Public Act 102-0606
 
HB3235 EnrolledLRB102 15062 KMF 20417 b


  
    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 3-14-1 as follows:
 


    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)




    Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the institution. 

    (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, 
final
discharge or pardon the Department shall return all 
property held for
him, provide him with suitable clothing and 
procure necessary
transportation for him to his designated 
place of residence and
employment. It may provide such person 
with a grant of money for travel and
expenses which may be paid 
in installments. The amount of the money grant
shall be 
determined by the Department.

    (a-1)  The Department shall, before a wrongfully imprisoned 
person, as defined in Section 3-1-2 of this Code, is 
discharged from the Department, provide him or her with any 
documents necessary after discharge. 
    (a-2) The Department of Corrections may establish and 
maintain, in any institution
it administers, revolving funds 
to be known as "Travel and Allowances Revolving
Funds".  These 
revolving funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense

allowances to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners.  
The moneys
paid into such revolving funds shall be from 
appropriations to the Department
for Committed, Paroled, and 
Discharged Prisoners.

    (a-3) Upon release of a person who is eligible to vote on 
parole, mandatory release, final discharge, or pardon, the 
Department shall provide the person with a form that informs 
him or her that his or her voting rights have been restored and 
a voter registration application. The Department shall have 
available voter registration applications in the languages 
provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections. The form 
that informs the person that his or her rights have been 
restored shall include the following information:
        (1) All voting rights are restored upon release from 
    the Department's custody.
        (2) A person who is eligible to vote must register in 
    order to be able to vote. 
    The Department of Corrections shall confirm that the 
person received the voter registration application and has 
been informed that his or her voting rights have been 
restored. 
    (a-4) (a-3) Prior to release of a person on parole, 
mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon, the 
Department shall screen every person for Medicaid eligibility.  
Officials of the correctional institution or facility where 
the committed person is assigned shall assist an eligible 
person to complete a Medicaid application to ensure that the 
person begins  receiving benefits as soon as possible after his 
or her release. The application must include the eligible 
person's address associated with his or her residence upon 
release from the facility. If the residence is temporary, the 
eligible person must notify the Department of Human Services 
of his or her change in address upon transition to permanent 
housing. 
    (b) (Blank).

    (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the 
Department shall
establish procedures to provide written 
notification of any release of any
person who has been 
convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney
and sheriff of 
the county from which the offender was committed, and the

State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the 
offender is to be
paroled or released.  Except as otherwise 
provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish 
procedures to provide written notification to
the proper law 
enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any

person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the 
offender or the
commission of the offense took place in the 
municipality, if the offender is to
be paroled or released 
into the municipality, or if the offender resided in the

municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a 
person
convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the 
Department of Corrections or
on parole or mandatory supervised 
release informs the Department that he or she
has resided, 
resides, or will
reside at an address that is a housing 
facility owned, managed,
operated, or leased by a public 
housing agency, the Department must send
written notification 
of that information to the public housing agency that
owns, 
manages, operates, or leases the housing facility.  The written

notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days 
before release of
the person from custody, or as soon 
thereafter as possible. The written notification shall be 
provided electronically if the State's Attorney, sheriff, 
proper law enforcement agency, or public housing agency has 
provided the Department with an accurate and up to date email 
address. 

    (c-1) (Blank).
    (c-2)  The Department shall establish procedures to provide 
notice to the Department of  State Police of the release or 
discharge of persons convicted of violations of the 
Methamphetamine Control and Community
Protection Act or a 
violation of the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act.  The 
Department of State Police shall make this information 
available to local, State, or federal law enforcement agencies 
upon request.
    (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised 
release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated 
by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of 
Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the 
Department of Corrections shall provide copies of the 
following information to the appropriate licensing or 
regulating Department and the licensed or regulated facility 
where the person becomes a resident:
        (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation 
    reports.
        (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section 
    3-8-2.
        (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to 
    subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2.
        (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and 
    dispositions.
        (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the 
    Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and 
    dispositions.
        (6) The name and contact information for the assigned 
    parole agent and parole supervisor.

    This information shall be provided within 3 days of the 
person becoming a resident of the facility.

    (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised 
release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated 
by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of 
Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the 
Department of Corrections shall provide written notification 
of such residence to the following:
        (1) The Prisoner Review Board.
        (2) The
chief of police and sheriff in the 
    municipality and county in which the licensed facility is 
    located.
    The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the 
person becoming a resident of the facility.


    (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, 
mandatory
supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the 
Department shall provide
such person with information 
concerning programs and services of the
Illinois Department of 
Public Health to ascertain whether such person has
been 
exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any 
identified
causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency 
Syndrome (AIDS).

    (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, 
mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, pardon, or who 
has been wrongfully imprisoned, the Department shall verify 
the released person's full name, date of birth, and social 
security number.  If verification is made by the Department by 
obtaining a certified copy of the released person's birth 
certificate and the released person's social security card or 
other documents authorized by the Secretary, the Department 
shall provide the birth certificate and social security card 
or other documents authorized by the Secretary to the released 
person.  If verification by the Department is done by means 
other than obtaining a certified copy of the released person's 
birth certificate and the released person's social security 
card or other documents authorized by the Secretary, the 
Department shall complete a verification form, prescribed by 
the Secretary of State, and shall provide that verification 
form to the released person.



    (f) Forty-five days prior to the scheduled discharge of a 
person committed to the custody of the Department of 
Corrections, the Department shall give the person:
        (1) who is otherwise uninsured an opportunity to apply 
    for health care coverage including medical assistance 
    under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code in 
    accordance with subsection (b) of Section 1-8.5 of the 
    Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Department of 
    Corrections shall provide assistance with completion of 
    the application for health care coverage including medical 
    assistance;
        (2) information about obtaining a standard Illinois 
    Identification Card or a limited-term Illinois 
    Identification Card under Section 4 of the Illinois 
    Identification Card Act;
        (3) information about voter registration and may 
    distribute information prepared by the State Board of 
    Elections.  The Department of Corrections may enter into an 
    interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to 
    participate in the automatic voter registration program 
    and be a designated automatic voter registration agency 
    under Section 1A-16.2 of the Election Code;
        (4) information about job listings upon discharge from 
    the correctional institution or facility;
        (5)  information about available housing upon discharge 
    from the correctional institution or facility;
        (6) a directory of elected State officials and of 
    officials elected in the county and municipality, if any, 
    in which the committed person intends to reside upon 
    discharge from the correctional institution or facility; 
    and
        (7) any other information that the Department of 
    Corrections deems necessary to provide the committed 
    person in order for the committed person to reenter the 
    community and avoid recidivism. 
    The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. 
(Source: P.A. 101-351, eff. 1-1-20; 101-442, eff. 1-1-20; 
revised 9-9-19.)