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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Safety Rapid Response Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | finds that it is in the best interest of the State and its | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | frail elderly residents who are dependent upon State regulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | residential and non-residential services to mitigate the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | likelihood that an identified offender residing in a senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | facility will harm another resident or employee of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | facility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Section 10. Definitions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Covered facility" or "facility" means: a facility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | required to be licensed or certified under the Nursing Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Care Act; an establishment required to be licensed under the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; or a supportive living | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | facility as described in Article V of the Illinois Public Aid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Covered program" or "program" means adult day care | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | services governed by Section 4.02 of the Illinois Act on Aging. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | "Criminal history" means conviction of a felony listed in |
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1 | Section 25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, | ||||||
2 | registration as a sex offender, or a current term of parole, | ||||||
3 | mandatory supervised release, or probation for a felony offense | ||||||
4 | occurring in Illinois or in another jurisdiction. | ||||||
5 | "Identified offender" means a person who has been convicted | ||||||
6 | of any felony offense listed in Section 25 of the Health Care | ||||||
7 | Worker Background Check Act, is a registered sex offender, or | ||||||
8 | is serving a term of parole, mandatory supervised release, or | ||||||
9 | probation for a felony offense. | ||||||
10 | Section 15. Criminal background check. | ||||||
11 | (a) Each individual screened under the prescreening | ||||||
12 | programs paid for by the Department on Aging or the Department | ||||||
13 | of Human Services shall have a criminal background check | ||||||
14 | initiated by the pre-screener consistent with standards set | ||||||
15 | forth in subsection (d) of this Section. Failure to comply | ||||||
16 | shall result in sanctions levied by the pre-screener's | ||||||
17 | regulatory agency. | ||||||
18 | (b) Non-Medicaid qualifying individuals shall be charged | ||||||
19 | the actual cost of performing the criminal background check. | ||||||
20 | Medicaid qualifying individuals shall pay $1 for each criminal | ||||||
21 | background check performed. Payment shall be made directly to | ||||||
22 | the Department of State Police. | ||||||
23 | (c) Upon acceptance of an individual to a covered program | ||||||
24 | or a covered facility, the program or facility shall determine | ||||||
25 | whether a criminal background check has been initiated and |
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1 | completed. If a criminal background check has not been | ||||||
2 | initiated the program or facility shall make the request | ||||||
3 | consistent with standards set forth in subsection (d) of this | ||||||
4 | Section within 24 hours of acceptance. Failure to comply shall | ||||||
5 | result in sanctions levied by the program or facility's | ||||||
6 | regulatory agency. | ||||||
7 | (d) Criminal background checks shall be requested | ||||||
8 | electronically pursuant to the Illinois Uniform Conviction | ||||||
9 | Information Act for all persons age 18 or older seeking | ||||||
10 | acceptance into a covered program or a covered facility and | ||||||
11 | shall be conducted in a manner that is respectful of the | ||||||
12 | individual's dignity and that minimizes any emotional or | ||||||
13 | physical hardship to the individual. Criminal background | ||||||
14 | checks conducted pursuant to this Section shall be based on the | ||||||
15 | individual's name, date of birth, and other identifiers as | ||||||
16 | required by the Department of State Police. If the results of | ||||||
17 | the criminal background check are inconclusive, the requesting | ||||||
18 | entity shall initiate a fingerprint based check. The Department | ||||||
19 | of State Police shall submit the results of all criminal | ||||||
20 | background checks to the requesting entity. If the criminal | ||||||
21 | background check reveals that the individual is an identified | ||||||
22 | offender, then the Department of State Police shall also submit | ||||||
23 | the results to the Department of Public Health, which shall | ||||||
24 | maintain them in a manner to permit the covered program or the | ||||||
25 | covered facility to access the information. | ||||||
26 | (e) A covered program or a covered facility, except an |
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1 | intermediate or skilled care facility licensed under the | ||||||
2 | Nursing Home Care Act, shall within 60 days of the effective | ||||||
3 | date of this Act request a criminal background check on | ||||||
4 | existing program participants or facility residents consistent | ||||||
