued care and treatment and the supervisor of the defendant's treatment agrees to continue to provide it, the court may enter any order it deems appropriate for the continued care or treatment by the facility or program pending the conclusion of the criminal proceedings.

(Source: P.A. 81-1217.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.