| ||||
Public Act 101-0086 | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
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 | ||||
changing Section 3-6-2 as follows: | ||||
(730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2) | ||||
Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and facility administration.
| ||||
(a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall | ||||
be
administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
| ||||
the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
| ||||
responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
| ||||
facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
| ||||
the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment
of | ||||
such persons.
| ||||
(b) The chief administrative officer shall have such | ||||
assistants
as the Department may assign.
| ||||
(c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
| ||||
emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
| ||||
formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
| ||||
correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
| ||||
subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
| ||||
facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
| ||||
State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
|
thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
| ||
be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
| ||
be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987. | ||
This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
| ||
Human Services which are provided for under
Section 3-8-5 or | ||
Section 3-10-5.
| ||
(d) The Department shall provide educational programs for | ||
all
committed persons so that all persons have an opportunity | ||
to
attain the achievement level equivalent to the completion of
| ||
the twelfth grade in the public school system in this State.
| ||
Other higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
| ||
professional instruction shall be maintained wherever | ||
possible.
The Department may establish programs of mandatory | ||
education and may
establish rules and regulations for the | ||
administration of such programs.
A person committed to the | ||
Department who, during the period of his or her
incarceration, | ||
participates in an educational program provided by or through
| ||
the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the | ||
number of
hours of credit required for the award of an | ||
associate, baccalaureate, or
higher degree from a community | ||
college, college, or university located in
Illinois shall | ||
reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
| ||
incurred by the State in providing that person during his or | ||
her incarceration
with the education that qualifies him or her | ||
for the award of that degree. The
costs for which reimbursement | ||
is required under this subsection shall be
determined and |
computed by the Department under rules and regulations that
it | ||
shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate | ||
of 6%
per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs | ||
from time to time
remaining unpaid, from the date of the | ||
person's parole, mandatory supervised
release, or release | ||
constituting a final termination of his or her commitment
to | ||
the Department until paid.
| ||
(d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to | ||
confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency | ||
virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing, | ||
with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to | ||
the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV | ||
is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and | ||
referrals to support services, in connection with that positive | ||
test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject | ||
to appropriation.
| ||
(e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in | ||
need
of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of | ||
giving
consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical | ||
treatment
by the chief administrative officer consenting on the | ||
person's behalf.
Before the chief administrative officer | ||
consents, he or she shall
obtain the advice of one or more | ||
physicians licensed to practice medicine
in all its branches in | ||
this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
| ||
(1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is | ||
required
relative to a condition threatening to cause |
death, damage or
impairment to bodily functions, or | ||
disfigurement; and
| ||
(2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to | ||
such treatment;
the chief administrative officer may give | ||
consent for such
medical or surgical treatment, and such | ||
consent shall be
deemed to be the consent of the person for | ||
all purposes,
including, but not limited to, the authority | ||
of a physician
to give such treatment. | ||
(e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed | ||
person on behalf of the Department advises the chief | ||
administrative officer that the committed person's mental or | ||
physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation | ||
of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or | ||
surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or | ||
impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative | ||
officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
| ||
(f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
| ||
treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
| ||
the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
| ||
by the Department. Neither the Department of Corrections nor | ||
the Department of Juvenile Justice may require a committed | ||
person or person committed to any facility operated by the | ||
Department of Juvenile Justice, as set
forth in Section | ||
3-2.5-15 of this Code, to pay any co-payment for receiving | ||
medical or dental services.
The Department shall require the | ||
committed person receiving medical or dental
services on a |
non-emergency basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department | ||
for
each visit for medical or dental services. The amount of | ||
each co-payment shall be deducted from the
committed person's | ||
individual account.
A committed person who has a chronic | ||
illness, as defined by Department rules
and regulations, shall | ||
be exempt from the $5 co-payment for treatment of the
chronic | ||
illness. A committed person shall not be subject to a $5 | ||
co-payment
for follow-up visits ordered by a physician, who is | ||
employed by, or contracts
with, the Department. A committed | ||
person who is indigent is exempt from the
$5 co-payment
and is | ||
entitled to receive medical or dental services on the same | ||
basis as a
committed person who is financially able to afford | ||
the co-payment.