5 | with the standards set forth in subsection (d) of this Section, | ||||||
6 | with all results submitted to the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
7 | Each participant or resident identified as an identified | ||||||
8 | offender shall have a risk analysis and security plan developed | ||||||
9 | for him or her by the Department of State Police's Medicaid | ||||||
10 | Fraud Control Unit consistent with Section 30. | ||||||
11 | Section 20. Disclosure of criminal history. Every person | ||||||
12 | requesting acceptance to a covered program or a covered | ||||||
13 | facility shall be required to disclose all criminal history | ||||||
14 | prior to acceptance. Failure to disclose all criminal history | ||||||
15 | shall constitute a rebuttable presumption that the individual | ||||||
16 | poses an immediate threat to the safety of other program | ||||||
17 | participants or facility residents or program or facility | ||||||
18 | employees and shall result in an immediate termination or | ||||||
19 | discharge from the program or facility and the loss of all | ||||||
20 | notice and appeal rights accorded program participants or | ||||||
21 | facility residents by law. | ||||||
22 | Section 25. Conditional acceptance. An individual seeking | ||||||
23 | acceptance to a covered program or a covered facility prior to | ||||||
24 | completion of a criminal background check and, if applicable, a |
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1 | risk analysis or security plan shall be accepted on a | ||||||
2 | conditional basis pending completion of the criminal | ||||||
3 | background check and, if applicable, a risk analysis or | ||||||
4 | security plan. During the period of conditional acceptance, the | ||||||
5 | applicant must be segregated from other program participants or | ||||||
6 | facility residents. In agreeing to a conditional acceptance, | ||||||
7 | the program or facility retains the right to deny full | ||||||
8 | acceptance if the applicant, having indicated that he or she | ||||||
9 | did not have a felony conviction, is found to have a criminal | ||||||
10 | record. The program or facility also has the right to decline | ||||||
11 | full acceptance if it determines, upon reviewing the security | ||||||
12 | plan, that it cannot provide sufficient security to ensure the | ||||||
13 | safety of the other participants or residents and staff. An | ||||||
14 | applicant accepted on a conditional basis shall have all rights | ||||||
15 | and protections afforded program participants or facility | ||||||
16 | residents except, with regard to an involuntary termination or | ||||||
17 | discharge from the program or facility, the right to notice and | ||||||
18 | appeal. | ||||||
19 | Section 30. Risk analysis and security plan. | ||||||
20 | (a) Every identified offender shall have a risk analysis | ||||||
21 | performed and, if warranted, a security plan developed by the | ||||||
22 | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as soon as practicable, but not | ||||||
23 | later than 14 days after a criminal background check confirms | ||||||
24 | the person is an identified offender. | ||||||
25 | (b) The risk analysis shall include a comprehensive |
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1 | criminal history analysis which shall include, but need not be | ||||||
2 | limited to, all of the following: | ||||||
3 | (1) Consultation with the identified offender's | ||||||
4 | assigned parole agent or probation officer, if applicable. | ||||||
5 | (2) Consultation with the convicting prosecutor's | ||||||
6 | office. | ||||||
7 | (3) A review of the statement of facts, police reports, | ||||||
8 | and victim impact statements, if available. | ||||||
9 | (4) An interview with the identified offender. | ||||||
10 | (5) Information requested from other jurisdictions | ||||||
11 | with information the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit deems to | ||||||
12 | be of value to its assessment. | ||||||
13 | (6) Consultation with the program or facility | ||||||
14 | administrator or program or facility medical director, if | ||||||
15 | applicable, or both, regarding the physical condition of | ||||||
16 | the identified offender. | ||||||
17 | (7) Consideration of the entire criminal history of the | ||||||
18 | offender, including the date of the last conviction | ||||||
19 | relative to the date of acceptance into the covered program | ||||||
20 | or covered facility. | ||||||
21 | (8) If the identified offender is a convicted or | ||||||
22 | registered sex offender, a review of all sex offender | ||||||
23 | evaluations conducted on the offender. If there is no sex | ||||||
24 | offender evaluation available, the Medicaid Fraud Control | ||||||
25 | Unit shall provide for a sex offender evaluation to be | ||||||
26 | conducted on the identified offender. If the convicted or |
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1 | registered sex offender is under the supervision of the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Department of Corrections or a county probation | ||||||
3 | department, the sex offender evaluation shall be arranged | ||||||
4 | by and at the expense of the supervising agency. All | ||||||
5 | evaluations conducted on convicted or registered sex | ||||||
6 | offenders under this Act shall be conducted by sex offender | ||||||
7 | evaluators approved by the Attorney General's Sex Offender | ||||||
8 | Management Board. | ||||||
9 | (c) The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit shall prepare a risk | ||||||
