103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2067
 
Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
    
730 ILCS 5/3-8-4  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4
730 ILCS 5/3-10-4  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4

     Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In provisions concerning intradivisional transfers at the Department of Corrections, provides that a person committed to a Department of Corrections facility may make a request to be transferred to another facility every 6 months.  In provisions concerning intradivisional transfers at the Department of Juvenile Justice, provides that a person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
5changing Sections 3-8-4 and 3-10-4 as follows:
 



6    (730 ILCS 5/3-8-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4)



7    Sec. 3-8-4. Intradivisional Transfers. 

8    (a) After the initial assignments under Sections 3-8-2 and 
93-8-3, all
transfers of committed persons to another 
10institution or facility shall be
reviewed and approved by a 
11person or persons designated by the Director. A
record of each 
12transfer and the reasons therefor shall be included in the

13person's master record file.

14    (b) Transfers to facilities for psychiatric treatment and 
15care within
the Department shall be made only after prior 
16psychiatric examination and
certification to the Director that 
17such transfer is required. Persons in
facilities for 
18psychiatric treatment and care within the Department shall
be 
19reexamined at least every 6 months. Persons found to no longer 
20require
psychiatric treatment and care shall be transferred to 
21other facilities of
the Department.
22    (c) A committed person may make a request to be 
23transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

 


2    (730 ILCS 5/3-10-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4)



3    Sec. 3-10-4. Intradivisional Transfers. 

4    (a) The transfer of committed persons between institutions 
5or facilities
of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be 
6under this Section, except that emergency
transfers shall be 
7under Section 3-6-2.

8    (b) The chief administrative officer of an institution or 
9facility
desiring to transfer a committed person to another 
10institution or facility
shall notify the Director of Juvenile 
11Justice or his
delegate of the basis for the transfer. The 
12Director or his
delegate shall approve or deny such request.

13    (c) If a transfer request is made by a committed person or 
14his parent,
guardian or nearest relative, the chief 
15administrative officer of the
institution or facility from 
16which the transfer is requested shall notify
the Director of 
17Juvenile Justice or his delegate of the
request, the reasons 
18therefor and his recommendation. The
Director of Juvenile 
19Justice or his delegate shall either grant the request or if he 
20denies the
request he shall advise the person or his parent, 
21guardian or nearest
relative of the basis for the denial.
22    (d)  A committed person, or the committed person's parent 
23or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another 
24institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice 
25at any time. 

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)