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 1        AN ACT in relation to sexually violent persons.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended by
 5    changing Sections 1-7 and 1-8 as follows:

 6        (705 ILCS 405/1-7) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-7)
 7        Sec. 1-7.  Confidentiality of law enforcement records.
 8        (A)  Inspection and copying of  law  enforcement  records
 9    maintained by law enforcement agencies that relate to a minor
10    who has been arrested or taken into custody before his or her
11    17th birthday shall be restricted to the following:
12             (1)  Any  local,  State  or  federal law enforcement
13        officers of any jurisdiction or agency when necessary for
14        the  discharge  of  their  official  duties  during   the
15        investigation  or prosecution of a crime or relating to a
16        minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and  there  has
17        been  a  previous  finding that the act which constitutes
18        the previous offense  was  committed  in  furtherance  of
19        criminal  activities  by  a  criminal  street  gang.  For
20        purposes of this Section, "criminal street gang" has  the
21        meaning  ascribed  to  it  in  Section 10 of the Illinois
22        Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
23             (2)  Prosecutors,   probation    officers,    social
24        workers,  or  other  individuals assigned by the court to
25        conduct    a    pre-adjudication    or    pre-disposition
26        investigation,   and    individuals    responsible    for
27        supervising  or providing temporary or permanent care and
28        custody for minors pursuant to the order of the  juvenile
29        court,     when    essential    to    performing    their
30        responsibilities.
31             (3)  Prosecutors and probation officers:
 
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 1                  (a)  in the course of a trial when  institution
 2             of   criminal  proceedings  has  been  permitted  or
 3             required under Section 5-805; or
 4                  (b)  when institution of  criminal  proceedings
 5             has  been  permitted or required under Section 5-805
 6             and such minor is the subject  of  a  proceeding  to
 7             determine the amount of bail; or
 8                  (c)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
 9             permitted or required under Section 5-805  and  such
10             minor  is  the subject of a pre-trial investigation,
11             pre-sentence  investigation,  fitness  hearing,   or
12             proceedings on an application for probation.
13             (4)  Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Board.
14             (5)  Authorized military personnel.
15             (6)  Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
16        permission  of  the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court
17        and the chief executive of the respective law enforcement
18        agency;  provided  that  publication  of  such   research
19        results  in  no  disclosure  of  a  minor's  identity and
20        protects the confidentiality of the minor's record.
21             (7)  Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services
22        child protection investigators acting in  their  official
23        capacity.
24             (8)  The  appropriate  school  official.  Inspection
25        and copying shall be limited to law  enforcement  records
26        transmitted to the appropriate school official by a local
27        law  enforcement  agency  under  a  reciprocal  reporting
28        system  established  and  maintained  between  the school
29        district and  the  local  law  enforcement  agency  under
30        Section  10-20.14  of  the School Code concerning a minor
31        enrolled in a school within the school district  who  has
32        been  arrested  or  taken  into  custody  for  any of the
33        following offenses:
34                  (i)  unlawful use of weapons under Section 24-1
 
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 1             of the Criminal Code of 1961;
 2                  (ii)  a violation of  the  Illinois  Controlled
 3             Substances Act;
 4                  (iii)  a violation of the Cannabis Control Act;
 5             or
 6                  (iv)  a  forcible  felony as defined in Section
 7             2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 8             (9)  Mental health professionals on  behalf  of  the
 9        Illinois  Department  of Corrections or the Department of
10        Human  Services  or  prosecutors  who   are   evaluating,
11        prosecuting,  or  investigating  a  potential  or  actual
12        petition  brought  under  the  Sexually  Violent  Persons
13        Commitment Act relating to a person who is the subject of
14        juvenile  law  enforcement records or the respondent to a
15        petition  brought  under  the  Sexually  Violent  Persons
16        Commitment Act who is the subject  of  the  juvenile  law
17        enforcement   records   sought.   Any   records  and  any
18        information  obtained  from  those  records  under   this
19        paragraph  (9)  may  be  used  only  in  sexually violent
20        persons commitment proceedings.
21        (B) (1)  Except as provided  in  paragraph  (2),  no  law
22        enforcement   officer  or  other  person  or  agency  may
23        knowingly transmit  to  the  Department  of  Corrections,
24        Adult  Division  or  the Department of State Police or to
25        the Federal Bureau of Investigation  any  fingerprint  or
26        photograph  relating  to a minor who has been arrested or
27        taken into custody  before  his  or  her  17th  birthday,
28        unless the court in proceedings under this Act authorizes
29        the  transmission  or enters an order under Section 5-805
30        permitting  or  requiring  the  institution  of  criminal
31        proceedings.
32             (2)  Law enforcement officers or  other  persons  or
33        agencies  shall   transmit  to  the  Department  of State
34        Police copies of fingerprints  and  descriptions  of  all
 
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 1        minors  who  have  been  arrested  or  taken into custody
 2        before their 17th birthday for the  offense  of  unlawful
 3        use  of  weapons under Article 24 of the Criminal Code of
 4        1961, a Class X or Class 1 felony, a forcible  felony  as
 5        defined in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a
 6        Class 2 or greater felony under the Cannabis Control Act,
 7        the  Illinois  Controlled Substances Act, or Chapter 4 of
 8        the Illinois Vehicle Code, pursuant to Section 5  of  the
 9        Criminal Identification Act.  Information reported to the
10        Department  pursuant  to  this  Section may be maintained
11        with  records  that  the  Department  files  pursuant  to
12        Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.   Nothing
13        in  this  Act  prohibits  a  law  enforcement agency from
14        fingerprinting a minor taken  into  custody  or  arrested
15        before his or her 17th birthday for an offense other than
16        those listed in this paragraph (2).
17        (C)  The  records  of law enforcement officers concerning
18    all minors under 17 years of age must be maintained  separate
19    from  the  records  of  arrests and may not be open to public
20    inspection or their contents disclosed to the  public  except
21    by  order  of  the  court or when the institution of criminal
22    proceedings has been  permitted  or  required  under  Section
23    5-805  or  such a person has been convicted of a crime and is
24    the subject of pre-sentence investigation or  proceedings  on
25    an application for probation or when provided by law.
26        (D)  Nothing  contained in subsection (C) of this Section
27    shall prohibit the inspection or disclosure  to  victims  and
28    witnesses  of  photographs  contained  in  the records of law
29    enforcement agencies when the inspection  and  disclosure  is
30    conducted  in  the  presence of a law enforcement officer for
31    the purpose of the  identification  or  apprehension  of  any
32    person  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this Act or for the
33    investigation or prosecution of any crime.
34        (E)  Law  enforcement  officers  may  not  disclose   the
 
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 1    identity of any minor in releasing information to the general
 2    public  as to the arrest, investigation or disposition of any
 3    case involving a minor.
 4        (F)  Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit law
 5    enforcement agencies from communicating with  each  other  by
 6    letter,  memorandum,  teletype or intelligence alert bulletin
 7    or other means the identity  or  other  relevant  information
 8    pertaining  to  a  person  under 17 years of age if there are
 9    reasonable grounds to believe that the person  poses  a  real
10    and  present  danger  to  the  safety  of  the  public or law
11    enforcement officers. The  information  provided  under  this
12    subsection  (F)  shall  remain  confidential and shall not be
13    publicly disclosed, except as otherwise allowed by law.
14        (G)  Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the right  of
15    a  Civil  Service  Commission  or appointing authority of any
16    state, county or municipality  examining  the  character  and
17    fitness of an applicant for employment with a law enforcement
18    agency,  correctional  institution,  or  fire department from
19    obtaining and examining the records of  any  law  enforcement
20    agency  relating  to  any record of the applicant having been
21    arrested or taken into custody before  the  applicant's  17th
22    birthday.
23    (Source: P.A.  90-127,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-357,  eff. 7-29-99;
24    91-368, eff. 1-1-00.)