10 | analysis report based on the analysis conducted pursuant to | ||||||
11 | subsection (b) of this Section. The report shall include a | ||||||
12 | summary of the risk analysis and shall detail whether and to | ||||||
13 | what extent the identified offender's criminal history | ||||||
14 | necessitates the implementation of security measures within | ||||||
15 | the covered program or covered facility. If the identified | ||||||
16 | offender is a convicted or registered sex offender or if the | ||||||
17 | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's criminal history research | ||||||
18 | reveals that the identified offender poses a significant risk | ||||||
19 | of harm to others within the program or facility, the offender | ||||||
20 | shall be diverted to a segregated program or facility designed | ||||||
21 | to serve high risk persons. | ||||||
22 | (d) The risk analysis report shall promptly be provided to | ||||||
23 | the following: | ||||||
24 | (1) The program or facility to which the identified | ||||||
25 | offender seeks admission. | ||||||
26 | (2) The Chief of Police of the municipality in which |
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1 | the program or facility is located. | ||||||
2 | (3) The Department on Aging's Long Term Care Ombudsman, | ||||||
3 | if applicable. | ||||||
4 | (e) The covered program or covered facility shall | ||||||
5 | incorporate the risk analysis report into the identified | ||||||
6 | offender's care plan. | ||||||
7 | (f) Except for willful and wanton misconduct, any person | ||||||
8 | authorized to participate in the development of a risk analysis | ||||||
9 | report is immune from criminal or civil liability for any acts | ||||||
10 | or omissions as the result of his or her good faith effort to | ||||||
11 | comply with this Section. | ||||||
12 | (g) Risk assessments and security plans shall be reviewed | ||||||
13 | annually by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit or at the request | ||||||
14 | of the program or facility, whichever is sooner. | ||||||
15 | (h) The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit shall conduct annual | ||||||
16 | site visits to all covered programs or covered facilities | ||||||
17 | housing identified offenders and shall be provided access upon | ||||||
18 | request to any covered program or covered facility in order to | ||||||
19 | search for persons with outstanding warrants or who, out of | ||||||
20 | compliance, are registered as a sex offender. | ||||||
21 | Section 35. Compliance with security plan. A program | ||||||
22 | participant or prospective participant or a facility resident | ||||||
23 | or prospective resident for whom a security plan was developed | ||||||
24 | shall sign and date the security plan indicating his or her | ||||||
25 | agreement to live within the guidelines provided as a condition |
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1 | of participation or residency. Failure to comply with the | ||||||
2 | security plan shall result in an immediate involuntary | ||||||
3 | termination or discharge from the program or the facility and | ||||||
4 | the loss of notice and appeals rights granted program | ||||||
5 | participants or facility residents by law. | ||||||
6 | Section 40. Illinois State Police Sex Offender Registry. It | ||||||
7 | is the responsibility of each participant in a covered program | ||||||
8 | or resident of a covered facility who is required by law or | ||||||
9 | court order to register with the Illinois State Police's Sex | ||||||
10 | Offender Registry to monitor the accuracy of the information | ||||||
11 | submitted and to submit updates to the registry as required by | ||||||
12 | law or court order. Failure to register or to maintain the | ||||||
13 | accuracy of the information shall constitute a rebuttable | ||||||
14 | presumption that the individual poses an immediate threat to | ||||||
15 | the safety of other program participants or facility residents | ||||||
16 | and shall result in an immediate involuntary termination or | ||||||
17 | discharge and the waiver of all notice and appeal rights | ||||||
18 | accorded program participants or facility residents by law. | ||||||
19 | Section 45. Involuntary termination or discharge. | ||||||
20 | (a) When a covered program or a covered facility must | ||||||
21 | involuntary terminate or discharge an identified offender, the | ||||||
22 | covered program or covered facility's regulatory agency shall | ||||||
23 | assist in the transfer of the identified offender to an | ||||||
24 | appropriate setting. |
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1 | (b) When a participant or resident's overt behavior or | ||||||
2 | threat of overt behavior places other program participants or | ||||||
3 | facility residents or program or facility employees at risk of | ||||||
4 | harm and necessitates an identified offender's immediate | ||||||
5 | removal, the covered program or covered facility's regulatory | ||||||
6 | agency shall assume responsibility for the immediate removal of | ||||||
7 | the identified offender within 48 hours after notification. | ||||||
8 | Section 50. Notification of residents and others. If an | ||||||
9 | identified offender is a participant in a covered program or a | ||||||
10 | resident of a covered facility, the program or facility shall | ||||||
11 | notify every program participant or the participant's guardian | ||||||
12 | or representative or every facility resident or the resident's | ||||||
13 | guardian or representative in writing that such an offender is | ||||||
