Section 350.637  Transfer of an Identified Offender

a)         If, based on the security measures listed in the Identified Offender Report and Recommendation, a facility determines that it cannot manage the identified offender resident safely within the facility, it shall commence involuntary transfer or discharge proceedings pursuant to Section 3-402 of the Act and Section 350.3300(d).  (Section 2-201.6(h) of the Act)  The facility also may initiate involuntary transfer or discharge proceedings if it determines, during the provisional admission period described in Section 350.625 (a) through (e), that it cannot manage the identified offender safely within the facility.

b)         All discharges and transfers shall be in accordance with Section 350.3300.

c)         When a resident who is an identified offender is transferred to another facility regulated by the Department, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or the Department of Human Services, the transferring facility shall notify the Department and the receiving facility that the individual is an identified offender before making the transfer.

d)         Notification shall include all of the documentation required under Section 350.635 and subsection (a), and the transferring facility shall provide this documentation to the receiving facility to complete the discharge planning.

e)         If the following information has been provided to the transferring facility from the Department of Corrections, the transferring facility shall provide copies to the receiving facility before making the transfer:

1)         The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation reports;

2)         The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section 3-8-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections;

3)         Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections;

4)         Reports of disciplinary infractions and dispositions;

5)         Any parole plan, including orders issued by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and any violation reports and dispositions; and

6)         The name and contact information for the assigned parole agent and parole supervisor. (Section 3-14-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections)

f)         The information required by this Section shall be provided upon transfer.  Information compiled concerning an identified offender shall not be further disseminated except to the resident; the resident's legal representative; law enforcement agencies; the resident's parole or probation officer; the Division of Long Term Care Field Operations in the Department's Office of Health Care Regulation; other facilities licensed by the Department, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the State ombudsman, or the Illinois Department of Human Services that are or will be providing care to the resident, or are considering whether to do so; health care and social service providers licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation who are or will be providing care to the resident, or are considering whether to do so; health care facilities and providers in other states that are licensed or regulated in their home state and would be authorized to receive this information if they were in Illinois.

(Source:  Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 10519, effective June 2, 2022)