25        (705 ILCS 405/1-8) (from Ch. 37, par. 801-8)
26        Sec. 1-8.  Confidentiality and accessibility of  juvenile
27    court records.
28        (A)  Inspection  and  copying  of  juvenile court records
29    relating to a minor who is the subject of a proceeding  under
30    this Act shall be restricted to the following:
31             (1)  The  minor  who  is  the subject of record, his
32        parents, guardian and counsel.
33             (2)  Law enforcement officers  and  law  enforcement
 
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 1        agencies  when such information is essential to executing
 2        an arrest or search warrant or other compulsory  process,
 3        or  to conducting an ongoing investigation or relating to
 4        a minor who has been adjudicated delinquent and there has
 5        been a previous finding that the  act  which  constitutes
 6        the  previous  offense  was  committed  in furtherance of
 7        criminal activities by a criminal street gang.
 8             Before July  1,  1994,  for  the  purposes  of  this
 9        Section,   "criminal   street  gang"  means  any  ongoing
10        organization, association, or group of 3 or more persons,
11        whether formal or informal, having as one of its  primary
12        activities  the  commission  of one or more criminal acts
13        and that has a common name or  common  identifying  sign,
14        symbol  or  specific  color  apparel displayed, and whose
15        members individually or collectively engage  in  or  have
16        engaged in a pattern of criminal activity.
17             Beginning   July  1,  1994,  for  purposes  of  this
18        Section, "criminal street gang" has the meaning  ascribed
19        to  it in Section 10 of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism
20        Omnibus Prevention Act.
21             (3)  Judges,    hearing    officers,    prosecutors,
22        probation officers, social workers or  other  individuals
23        assigned  by  the  court to conduct a pre-adjudication or
24        predisposition investigation, and individuals responsible
25        for supervising or providing temporary or permanent  care
26        and  custody  for  minors  pursuant  to  the order of the
27        juvenile  court  when  essential  to   performing   their
28        responsibilities.
29             (4)  Judges, prosecutors and probation officers:
30                  (a)  in  the course of a trial when institution
31             of  criminal  proceedings  has  been  permitted   or
32             required under Section 5-805; or
33                  (b)  when   criminal   proceedings   have  been
34             permitted or required  under  Section  5-805  and  a
 
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 1             minor  is  the  subject of a proceeding to determine
 2             the amount of bail; or
 3                  (c)  when  criminal   proceedings   have   been
 4             permitted  or  required  under  Section  5-805 and a
 5             minor is the subject of a  pre-trial  investigation,
 6             pre-sentence  investigation  or  fitness hearing, or
 7             proceedings on an application for probation; or
 8                  (d)  when a minor becomes 17 years  of  age  or
 9             older,  and  is the subject of criminal proceedings,
10             including a hearing to determine the amount of bail,
11             a   pre-trial    investigation,    a    pre-sentence
12             investigation,  a fitness hearing, or proceedings on
13             an application for probation.
14             (5)  Adult and Juvenile Prisoner Review Boards.
15             (6)  Authorized military personnel.
16             (7)  Victims,    their    subrogees    and     legal
17        representatives;  however, such persons shall have access
18        only to the name and address of the minor and information
19        pertaining to the disposition or  alternative  adjustment
20        plan of the juvenile court.
21             (8)  Persons engaged in bona fide research, with the
22        permission  of  the presiding judge of the juvenile court
23        and the chief executive of the agency that  prepared  the
24        particular  records;  provided  that  publication of such
25        research results in no disclosure of a  minor's  identity
26        and protects the confidentiality of the record.
27             (9)  The Secretary of State to whom the Clerk of the
28        Court  shall  report  the  disposition  of  all cases, as
29        required in Section 6-204 of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code.
30        However,  information reported relative to these offenses
31        shall be privileged and available only to  the  Secretary
32        of State, courts, and police officers.
33             (10)  The  administrator  of  a  bonafide  substance
34        abuse  student  assistance program with the permission of
 
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 1        the presiding judge of the juvenile court.
 2             (11)  Mental health professionals on behalf  of  the
 3        Illinois  Department  of Corrections or the Department of
 4        Human  Services  or  prosecutors  who   are   evaluating,
 5        prosecuting,  or  investigating  a  potential  or  actual
 6        petition  brought  under  the Sexually Persons Commitment
 7        Act relating to a person who is the subject  of  juvenile
 8        court  records  or  the  respondent to a petition brought
 9        under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, who is
10        the  subject  of  juvenile  court  records  sought.   Any
11        records and any information obtained from  those  records
12        under  this  paragraph  (11) may be used only in sexually
13        violent persons commitment proceedings.
14        (B)  A minor who is the victim in a  juvenile  proceeding
15    shall   be   provided   the  same  confidentiality  regarding
16    disclosure of identity as the minor who  is  the  subject  of
17    record.
18        (C)  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (C),
19    juvenile  court  records  shall  not be made available to the
20    general public but may be  inspected  by  representatives  of
21    agencies,  associations  and  news  media  or  other properly
22    interested persons by general or special order of the  court.
23    The  State's  Attorney,  the minor, his parents, guardian and
24    counsel shall at all times have the right  to  examine  court
25    files and records.
26             (1)  The  court  shall  allow  the general public to
27        have access to the name, address, and offense of a  minor
28        who  is  adjudicated  a  delinquent  minor under this Act
29        under either of the following circumstances:
30                  (A)  The adjudication of delinquency was  based
31             upon  the minor's commission of first degree murder,
32             attempt to commit first  degree  murder,  aggravated
33             criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault;
34             or
 
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 1                  (B)  The  court  has  made  a  finding that the
 2             minor was at least 13 years of age at the  time  the
 3             act   was   committed   and   the   adjudication  of
 4             delinquency was based upon  the  minor's  commission
 5             of: (i) an act in furtherance of the commission of a
 6             felony  as  a  member  of or on behalf of a criminal
 7             street gang, (ii) an act  involving  the  use  of  a
 8             firearm  in the commission of a felony, (iii) an act
 9             that would be a Class X felony offense under or  the
10             minor's  second  or  subsequent  Class  2 or greater
11             felony offense under the  Cannabis  Control  Act  if
12             committed  by  an adult, (iv) an act that would be a
13             second or subsequent offense under  Section  402  of
14             the  Illinois Controlled Substances Act if committed
15             by an adult, or (v) an act that would be an  offense
16             under   Section   401  of  the  Illinois  Controlled
17             Substances Act if committed by an adult.
18             (2)  The court shall allow  the  general  public  to
19        have  access to the name, address, and offense of a minor
20        who is at least 13 years of age at the time  the  offense
21        is   committed   and   who   is  convicted,  in  criminal
22        proceedings permitted  or  required  under  Section  5-4,
23        under either of the following circumstances:
24                  (A)  The  minor  has  been  convicted  of first
25             degree  murder,  attempt  to  commit  first   degree
26             murder,   aggravated  criminal  sexual  assault,  or
27             criminal sexual assault,
28                  (B)  The court has  made  a  finding  that  the
29             minor  was  at least 13 years of age at the time the
30             offense was committed and the conviction  was  based
31             upon  the  minor's  commission of: (i) an offense in
32             furtherance of the  commission  of  a  felony  as  a
33             member  of  or  on behalf of a criminal street gang,
34             (ii) an offense involving the use of  a  firearm  in
 
