HB5109 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 17165 RLC 66566 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5109

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new

Amends the Code of Corrections. Provides that each institution or facility of the Department of Corrections shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community. Provides that the Department shall by rule provide for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

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

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Section 3-18-30 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new)

Sec. 3-18-30. Reentry specialist. Irrespective of whether an institution or facility has access to a reentry program under this Article, each institution or facility shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community who have been committed to the Department for commission of a felony. The Department shall provide by rule for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists, including, but not limited to, signing inmates up for health care under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.