14 | a program participant or resident of the facility. The covered | ||||||
15 | program or covered facility shall also provide notice to its | ||||||
16 | employees, visitors, and prospective program participants or | ||||||
17 | prospective facility residents that an identified offender is a | ||||||
18 | participant in the program or resident of the facility. | ||||||
19 | Section 55. Segregated programming. | ||||||
20 | (a) Segregated nursing home initiative. No later than | ||||||
21 | January 1, 2012, the Department of Public Health shall | ||||||
22 | designate one or more nursing homes licensed by the Department | ||||||
23 | of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act, or a distinct | ||||||
24 | segregated area within a licensed nursing home that provides |
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1 | intermediate or skilled care services, for identified | ||||||
2 | offenders who have been determined to need more intense | ||||||
3 | supervision than a standard nursing home can provide. The | ||||||
4 | Department of Public Health shall form a work group to develop | ||||||
5 | criteria for admission to a high risk facility or unit and | ||||||
6 | security standards. Members of the work group shall include the | ||||||
7 | directors of all agencies having expertise in high risk | ||||||
8 | individuals, such as the Directors from the Departments of | ||||||
9 | Corrections and State Police, representatives of associations | ||||||
10 | representing long term care facilities, and individuals | ||||||
11 | representing the interests of nursing home residents. The | ||||||
12 | Department of Public Health shall issue an evaluation of the | ||||||
13 | implementation of this initiative no later than January 1, | ||||||
14 | 2015. | ||||||
15 | (b) Segregated supportive living facility initiative. No | ||||||
16 | later than January 1, 2013, the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
17 | Family Services shall designate one or more supportive living | ||||||
18 | facilities certified by the Department for high risk identified | ||||||
19 | offenders who have been determined to need more intense | ||||||
20 | supervision than a standard supportive living facility can | ||||||
21 | provide. The Department shall form a work group to develop | ||||||
22 | criteria for admission to a high risk facility and security | ||||||
23 | standards. Members of the work group shall include the | ||||||
24 | directors of all agencies having expertise in high risk | ||||||
25 | individuals, such as the Directors from the Departments of | ||||||
26 | Corrections and State Police, representatives of associations |
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1 | representing supportive living facilities, and individuals | ||||||
2 | representing the interests of supportive living facility | ||||||
3 | residents. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services | ||||||
4 | shall issue an evaluation of the implementation of this | ||||||
5 | initiative no later than January 1, 2016. | ||||||
6 | Section 60. Civil immunity. Except for willful and wanton | ||||||
7 | misconduct, a covered program or covered facility that follows | ||||||
8 | the terms of a security plan is immune from sanctions or civil | ||||||
9 | liability for any acts committed by a program participant or | ||||||
10 | facility resident who is an identified offender.
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11 | (210 ILCS 45/2-201.5 rep.)
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12 | (210 ILCS 45/2-201.6 rep.) | ||||||
13 | (210 ILCS 45/2-216 rep.) | ||||||
14 | (210 ILCS 45/3-202.4 rep.)
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15 | Section 90. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by | ||||||
16 | repealing Sections 2-201.5, 2-201.6, 2-216, and 3-202.4. | ||||||
17 | Section 95. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||
18 | changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
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19 | (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
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20 | Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
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21 | (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, | ||||||
22 | final
discharge or pardon the Department shall return all |
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1 | property held for
him, provide him with suitable clothing and | ||||||
2 | procure necessary
transportation for him to his designated | ||||||
3 | place of residence and
employment. It may provide such person | ||||||
4 | with a grant of money for travel and
expenses which may be paid | ||||||
5 | in installments. The amount of the money grant
shall be | ||||||
6 | determined by the Department.
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7 | The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain, | ||||||
8 | in any institution
it administers, revolving funds to be known | ||||||
9 | as "Travel and Allowances Revolving
Funds". These revolving | ||||||
10 | funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
allowances | ||||||
11 | to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. The moneys
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12 | paid into such revolving funds shall be from appropriations to | ||||||
13 | the Department
for Committed, Paroled, and Discharged | ||||||
14 | Prisoners.
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15 | (b) (Blank).