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 1             the  commission  of a felony, (iii) a Class X felony
 2             offense under or a second or subsequent Class  2  or
 3             greater  felony  offense  under the Cannabis Control
 4             Act, (iv)  a  second  or  subsequent  offense  under
 5             Section  402  of  the Illinois Controlled Substances
 6             Act, or (v) an offense  under  Section  401  of  the
 7             Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
 8        (D)  Pending or following any adjudication of delinquency
 9    for  any  offense  defined in Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of
10    the Criminal Code of 1961, the victim  of  any  such  offense
11    shall  receive  the rights set out in Sections 4 and 6 of the
12    Bill of Rights for Victims and  Witnesses  of  Violent  Crime
13    Act; and the juvenile who is the subject of the adjudication,
14    notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Act, shall be
15    treated as an adult for the purpose of affording such  rights
16    to the victim.
17        (E)  Nothing  in this Section shall affect the right of a
18    Civil Service  Commission  or  appointing  authority  of  any
19    state,  county  or  municipality  examining the character and
20    fitness of an applicant for employment with a law enforcement
21    agency,  correctional  institution,  or  fire  department  to
22    ascertain whether that applicant was ever adjudicated to be a
23    delinquent minor and,  if  so,  to  examine  the  records  of
24    disposition  or evidence which were made in proceedings under
25    this Act.
26        (F)  Following any  adjudication  of  delinquency  for  a
27    crime  which  would  be a felony if committed by an adult, or
28    following any adjudication of delinquency for a violation  of
29    Section  24-1,  24-3, 24-3.1, or 24-5 of the Criminal Code of
30    1961, the State's Attorney shall ascertain whether the  minor
31    respondent  is enrolled in school and, if so, shall provide a
32    copy of the dispositional order to  the  principal  or  chief
33    administrative   officer  of  the  school.   Access  to  such
34    juvenile records shall be limited to the principal  or  chief
 
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 1    administrative   officer  of  the  school  and  any  guidance
 2    counselor designated by him.
 3        (G)  Nothing contained in this Act prevents  the  sharing
 4    or   disclosure   of   information  or  records  relating  or
 5    pertaining to juveniles subject  to  the  provisions  of  the
 6    Serious  Habitual  Offender Comprehensive Action Program when
 7    that  information  is   used   to   assist   in   the   early
 8    identification and treatment of habitual juvenile offenders.
 9        (H)  When  a  Court hearing a proceeding under Article II
10    of this Act becomes aware that an  earlier  proceeding  under
11    Article  II  had been heard in a different county, that Court
12    shall request, and the Court in which the earlier proceedings
13    were initiated shall transmit, an authenticated copy  of  the
14    Court  record, including all documents, petitions, and orders
15    filed  therein  and  the   minute   orders,   transcript   of
16    proceedings, and docket entries of the Court.
17        (I)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall report to the
18    Department of State Police, in the form and  manner  required
19    by  the  Department of State Police, the final disposition of
20    each minor who has been arrested or taken into custody before
21    his or her 17th birthday for those offenses  required  to  be
22    reported  under Section 5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
23    Information reported to the Department under this Section may
24    be maintained with records that the  Department  files  under
25    Section 2.1 of the Criminal Identification Act.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98; 90-87, eff. 9-1-97; 90-127,
27    eff.  1-1-98;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
28    91-368, eff. 1-1-00.)

29        Section  10.  The Criminal Code of  1961  is  amended  by
30    changing Section 11-9.2 as follows:

31        (720 ILCS 5/11-9.2)
32        Sec. 11-9.2.  Custodial sexual misconduct.
 
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 1        (a)  A  person  commits  the  offense of custodial sexual
 2    misconduct when: (1) he or she is  an  employee  of  a  penal
 3    system  and  engages  in sexual conduct or sexual penetration
 4    with a person who is in the custody of that penal  system  or
 5    (2)  he  or  she  is an employee of a treatment and detention
 6    facility and engages in sexual conduct or sexual  penetration
 7    with  a  person  who  is in the custody of that treatment and
 8    detention facility.
 9        (b)  A probation or supervising officer  or  surveillance
10    agent commits the offense of custodial sexual misconduct when
11    the  probation  or  supervising officer or surveillance agent
12    engages in  sexual  conduct  or  sexual  penetration  with  a
13    probationer, parolee, or releasee or person serving a term of
14    conditional   release   who   is   under   the   supervisory,
15    disciplinary,  or custodial authority of the officer or agent
16    so engaging in the sexual conduct or sexual penetration.
17        (c)  Custodial sexual misconduct is a Class 3 felony.
18        (d)  Any  person  convicted  of  violating  this  Section
19    immediately shall forfeit his or her employment with a  penal
20    system,  treatment  and  detention  facility,  or conditional
21    release program.
22        (e)  For purposes of this Section,  the  consent  of  the
23    probationer,  parolee,  releasee, or inmate in custody of the
24    penal system or person detained or  civilly  committed  under
25    the  Sexually  Violent  Persons Commitment Act shall not be a
26    defense to a prosecution under this  Section.   A  person  is
27    deemed  incapable  of  consent, for purposes of this Section,
28    when he or she is a probationer, parolee, releasee, or inmate
29    in custody of a penal system or person  detained  or  civilly
30    committed under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.
31        (f)  This Section does not apply to:
32             (1)  Any   employee,   probation,   or   supervising
33        officer, or surveillance agent who is lawfully married to
34        a  person  in custody if the marriage occurred before the
 
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 1        date of custody.
 2             (2)  Any   employee,   probation,   or   supervising
 3        officer, or surveillance agent who has no knowledge,  and
 4        would  have  no  reason  to believe, that the person with
 5        whom he or she engaged in custodial sexual misconduct was
 6        a person in custody.
 7        (g)  In this Section:
 8             (1)  "Custody" means:
 9                  (i)  pretrial incarceration or detention;
10                  (ii)  incarceration  or   detention   under   a
11             sentence  or  commitment  to  a State or local penal
12             institution;
13                  (iii)  parole or mandatory supervised release;
14                  (iv)  electronic home detention;
15                  (v)  probation;
16                  (vi)  detention or civil commitment  either  in
17             secure  care  or in the community under the Sexually
18             Violent Persons Commitment Act.
19             (2)  "Penal system" means any system which  includes
20        institutions as defined in Section 2-14 of this Code or a
21        county  shelter  care or detention home established under
22        Section 1 of the County Shelter Care and  Detention  Home
23        Act.
24             (2.1)  "Treatment  and detention facility" means any
25        Department of Human Services facility established for the
26        detention  or  civil  commitment  of  persons  under  the
27        Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act.
28             (2.2)  "Conditional  release"  means  a  program  of
29        treatment and services, vocational services, and  alcohol
30        or  other  drug  abuse  treatment  provided to any person
31        civilly  committed  and  conditionally  released  to  the
32        community under the Sexually Violent  Persons  Commitment
33        Act;
34             (3)  "Employee" means:
 
