Rep. Kevin John Olickal

Filed: 5/21/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4828

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4828 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Restrictive Housing Data Publication and Verification Act.
 
6    Section 5. Data publication.
7    (a) Definition. In this Act:
8    "Restrictive housing" includes the confinement statutes
9currently designated in Department of Corrections rules and
10administrative directives as "Restrictive Housing,
11Administrative Detention, Investigatory Status, Disciplinary
12Segregation and Temporary Confinement", as well as any similar
13designations used by the Department in the future.
14    (b) Quarterly reports. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the
15Department of Corrections shall post quarterly reports on the
16use of restrictive housing on the Department's official

 

 

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1website. Those reports shall include:
2        (1) data, both aggregated and disaggregated by
3    facility, regarding individuals placed in restrictive
4    housing during the prior quarter by age, sex, gender
5    identity, ethnicity, whether the individuals were
6    designated Serious Mental Illness (SMI) at the time of the
7    conduct that led to their placement in restrictive
8    housing, the type of confinement status, and both the
9    total length and the length for the prior 12 months that
10    the person spent and was sentenced to restrictive housing.
11    Such data shall also include the charge or charges that
12    resulted in restrictive housing and a description of the
13    activity that formed the basis of the charge;
14        (2) the population of each restrictive housing unit on
15    the last day of each quarter and a non-duplicative
16    cumulative count of persons confined to restrictive
17    housing for the previous 12 months;
18        (3) the conduct that led to their placement in
19    restrictive housing and incidences of emergency
20    confinement, self-harm, suicide, and assault in any
21    restrictive housing unit;
22        (4) the number of facility wide lockdowns at each
23    facility for the prior quarter and an explanation of the
24    reason for each such lockdown;
25        (5) data on access to health care, including the
26    amount of time it takes for a person in restrictive

 

 

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1    housing to see a physician after requesting to see a
2    physician, how many times a person sees a nurse or other
3    medical staff before seeing the physician, whether it is a
4    medical emergency, and the time between routine medical
5    and physical checkups;
6        (6) the number of grievances filed appealing placement
7    in restrictive housing, disaggregated by race, gender,
8    age, and reason for placement; and
9        (7) the number of alternative programs to restrictive
10    housing available by facility, the frequency of their use,
11    and their attendance by committed persons, disaggregated
12    by race, gender, age, and reason for placement, utilized
13    in response, or as an alternative to, restrictive housing.
14    These reports shall not include personally identifiable
15information regarding any committed person.
16    (c) Annual reports. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the
17Department of Corrections shall compile an annual report
18summarizing the data collected under this Section and shall
19submit the annual report to the Governor and the General
20Assembly, and shall make the annual report available to the
21public. This report shall be made available on the Department
22of Corrections website, beginning January 1, 2025.
 
23    Section 10. Verification of data accuracy.
24    (a) The Department of Corrections shall implement
25procedures to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data

 

 

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1collected under this Act. The Department of Corrections shall
2conduct regular audits of its data collection processes and
3shall take corrective action as necessary to address any
4inaccuracies or deficiencies identified during these audits.
5    (b) The Department of Corrections shall collaborate with a
6third party research university to report the data under this
7Act and to solicit feedback on ways to improve data collection
8and reporting.
9    (c) Failure to post data. The reporting requirements of
10this Act shall be enforceable by an appropriate action brought
11in the circuit court of the county in which a specific
12non-reporting facility is located, or in Sangamon or Cook
13County. Such an action may be filed by anyone who has standing
14under the traditional rules of standing applicable to other
15actions to enforce compliance with State law.".