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16 | (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the | ||||||
17 | Department shall
establish procedures to provide written | ||||||
18 | notification of any release of any
person who has been | ||||||
19 | convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney
and sheriff of | ||||||
20 | the county from which the offender was committed, and the
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21 | State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the | ||||||
22 | offender is to be
paroled or released. Except as otherwise | ||||||
23 | provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish | ||||||
24 | procedures to provide written notification to
the proper law | ||||||
25 | enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
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26 | person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the |
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1 | offender or the
commission of the offense took place in the | ||||||
2 | municipality, if the offender is to
be paroled or released into | ||||||
3 | the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
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4 | municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a | ||||||
5 | person
convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the | ||||||
6 | Department of Corrections or
on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
7 | release informs the Department that he or she
has resided, | ||||||
8 | resides, or will
reside at an address that is a housing | ||||||
9 | facility owned, managed,
operated, or leased by a public | ||||||
10 | housing agency, the Department must send
written notification | ||||||
11 | of that information to the public housing agency that
owns, | ||||||
12 | manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
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13 | notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days | ||||||
14 | before release of
the person from custody, or as soon | ||||||
15 | thereafter as possible.
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16 | (c-1) (Blank). | ||||||
17 | (c-5) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised release | ||||||
18 | becomes a resident of a facility or participant in a program | ||||||
19 | licensed or regulated by the Department of Public Health, the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services of Public | ||||||
21 | Aid , or the Illinois Department of Human Services , or the | ||||||
22 | Department on Aging , the Department of Corrections shall | ||||||
23 | provide copies of the following information to the appropriate | ||||||
24 | licensing or regulating Department and the licensed or | ||||||
25 | regulated facility where the person becomes a resident: | ||||||
26 | (1) The mittimus and any pre-sentence investigation |
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1 | reports. | ||||||
2 | (2) The social evaluation prepared pursuant to Section | ||||||
3 | 3-8-2. | ||||||
4 | (3) Any pre-release evaluation conducted pursuant to | ||||||
5 | subsection (j) of Section 3-6-2. | ||||||
6 | (4) Reports of disciplinary infractions and | ||||||
7 | dispositions. | ||||||
8 | (5) Any parole plan, including orders issued by the | ||||||
9 | Prisoner Review Board, and any violation reports and | ||||||
10 | dispositions. | ||||||
11 | (6) The name and contact information for the assigned | ||||||
12 | parole agent and parole supervisor.
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13 | This information shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
14 | person becoming a resident of the facility.
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15 | (c-10) If a person on parole or mandatory supervised | ||||||
16 | release becomes a resident of a facility licensed or regulated | ||||||
17 | by the Department of Public Health, the Illinois Department of | ||||||
18 | Public Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services, the | ||||||
19 | Department of Corrections shall provide written notification | ||||||
20 | of such residence to the following: | ||||||
21 | (1) The Prisoner Review Board. | ||||||
22 | (2) The
chief of police and sheriff in the municipality | ||||||
23 | and county in which the licensed facility is located. | ||||||
24 | The notification shall be provided within 3 days of the | ||||||
25 | person becoming a resident of the facility.
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26 | (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, |
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1 | mandatory
supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the | ||||||
2 | Department shall provide
such person with information | ||||||
3 | concerning programs and services of the
Illinois Department of | ||||||
4 | Public Health to ascertain whether such person has
been exposed | ||||||
5 | to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
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6 | causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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7 | (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | ||||||
8 | mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, or pardon, the | ||||||
9 | Department shall provide the person
who has met the criteria | ||||||
10 | established by the Department with an identification
card | ||||||
11 | identifying the
person as being on parole, mandatory supervised | ||||||
12 | release, final discharge, or
pardon, as the case may be. The | ||||||
13 | Department, in consultation with the Office of
the Secretary of | ||||||
14 | State, shall prescribe the form of the identification card,
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15 | which may be similar to the form of the standard Illinois | ||||||
16 | Identification Card.
The Department shall inform the committed | ||||||
17 | person that he or she may present the
identification card to | ||||||
18 | the Office of the Secretary of State upon application
for a | ||||||
19 | standard Illinois Identification Card in accordance with the | ||||||
20 | Illinois
Identification Card Act. The Department shall require | ||||||
21 | the committed person to
pay a $1 fee for the identification | ||||||
22 | card.
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23 | For purposes of a committed person
receiving an | ||||||
24 | identification card issued by the Department under this
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25 | subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
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26 | committed person must meet before the card is issued.
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3 | established criteria.
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4 | is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the
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5 | identification card. An identification card issued by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Department under
this subsection shall be valid for a period of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | time not to exceed 30 calendar
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8 | issued.
The Department shall not be held civilly or
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9 | liable to anyone because of any act of any person utilizing a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | card
issued by the Department under this subsection.
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11 | The Department shall adopt
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12 | identification cards to committed persons being
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13 | parole, mandatory supervised release, final
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14 | pardon.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-163, eff. 7-11-05.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | becoming law.
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