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 1                  (i)  an  employee of any governmental agency of
 2             this State or any county  or  municipal  corporation
 3             that  has  by statute, ordinance, or court order the
 4             responsibility for the care, control, or supervision
 5             of pretrial or sentenced persons in a  penal  system
 6             or  persons  detained or civilly committed under the
 7             Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act;
 8                  (ii)  a contractual employee of a penal  system
 9             as  defined  in paragraph (g)(2) of this Section who
10             works in a penal institution as defined  in  Section
11             2-14 of this Code;
12                  (iii)    a contractual employee of a "treatment
13             and detention  facility"  as  defined  in  paragraph
14             (g)(2.1)  of  this Code or a contractual employee of
15             the  Department  of  Human  Services  who   provides
16             supervision of persons serving a term of conditional
17             release  as  defined  in  paragraph (g)(2.2) of this
18             Code.
19             (4)  "Sexual conduct" or "sexual penetration"  means
20        any  act  of  sexual  conduct  or  sexual  penetration as
21        defined in Section 12-12 of this Code.
22             (5)  "Probation officer" means any  person  employed
23        in a probation or court services department as defined in
24        Section 9b of the Probation and Probation Officers Act.
25             (6)  "Supervising officer" means any person employed
26        to  supervise  persons  placed  on  parole  or  mandatory
27        supervised  release  with the duties described in Section
28        3-14-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
29             (7)  "Surveillance agent" means any person  employed
30        or  contracted to supervise persons placed on conditional
31        release in  the  community  under  the  Sexually  Violent
32        Persons Commitment Act.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-66, eff. 7-7-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        Section  15.  The Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act
 2    is  amended  by  changing  Sections 30, 35, 40, 60, and 65 as
 3    follows:

 4        (725 ILCS 207/30)
 5        Sec. 30.  Detention; probable cause hearing; transfer for
 6    examination.
 7        (a)  Upon the filing of a petition under  Section  15  of
 8    this  Act,  the  court shall review the petition to determine
 9    whether to issue an order for detention of the person who  is
10    the  subject  of  the petition.  The person shall be detained
11    only if there is cause to believe that the person is eligible
12    for commitment under subsection (f) of  Section  35  of  this
13    Act.  A person detained under this Section shall be held in a
14    facility  approved  by  the  Department.   If  the  person is
15    serving a sentence of imprisonment, is  in  a  Department  of
16    Corrections  correctional  facility  or juvenile correctional
17    facility or is committed to institutional care, and the court
18    orders detention under this Section, the  court  shall  order
19    that  the  person  be  transferred  to  a  detention facility
20    approved by the Department.  A  detention  order  under  this
21    Section  remains  in  effect  until  the person is discharged
22    after a trial under Section 35  of  this  Act  or  until  the
23    effective date of a commitment order under Section 40 of this
24    Act, whichever is applicable.
25        (b)  Whenever  a  petition  is  filed under Section 15 of
26    this Act, the court shall hold a hearing to determine whether
27    there is probable cause to believe that the person  named  in
28    the  petition  is  a  sexually violent person.  If the person
29    named in the petition is in custody, the court shall hold the
30    probable cause hearing within 72 hours after the petition  is
31    filed,  excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.  The
32    court may grant a continuance of the probable  cause  hearing
33    for  no  more  than  7 additional days upon the motion of the
 
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 1    respondent, for good cause.   If  the  person  named  in  the
 2    petition  has  been  released,  is on parole, is on mandatory
 3    supervised release, or otherwise is not in custody, the court
 4    shall hold the probable cause  hearing  within  a  reasonable
 5    time  after the filing of the petition. At the probable cause
 6    hearing, the court shall  admit  and  consider  all  relevant
 7    hearsay evidence.
 8        (c)  If  the  court determines after a hearing that there
 9    is probable cause to believe that the  person  named  in  the
10    petition  is a sexually violent person, the court shall order
11    that the person be taken into custody if he or she is not  in
12    custody and shall order the person to be transferred within a
13    reasonable  time to an appropriate facility for an evaluation
14    as to whether the person is a sexually violent person. If the
15    person who is named in the  petition  refuses  to  speak  to,
16    communicate  with,  or  otherwise fails to cooperate with the
17    examining evaluator from the Department of Human Services  or
18    the Department of Corrections, that person may only introduce
19    evidence and testimony from any expert or professional person
20    who  is retained or court-appointed to conduct an examination
21    of the person that results from a review of the  records  and
22    may  not  introduce evidence resulting from an examination of
23    the person.  If the person named in the petition  refuses  to
24    speak  to,  communicate with, or otherwise fails to cooperate
25    with the expert from the Department of Human Services who  is
26    conducting  the  evaluation,  the  person shall be prohibited
27    from introducing testimony or evidence  from  any  expert  or
28    professional  person  who  is  retained or court appointed to
29    conduct an evaluation of  the  person.   Notwithstanding  the
30    provisions   of   Section   10   of  the  Mental  Health  and
31    Developmental   Disabilities   Confidentiality    Act,    all
32    evaluations  conducted  pursuant to this Act and all Illinois
33    Department  of  Corrections  treatment   records   shall   be
34    admissible  at  all  proceedings  held  pursuant to this Act,
 
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 1    including the probable cause hearing and the trial.
 2        If the court determines  that  probable  cause  does  not
 3    exist  to  believe  that  the  person  is  a sexually violent
 4    person, the court shall dismiss the petition.
 5        (d)  The Department shall promulgate rules  that  provide
 6    the  qualifications  for persons conducting evaluations under
 7    subsection (c) of this Section.
 8        (e)  If the  person  named  in  the  petition  claims  or
 9    appears  to  be  indigent,  the  court  shall,  prior  to the
10    probable cause hearing under subsection (b) of this  Section,
11    appoint counsel.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98.)

13        (725 ILCS 207/35)
14        Sec. 35.  Trial.
15        (a)  A  trial  to determine whether the person who is the
16    subject of a petition under Section  15  of  this  Act  is  a
17    sexually  violent  person shall commence no later than 120 45
18    days after the date  of  the  probable  cause  hearing  under
19    Section  30  of this Act. Delay is considered to be agreed to
20    by the person unless he or she objects to the delay by making
21    a written demand for trial or an oral demand for trial on the
22    record.  Delay occasioned by the person temporarily  suspends
23    for  the  time  of the delay the period within which a person
24    must be tried. If the delay occurs within 21 days  after  the
25    end  of  the  period within which a person must be tried, the
26    court may continue the cause on application of the State  for
27    not  more  than  an  additional  21  days  beyond  the period
28    prescribed. The court may grant a continuance  of  the  trial
29    date  for  good  cause upon its own motion, the motion of any
30    party or the stipulation of the parties,  provided  that  any
31    continuance  granted shall be subject to Section 103-5 of the
32    Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
33        (b)  At the trial to determine whether the person who  is
 