For purposes of this Section only, "indigent" | ||
means a committed person who has $20 or less in his or her | ||
Inmate Trust Fund at the time of such services and for the 30 | ||
days prior to such services. Notwithstanding any other | ||
provision in this subsection (f) to the contrary,
any person | ||
committed to any facility operated by the Department of | ||
Juvenile Justice, as set
forth in Section 3-2.5-15 of this | ||
Code, is exempt from the
co-payment requirement for the | ||
duration of confinement in those facilities.
| ||
(f-5) The Department shall comply with the Health Care | ||
Violence Prevention Act. | ||
(g) Any person having sole custody of a child at
the time | ||
of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after
her | ||
commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children
and |
Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside
of | ||
the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
| ||
of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
| ||
the child should continue in the custody of the mother until | ||
the
child is 6 years old.
| ||
(h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility | ||
Services which
may consist of, but not be limited to the | ||
following:
| ||
(1) family advocacy counseling;
| ||
(2) parent self-help group;
| ||
(3) parenting skills training;
| ||
(4) parent and child overnight program;
| ||
(5) parent and child reunification counseling, either | ||
separately or
together, preceding the inmate's release; | ||
and
| ||
(6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the | ||
family advocate,
the inmate and the child's counselor, or | ||
both and the inmate.
| ||
(i) (Blank).
| ||
(j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the | ||
Sex Offender
Management Board Act shall be required to receive | ||
a sex offender evaluation
prior to release into the community | ||
from the Department of Corrections. The
sex offender evaluation | ||
shall be conducted in conformance with the standards
and | ||
guidelines developed under
the Sex Offender Management Board | ||
Act and by an evaluator approved by the
Board.
|
(k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice
for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender | ||
Management Board Act shall be
required to undergo sex offender | ||
treatment by a treatment provider approved by
the Board and | ||
conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
| ||
Act.
| ||
(l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a | ||
facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile | ||
Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with | ||
appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or | ||
other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department | ||
shall develop the informational materials in consultation with | ||
the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the | ||
Department must also offer the committed person the option of | ||
testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), | ||
with no copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be | ||
provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained | ||
as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the | ||
AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct opt-out | ||
HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality | ||
Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the | ||
Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other | ||
languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in | ||
the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that | ||
they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or | ||
acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's |
medical record. The Department shall follow procedures | ||
established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV | ||
testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All | ||
testing must be conducted by medical personnel, but pre-test | ||
and other information may be provided by committed persons who | ||
have received appropriate training. The Department, in | ||
conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop | ||
a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to | ||
deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test | ||
results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section | ||
shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate | ||
who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested | ||
for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV | ||
test result is available to the Department electronically. The
| ||
testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of a | ||
test approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to | ||
determine the presence of HIV infection, based upon | ||
recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease | ||
Control and Prevention. If the test result is positive, a | ||
reliable supplemental test based upon recommendations of the | ||
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall | ||
be
administered.
| ||
Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows | ||
has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a | ||
timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case | ||
management, including referrals to other support services.
|
(m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or | ||
facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution | ||
or facility available for substance use disorder services to be | ||
provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The | ||
services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time | ||
specified by the chief administrative officer of the | ||
institution or facility if the following conditions are met: | ||
(1) the substance use disorder service contacts the | ||
chief administrative officer to arrange the meeting; | ||
(2) the committed person may attend the meeting for | ||
substance use disorder services only if the committed | ||
person uses pre-existing free time already available to the | ||
committed person; | ||
(3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution | ||
or facility remain in effect; | ||
(4) the committed person is not given any additional | ||
privileges to attend substance use disorder services; | ||
(5) if the substance use disorder service does not | ||
arrange for scheduling a meeting for that week, no | ||
substance use disorder services shall be provided to the | ||
committed person in the institution or facility for that | ||
week; | ||
(6) the number of committed persons who may attend a | ||
substance use disorder meeting shall not exceed 40 during | ||
any session held at the correctional institution or | ||
facility; |
(7) a volunteer seeking to provide substance use | ||
disorder services under this subsection (m) must submit an | ||
application to the Department of Corrections under | ||
existing Department rules and the Department must review | ||
the application within 60 days after submission of the | ||
application to the Department; and | ||
(8) each institution and facility of the Department | ||
shall manage the substance use disorder services program | ||
according to its own processes and procedures. | ||
For the purposes of this subsection (m), "substance use | ||
disorder services" means recovery services for persons with | ||
substance use disorders provided by volunteers of recovery | ||
support services recognized by the Department of Human | ||
Services. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19; | ||
revised 10-3-18.)
|