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 1    the  subject  of a petition under Section 15 of this Act is a
 2    sexually violent person, all rules of  evidence  in  criminal
 3    actions  apply.    All  constitutional  rights available to a
 4    defendant in a  criminal  proceeding  are  available  to  the
 5    person.   At  the trial on the petition it shall be competent
 6    to introduce evidence of the commission by the respondent  of
 7    any  number  of crimes together with whatever punishments, if
 8    any,  were  imposed.    The  petitioner  may  present  expert
 9    testimony from both the Illinois  Department  of  Corrections
10    evaluator and the Department of Human Services psychologist.
11        (c)  The  person  who is the subject of the petition, the
12    person's  attorney,  the  Attorney  General  or  the  State's
13    Attorney may request that a trial under this Section be by  a
14    jury.  A request for a jury trial under this subsection shall
15    be made within 10 days after the probable cause hearing under
16    Section  30  of  this  Act.  If no request is made, the trial
17    shall be by the court.  The person, the person's attorney  or
18    the  Attorney  General  or  State's  Attorney,  whichever  is
19    applicable, may withdraw his or her request for a jury trial.
20        (d) (1)  At  a  trial  on  a petition under this Act, the
21        petitioner has the burden of proving the  allegations  in
22        the petition beyond a reasonable doubt.
23             (2)  If  the State alleges that the sexually violent
24        offense or act that forms the basis for the petition  was
25        an  act  that  was  sexually  motivated  as  provided  in
26        paragraph  (e)(2)  of Section 5 of this Act, the State is
27        required to prove beyond  a  reasonable  doubt  that  the
28        alleged sexually violent act was sexually motivated.
29        (e)  Evidence  that  the  person  who is the subject of a
30    petition under Section 15 of this Act was  convicted  for  or
31    committed  sexually  violent  offenses  before committing the
32    offense or  act  on  which  the  petition  is  based  is  not
33    sufficient  to  establish  beyond a reasonable doubt that the
34    person has a mental disorder.
 
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 1        (f)  If the court or jury determines that the person  who
 2    is  the  subject of a petition under Section 15 is a sexually
 3    violent person, the court shall  enter  a  judgment  on  that
 4    finding and shall commit the person as provided under Section
 5    40 of this Act.  If the court or jury is not satisfied beyond
 6    a  reasonable  doubt  that  the  person is a sexually violent
 7    person, the court shall dismiss the petition and direct  that
 8    the  person  be released unless he or she is under some other
 9    lawful restriction.
10        (g)  A judgment entered  under  subsection  (f)  of  this
11    Section  on the finding that the person who is the subject of
12    a petition under Section 15 is a sexually violent  person  is
13    interlocutory  to  a commitment order under Section 40 and is
14    reviewable on appeal.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 91-875, eff. 6-30-00.)

16        (725 ILCS 207/40)
17        Sec. 40.  Commitment.
18        (a)  If a court or jury determines that the person who is
19    the subject of a petition under Section 15 of this Act  is  a
20    sexually  violent person, the court shall order the person to
21    be committed to the custody of the  Department  for  control,
22    care and treatment until such time as the person is no longer
23    a sexually violent person.
24        (b) (1)  The  court  shall  enter  an  initial commitment
25        order under this Section pursuant to a  hearing  held  as
26        soon  as  practicable  after the judgment is entered that
27        the person who is the subject of a petition under Section
28        15 is a sexually violent person.    If  the  court  lacks
29        sufficient information to make the determination required
30        by  paragraph  (b)(2)  of  this Section immediately after
31        trial,  it  may  adjourn  the  hearing  and   order   the
32        Department to conduct a predisposition investigation or a
33        supplementary  mental examination, or both, to assist the
 
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 1        court in framing the commitment order.   A  supplementary
 2        mental  examination under this Section shall be conducted
 3        in accordance with Section 3-804 of the Mental Health and
 4        Developmental Disabilities Code.
 5             (2)  An order  for  commitment  under  this  Section
 6        shall  specify  either  institutional  care  in  a secure
 7        facility, as provided under Section 50 of  this  Act,  or
 8        conditional  release.   In determining whether commitment
 9        shall be for institutional care in a secure  facility  or
10        for  conditional  release,  the court shall must consider
11        the nature and circumstances of the behavior that was the
12        basis of the allegation in the petition  under  paragraph
13        (b)(1)  of  Section  15,  the person's mental history and
14        present mental condition, where the person will live, how
15        the person will support  himself  or  herself,  and  what
16        arrangements  are available to ensure that the person has
17        access to and will participate  in  necessary  treatment.
18        The  Department  shall  arrange  for  control,  care  and
19        treatment  of  the person in the least restrictive manner
20        consistent with the requirements of  the  person  and  in
21        accordance with the court's commitment order.
22             (3)  If   the   court   finds  that  the  person  is
23        appropriate for  conditional  release,  the  court  shall
24        notify  the  Department.   The Department shall prepare a
25        plan that identifies the treatment and services, if  any,
26        that the person will receive in the community.   The plan
27        shall address the person's need, if any, for supervision,
28        counseling,   medication,   community  support  services,
29        residential services, vocational services, and alcohol or
30        other drug abuse treatment.  The Department may  contract
31        with  a  county  health  department,  with another public
32        agency or with a private agency to provide the  treatment
33        and  services  identified  in  the  plan.  The plan shall
34        specify  who  will  be  responsible  for  providing   the
 
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 1        treatment  and services identified in the plan.  The plan
 2        shall be presented to the court for its  approval  within
 3        60  days  after  the  court  finding  that  the person is
 4        appropriate   for   conditional   release,   unless   the
 5        Department  and  the  person  to  be   released   request
 6        additional  time  to  develop  the  plan. The conditional
 7        release  program  operated  under  this  Section  is  not
 8        subject to  the  provisions  of  the  Mental  Health  and
 9        Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.
10             (4)  An  order  for  conditional  release places the
11        person in the custody and control of the  Department.   A
12        person   on   conditional   release  is  subject  to  the
13        conditions set by the court  and  to  the  rules  of  the
14        Department.   Before  a  person  is placed on conditional
15        release by the court under this Section, the court  shall
16        so  notify  the  municipal  police  department and county
17        sheriff for the municipality  and  county  in  which  the
18        person  will  be  residing.  The notification requirement
19        under this Section does not apply if a  municipal  police
20        department  or  county  sheriff  submits  to  the court a
21        written statement waiving the right to be  notified.   If
22        the   Department  alleges  that  a  released  person  has
23        violated any condition or rule, or  that  the  safety  of
24        others  requires  that conditional release be revoked, he
25        or she may be taken into custody under the rules  of  the
26        Department.
27             At   any   time   during  which  the  person  is  on
28        conditional release, if the  Department  determines  that
29        the  person  has  violated any condition or rule, or that
30        the safety of others requires that conditional release be
31        revoked, the Department may request the Attorney  General
32        or  State's  Attorney  to  request  the court to issue an
33        emergency ex parte order directing  any  law  enforcement
34        officer to take the person into custody and transport the
 
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 1        person  to  the county jail.  The Department may request,
 2        or the Attorney General or State's Attorney  may  request
 3        independently  of  the  Department,  that  a  petition to
 4        revoke conditional release be filed.  When a petition  is
 5        filed,  the  court  may  order  the Department to issue a
 6        notice to the person to be present at the  Department  or
 7        other  agency designated by the court, order a summons to
 8        the person to be present, or order a body attachment  for
 9        all  law  enforcement  officers  to  take the person into
10        custody and transport him or  her  to  the  county  jail,
11        hospital,  or  treatment  facility.  The Department shall
12        submit  a  statement  showing  probable  cause   of   the
13        detention   and  a  petition  to  revoke  the  order  for
14        conditional release to the  committing  court  within  48
15        hours  after  the  detention.   The  court shall hear the
16        petition within 30  days,  unless  the  hearing  or  time
17        deadline  is  waived by the detained person.  Pending the
18        revocation hearing, the Department may detain the  person
19        in  a  jail,  in  a  hospital or treatment facility.  The
20        State has the burden of proving by clear  and  convincing
21        evidence  that  any rule or condition of release has been
22        violated, or that the safety of others requires that  the
23        conditional  release be revoked.  If the court determines
24        after hearing that any rule or condition of  release  has
25        been violated, or that the safety of others requires that
26        conditional  release  be revoked, it may revoke the order
27        for conditional  release  and  order  that  the  released
28        person  be placed in an appropriate institution until the
29        person is discharged from the commitment under Section 65
30        of this Act or until again placed on conditional  release
31        under Section 60 of this Act.
32             (5)  An  order  for  conditional  release places the
33        person  in  the  custody,  care,  and  control   of   the
34        Department.   The court shall order the person be subject
 
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 1        to  the  following  rules  of  conditional  release,   in
 2        addition  to any other conditions ordered, and the person
 3        shall be given a certificate setting forth the conditions
 4        of conditional release.  These conditions shall  be  that
 5        the person:
 6                  (A)  not  violate  any  criminal statute of any
 7             jurisdiction;
 8                  (B)  report to or appear in person before  such
 9             person  or  agency  as directed by the court and the
10             Department;
11                  (C)  refrain from possession of  a  firearm  or
12             other dangerous weapon;
13                  (D)  not leave the State without the consent of
14             the  court  or, in circumstances in which the reason
15             for the absence is of such an emergency nature, that
16             prior consent by the court is not  possible  without
17             the   prior   notification   and   approval  of  the
18             Department;
19                  (E)  at the direction of the Department, notify
20             third parties of the risks that may be occasioned by
21             his or  her  criminal  record  or  sexual  offending
22             history   or   characteristics,   and   permit   the
23             supervising   officer   or   agent   to   make   the
24             notification requirement;
25                  (F)  attend    and    fully    participate   in
26             assessment,  treatment,  and   behavior   monitoring
27             including,    but    not    limited   to,   medical,
28             psychological or psychiatric treatment  specific  to
29             sexual  offending, drug addiction, or alcoholism, to
30             the extent appropriate to the person based upon  the
31             recommendation  and  findings made in the Department
32             evaluation   or   based    upon    any    subsequent
33             recommendations by the Department;
34                  (G)  waive  confidentiality  allowing the court
 
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 1             and Department access  to  assessment  or  treatment
 2             results or both;
 3                  (H)  work  regularly  at  a Department approved
 4             occupation or pursue a course of study or vocational
 5             training and notify the Department within  72  hours
 6             of any change in employment, study, or training;
 7                  (I)  not  be  employed  or  participate  in any
 8             volunteer  activity  that  involves   contact   with
 9             children,  except  under  circumstances  approved in
10             advance and in writing by the Department officer;
11                  (J)  submit to the search of his or her person,
12             residence, vehicle, or any personal or real property
13             under  his  or  her  control  at  any  time  by  the
14             Department;
15                  (K)  financially support his or her  dependents
16             and  provide  the Department access to any requested
17             financial information;
18                  (L)  serve a  term  of  home  confinement,  the
19             conditions of which shall be that the person:
20                       (i)  remain  within  the interior premises
21                  of  the  place  designated  for  his   or   her
22                  confinement  during the hours designated by the
23                  Department;
24                       (ii)  admit any person or agent designated
25                  by the Department into the offender's place  of
26                  confinement   at   any  time  for  purposes  of
27                  verifying  the  person's  compliance  with  the
28                  condition of his or her confinement;
29                       (iii)  if   deemed   necessary   by    the
30                  Department,   be   placed   on   an  electronic
31                  monitoring device;
32                  (M)  comply with the terms and conditions of an
33             order of protection issued by the court pursuant  to
34             the  Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.  A copy
 
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 1             of the order of protection shall be  transmitted  to
 2             the Department by the clerk of the court;
 3                  (N)  refrain  from  entering  into a designated
 4             geographic area except  upon  terms  the  Department
 5             finds    appropriate.    The   terms   may   include
 6             consideration of the purpose of the entry, the  time
 7             of  day, others accompanying the person, and advance
 8             approval by the Department;
 9                  (O)  refrain from having any contact, including
10             written  or   oral   communications,   directly   or
11             indirectly,    with    certain   specified   persons
12             including, but not limited to,  the  victim  or  the
13             victim's  family,  and report any incidental contact
14             with the  victim  or  the  victim's  family  to  the
15             Department  within  72  hours; refrain from entering
16             onto the premises of, traveling past,  or  loitering
17             near the victim's residence, place of employment, or
18             other places frequented by the victim;
19                  (P)  refrain from having any contact, including
20             written   or   oral   communications,   directly  or
21             indirectly,  with  particular  types   of   persons,
22             including  but  not  limited  to  members  of street
23             gangs, drug users, drug dealers, or prostitutes;
24                  (Q)  refrain  from  all  contact,   direct   or
25             indirect,   personally,  by  telephone,  letter,  or
26             through another person, with minor children  without
27             prior identification and approval of the Department;
28                  (R)  refrain from having in his or her body the
29             presence  of  alcohol or any illicit drug prohibited
30             by  the  Cannabis  Control  Act  or   the   Illinois
31             Controlled  Substances  Act,  unless prescribed by a
32             physician, and submit samples of his or her  breath,
33             saliva,  blood,  or urine for tests to determine the
34             presence of alcohol or any illicit drug;
 
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 1                  (S)  not  establish  a  dating,  intimate,   or
 2             sexual  relationship  with  a  person  without prior
 3             written notification to the Department;
 4                  (T)  neither possess or have under his  or  her
 5             control  any material that is pornographic, sexually
 6             oriented, or sexually stimulating, or  that  depicts
 7             or  alludes  to  sexual  activity  or depicts minors
 8             under the age of 18, including but  not  limited  to
 9             visual,  auditory,  telephonic, electronic media, or
10             any matter obtained through access to  any  computer
11             or material linked to computer access use;
12                  (U)  not   patronize   any  business  providing
13             sexually   stimulating    or    sexually    oriented
14             entertainment  nor  utilize "900" or adult telephone
15             numbers or any other sex-related telephone numbers;
16                  (V)  not reside near, visit, or be in or  about
17             parks,  schools,  day  care centers, swimming pools,
18             beaches, theaters, or any other places  where  minor
19             children  congregate without advance approval of the
20             Department and report any  incidental  contact  with
21             minor children to the Department within 72 hours;
22                  (W)  not  establish  any  living arrangement or
23             residence without prior approval of the Department;
24                  (X)  not publish any  materials  or  print  any
25             advertisements  without  providing  a  copy  of  the
26             proposed  publications to the Department officer and
27             obtaining permission prior to publication;
28                  (Y)  not leave the  county  except  with  prior
29             permission   of   the  Department  and  provide  the
30             Department officer  or  agent  with  written  travel
31             routes  to  and  from  work and any other designated
32             destinations;
33                  (Z)  not possess  or  have  under  his  or  her
34             control   certain   specified  items  of  contraband
 
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 1             related to the incidence of sexually offending items
 2             including video or still camera items or  children's
 3             toys;
 4                  (AA)  provide a written daily log of activities
 5             as directed by the Department;
 6                  (BB)  comply  with all other special conditions
 7             that the Department may  impose  that  restrict  the
 8             person from high-risk situations and limit access or
 9             potential victims.
10             (6)  A  person placed on conditional release and who
11        during the  term  undergoes  mandatory  drug  or  alcohol
12        testing  or  is  assigned  to  be  placed  on an approved
13        electronic monitoring device may be ordered  to  pay  all
14        costs incidental to the mandatory drug or alcohol testing
15        and  all  costs  incidental  to  the  approved electronic
16        monitoring in accordance with the person's ability to pay
17        those costs.  The  Department  may  establish  reasonable
18        fees for the cost of maintenance, testing, and incidental
19        expenses related to the mandatory drug or alcohol testing
20        and   all   costs   incidental   to  approved  electronic
21        monitoring.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 91-875, eff. 6-30-00.)

23        (725 ILCS 207/60)
24        Sec. 60.  Petition for conditional release.
25        (a)  Any person who is committed for  institutional  care
26    in  a  secure  facility or other facility under Section 40 of
27    this Act may petition the  committing  court  to  modify  its
28    order by authorizing conditional release if at least 6 months
29    have  elapsed since the initial commitment order was entered,
30    the most recent release  petition  was  denied  or  the  most
31    recent  order  for  conditional  release  was  revoked.   The
32    director  of  the  facility at which the person is placed may
33    file a petition under this Section on the person's behalf  at
 
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 1    any time.
 2        (b)  If  the  person  files  a  timely  petition  without
 3    counsel,  the court shall serve a copy of the petition on the
 4    Attorney General or State's Attorney, whichever is applicable
 5    and, subject to paragraph (c)(1) of Section 25 of  this  Act,
 6    appoint  counsel.   If  the person petitions through counsel,
 7    his or her attorney  shall  serve  the  Attorney  General  or
 8    State's Attorney, whichever is applicable.
 9        (c)  Within  20  days  after receipt of the petition, the
10    court  shall  appoint  one  or  more  examiners  having   the
11    specialized   knowledge   determined   by  the  court  to  be
12    appropriate, who shall examine the mental  condition  of  the
13    person and furnish a written report of the examination to the
14    court  within 30 days after appointment.  The examiners shall
15    have  reasonable  access  to  the  person  for  purposes   of
16    examination  and  to  the person's past and present treatment
17    records  and  patient  health  care  records.   If  any  such
18    examiner  believes  that  the  person  is   appropriate   for
19    conditional release, the examiner shall report on the type of
20    treatment  and services that the person may need while in the
21    community on conditional release.  The State has the right to
22    have the person evaluated by experts  chosen  by  the  State.
23    The  court  shall  set  a  probable  cause hearing as soon as
24    practical after the examiner's report is filed.  If the court
25    determines at the probable cause hearing that cause exists to
26    believe that it is not substantially probable that the person
27    will engage in acts of  sexual  violence  if  on  release  or
28    conditional  release,  the  court  shall set a hearing on the
29    issue.
30        (d)  The court, without a jury, shall hear  the  petition
31    within  30  days  after  the  report  of  the court-appointed
32    examiner is filed  with  the  court,  unless  the  petitioner
33    waives  this  time limit.  The court shall grant the petition
34    unless the State proves by clear and convincing evidence that
 
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 1    the  person  has  not  made   sufficient   progress   to   be
 2    conditionally  released  that  the person is still a sexually
 3    violent person and that it is  still  substantially  probable
 4    that the person will engage in acts of sexual violence if the
 5    person  is  not  confined  in a secure facility.  In making a
 6    decision under this subsection, the court must  may  consider
 7    the  nature  and  circumstances  of the behavior that was the
 8    basis of the  allegation  in  the  petition  under  paragraph
 9    (b)(1) of Section 15 of this Act, the person's mental history
10    and present mental condition, where the person will live, how
11    the   person   will  support  himself  or  herself  and  what
12    arrangements are available to  ensure  that  the  person  has
13    access to and will participate in necessary treatment.
14        (e)  Before  the  court  may  enter  an  order  directing
15    conditional release to a less restrictive alternative it must
16    find  the  following:  (1)  the  person  will be treated by a
17    Department approved treatment  provider,  (2)  the  treatment
18    provider has presented a specific course of treatment and has
19    agreed  to  assume  responsibility for the treatment and will
20    report progress to the Department on  a  regular  basis,  and
21    will   report   violations  immediately  to  the  Department,
22    consistent  with  treatment  and  supervision  needs  of  the
23    respondent, (3) housing exists that is sufficiently secure to
24    protect the community, and the  person  or  agency  providing
25    housing  to  the  conditionally released person has agreed in
26    writing to  accept  the  person,  to  provide  the  level  of
27    security  required by the court, and immediately to report to
28    the Department if the person leaves the housing to  which  he
29    or  she  has  been  assigned  without  authorization, (4) the
30    person is willing  to  or  has  agreed  to  comply  with  the
31    treatment  provider,  the  Department, and the court, and (5)
32    the person has agreed or is willing to agree to  comply  with
33    the  behavioral  monitoring requirements imposed by the court
34    and the Department.
 
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 1        (f)  If the court finds that the  person  is  appropriate
 2    for   conditional   release,   the  court  shall  notify  the
 3    Department.   The  Department  shall  prepare  a  plan   that
 4    identifies  the  treatment  and  services,  if  any, that the
 5    person will receive in the community.  The plan shall address
 6    the person's  need,  if  any,  for  supervision,  counseling,
 7    medication, community support services, residential services,
 8    vocational   services,   and  alcohol  or  other  drug  abuse
 9    treatment.  The Department may contract with a county  health
10    department,  with  another  public  agency  or with a private
11    agency to provide the treatment and  services  identified  in
12    the plan.  The plan shall specify who will be responsible for
13    providing  the treatment and services identified in the plan.
14    The plan shall be presented to the  court  for  its  approval
15    within  60  days  after  the court finding that the person is
16    appropriate for conditional release,  unless  the  Department
17    and  the  person  to  be  released request additional time to
18    develop the plan.
19        (g)  The provisions of paragraph (b)(4) of Section 40  of
20    this  Act  apply  to  an order for conditional release issued
21    under this Section.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 91-875, eff. 6-30-00.)

23        (725 ILCS 207/65)
24        Sec. 65.  Petition for discharge; procedure.
25        (a)(1)  If the Secretary determines at any  time  that  a
26    person  committed  under  this  Act  is  no longer a sexually
27    violent person, the Secretary shall authorize the  person  to
28    petition  the  committing  court  for  discharge.  The person
29    shall file the petition with the court and serve a copy  upon
30    the  Attorney  General  or the State's Attorney's office that
31    filed the petition under subsection (a) of Section 15 of this
32    Act, whichever is applicable.  The court, upon receipt of the
33    petition for discharge, shall order  a  hearing  to  be  held
 
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 1    within 45 days after the date of receipt of the petition.
 2        (2)  At  a  hearing  under  this subsection, the Attorney
 3    General or State's Attorney,  whichever  filed  the  original
 4    petition,  shall represent the State and shall have the right
 5    to have the petitioner examined by an expert or  professional
 6    person  of  his  or  her choice.  The committed person or the
 7    State may elect to have the hearing before a jury.  The State
 8    has the burden of proving by clear  and  convincing  evidence
 9    that the petitioner is still a sexually violent person.
10        (3)  If the court or jury is satisfied that the State has
11    not  met  its  burden of proof under paragraph (a)(2) of this
12    Section, the petitioner shall be discharged from the  custody
13    or  supervision of the Department.  If the court is satisfied
14    that the State has met its burden of  proof  under  paragraph
15    (a)(2), the court may proceed under Section 40 of this Act to
16    determine   whether   to  modify  the  petitioner's  existing
17    commitment order.
18        (b)(1)  A person may petition the  committing  court  for
19    discharge from custody or supervision without the Secretary's
20    approval.  At the time of an examination under subsection (a)
21    of  Section  55  of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the
22    committed person with a written notice of the person's  right
23    to  petition  the  court  for  discharge over the Secretary's
24    objection.  The notice shall contain a waiver of rights.  The
25    Secretary shall forward the notice and  waiver  form  to  the
26    court  with  the report of the Department's examination under
27    Section 55 of this Act.  If the person does not affirmatively
28    waive the right to petition, the court shall set  a  probable
29    cause hearing to determine whether facts exist that warrant a
30    hearing  on  whether  the  person is still a sexually violent
31    person. If a person does not file a petition  for  discharge,
32    yet  fails to waive the right to petition under this Section,
33    then the probable cause hearing consists only of a review  of
34    the  reexamination  reports  and  arguments  on behalf of the
 
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 1    parties. The committed person has a right to have an attorney
 2    represent him or her at the probable cause hearing,  but  the
 3    person  is  not  entitled to be present at the probable cause
 4    hearing. The probable cause hearing under this  Section  must
 5    be  held  within  45  days of the filing of the reexamination
 6    report under Section 55 of this Act.
 7        (2)  If  the  court  determines  at  the  probable  cause
 8    hearing under paragraph (b)(1) of this Section that  probable
 9    cause  exists  to  believe  that  the  committed person is no
10    longer a sexually violent person, then the court shall set  a
11    hearing  on  the issue.  At a hearing under this Section, the
12    committed person is entitled to be present and to the benefit
13    of the protections afforded to the person under Section 25 of
14    this Act. The committed person or the State may elect to have
15    a hearing under this Section before a jury.  A verdict  of  a
16    jury  under this Section is not valid unless it is unanimous.
17    The Attorney General or State's Attorney, whichever filed the
18    original petition, shall represent the  State  at  a  hearing
19    under  this  Section.    The  State has the right to have the
20    committed person evaluated by experts chosen  by  the  State.
21    At  the hearing, the State has the burden of proving by clear
22    and convincing evidence that the committed person is still  a
23    sexually violent person.
24        (3)  If the court or jury is satisfied that the State has
25    not  met  its  burden of proof under paragraph (b)(2) of this
26    Section, the person shall be discharged from the  custody  or
27    supervision  of  the  Department.   If  the  court or jury is
28    satisfied that the State has met its burden  of  proof  under
29    paragraph (b)(2) of this Section, the court may proceed under
30    Section  40  of  this  Act to determine whether to modify the
31    person's existing commitment order.
32    (Source: P.A. 90-40, eff. 1-1-98; 91-227, eff. 1-1-00.)

33        Section  20.  The Unified Code of Corrections is  amended
 
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 1    by changing Section 5-3-4 as follows:

 2        (730 ILCS 5/5-3-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-3-4)
 3        Sec. 5-3-4. Disclosure of Reports.
 4        (a)  Any  report made pursuant to this Article or Section
 5    5-705 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987  shall  be  filed  of
 6    record with the court in a sealed envelope.
 7        (b)  Presentence  reports  shall  be  open for inspection
 8    only as follows:
 9             (1)  to the sentencing court;
10             (2)  to the state's  attorney  and  the  defendant's
11        attorney  at  least  3  days  prior  to the imposition of
12        sentence, unless such 3 day requirement is waived;
13             (3)  to an appellate court in which  the  conviction
14        or sentence is subject to review;
15             (4)  to  any  department,  agency  or institution to
16        which the defendant is committed;
17             (5)  to any probation department  of  whom  courtesy
18        probation is requested;
19             (6)  to any probation department assigned by a court
20        of lawful jurisdiction to conduct a presentence report;
21             (7)  to  any  other  person  only  as ordered by the
22        court; and.
23             (8)  to any mental health professional on behalf  of
24        the  Illinois Department of Corrections or the Department
25        of Human Services or to a prosecutor who is evaluating or
26        investigating a  potential  or  actual  petition  brought
27        under   the   Sexually  Violent  Persons  Commitment  Act
28        relating to a person who is the subject of a  presentence
29        report  or the respondent to a petition brought under the
30        Sexually  Violent  Persons  Commitment  Act  who  is  the
31        subject of the presentence report sought. Any records and
32        any information obtained from those  records  under  this
33        paragraph  (8)  may  be  used  only  in  sexually violent
 
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 1        persons commitment proceedings.
 2        (c)  Presentence reports shall be filed  of  record  with
 3    the  court  within  30 days of a verdict or finding of guilty
 4    for any offense involving an illegal sexual  act  perpetrated
 5    upon  a  victim,  including  but  not limited to offenses for
 6    violations of Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 7        (d)  A complaint, information or indictment shall not  be
 8    quashed  or  dismissed nor shall any person in custody for an
 9    offense be discharged from custody because  of  noncompliance
10    with subsection (c) of this Section.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-99.)

12        Section    25.    The  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
13    Disabilities  Confidentiality  Act  is  amended  by  changing
14    Section 9.3 as follows:

15        (740 ILCS 110/9.3)
16        Sec. 9.3.  Disclosure without consent under the  Sexually
17    Violent  Persons  Commitment  Act.  Disclosure  may  be  made
18    without  consent by any therapist or other treatment provider
19    providing  mental  health   or   developmental   disabilities
20    services  pursuant  to the provisions of the Sexually Violent
21    Persons Commitment Act or who previously provided any type of
22    mental health or developmental  disabilities  services  to  a
23    person  who  is  subject  to an evaluation, investigation, or
24    prosecution of a petition under the Sexually Violent  Persons
25    Commitment  Act.   Disclosure  may  be  made  to the Attorney
26    General, the State's Attorney participating in the case,  the
27    Department  of Human Services, the court, and any other party
28    to whom  the  court  directs  disclosure  to  be  made.   The
29    information    disclosed   may   include   any   records   or
30    communications  in  the  possession  of  the  Department   of
31    Corrections,  if  those records or communications were relied
32    upon  by  the  therapist  in  providing  mental   health   or
 
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 1    developmental  disabilities services pursuant to the Sexually
 2    Violent  Persons  Commitment  Act.  Any   records   and   any
 3    information  obtained  from  those records under this Section
 4    may be used  only  in  sexually  violent  persons  commitment
 5    proceedings.
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-793, eff. 8-14-98.)

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

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