103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5431

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the County Department of Corrections Law. In provisions about pregnant prisoners, modifies the definitions of "post-partum" and "correctional institution", including that "correctional institution" includes institutions in all counties (rather than only in counties more than 3,000,000 inhabitants). Modifies and removes provisions relating to security restraints on a prisoner who is pregnant or in postpartum recovery. Adds provisions relating to annual reports by sheriffs documenting the number of pregnant prisoners in custody each year and the number of people who deliver or miscarry while in custody, relating to county department of corrections providing informational materials concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant prisoners to any pregnant or postpartum prisoner, and relating to supplemental nutrition for prisoners who are pregnant or lactating. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the County Jail Act making similar changes. In the Unified Code of Corrections, also adds language relating to restraints of committed persons who are pregnant. Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. In provisions relating to pregnant prisoners, removes a limitation on the provisions to pregnant prisoners in the custody of the Cook County. Provides that restraint of a pregnant prisoner shall comply with specified provisions of the Counties Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act (rather than only the Counties Code provisions).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Sections 3-15003.6, 3-15003.8, and 3-15003.9 and by adding
6Section 3-15003.11 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6)
8    Sec. 3-15003.6. Pregnant female prisoners.
9    (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section and the
10Sections preceding Section 3-15004 Sections 3-15003.7,
113-15003.8, 3-15003.9, and 3-15003.10:
12        (1) "Restraints" means any physical restraint or
13    mechanical device used to control the movement of a
14    prisoner's body or limbs, or both, including, but not
15    limited to, flex cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal
16    handcuffs, a black box, Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly
17    chains, a security (tether) chain, or a convex shield, or
18    shackles of any kind.
19        (2) "Labor" means the period of time before a birth
20    and shall include any medical condition in which an
21    individual a woman is sent or brought to the hospital for
22    the purpose of delivering a her baby. These situations
23    include: induction of labor, prodromal labor, pre-term

 

 

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1    labor, prelabor rupture of membranes, the 3 stages of
2    active labor, uterine hemorrhage during the third
3    trimester of pregnancy, and caesarian delivery including
4    pre-operative preparation.
5        (3) "Postpartum" means the 6-week period following
6    birth unless determined to be a longer period by a
7    physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
8    physician assistant. "Post-partum" means, as determined by
9    her physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
10    physician assistant, the period immediately following
11    delivery, including the entire period a woman is in the
12    hospital or infirmary after birth.
13        (4) "Correctional institution" means any entity under
14    the authority of a county law enforcement division of a
15    county of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants that has the
16    power to detain or restrain, or both, a person under the
17    laws of the State.
18        (5) "Corrections official" means the official that is
19    responsible for oversight of a correctional institution,
20    or his or her designee.
21        (6) "Prisoner" means any person incarcerated or
22    detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of,
23    sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations
24    of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole,
25    probation, pretrial release, or diversionary program, and
26    any person detained under the immigration laws of the

 

 

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1    United States at any correctional facility.
2        (7) "Extraordinary circumstance" means an
3    extraordinary medical or security circumstance, including
4    a substantial flight risk, that dictates restraints be
5    used to ensure the safety and security of the prisoner,
6    the staff of the correctional institution or medical
7    facility, other prisoners, or the public.
8    (b) A county department of corrections shall not apply
9security restraints to a prisoner that has been determined by
10a qualified medical professional to be pregnant or otherwise
11and is known by the county department of corrections to be
12pregnant or in postpartum recovery, which is the entire period
13a woman is in the medical facility after birth, unless the
14corrections official makes an individualized determination
15that the prisoner presents a substantial flight risk or some
16other extraordinary circumstance that dictates security
17restraints be used to ensure the safety and security of the
18prisoner, the prisoner's her child or unborn child, the staff
19of the county department of corrections or medical facility,
20other prisoners, or the public. The protections set out in
21clauses (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this Section shall apply to
22security restraints used pursuant to this subsection. The
23corrections official shall immediately remove all restraints
24upon the written or oral request of medical personnel. The
25corrections official shall immediately remove all approved
26electronic monitoring devices, as that term is defined in

 

 

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1Section 5-8A-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections, of a
2pregnant prisoner during labor and delivery. Oral requests
3made by medical personnel shall be verified in writing as
4promptly as reasonably possible.
5        (1) Qualified authorized health staff shall have the
6    authority to order therapeutic restraints for a pregnant
7    or postpartum prisoner who is a danger to the prisoner,
8    the prisoner's herself, her child, unborn child, or other
9    persons due to a psychiatric or medical disorder.
10    Therapeutic restraints may only be initiated, monitored
11    and discontinued by qualified and authorized health staff
12    and used to safely limit a prisoner's mobility for
13    psychiatric or medical reasons. No order for therapeutic
14    restraints shall be written unless medical or mental
15    health personnel, after personally observing and examining
16    the prisoner, are clinically satisfied that the use of
17    therapeutic restraints is justified and permitted in
18    accordance with hospital policies and applicable State
19    law. Metal handcuffs or shackles are not considered
20    therapeutic restraints.
21        (2) Whenever therapeutic restraints are used by
22    medical personnel, Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and
23    Developmental Disabilities Code shall apply.
24        (3) Leg irons, shackles or waist shackles shall not be
25    used on any pregnant or postpartum prisoner regardless of
26    security classification. Except for therapeutic restraints

 

 

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1    under clause (b)(2), no restraints of any kind may be
2    applied to prisoners during labor.
3        (4) When a pregnant or postpartum prisoner must be
4    restrained, restraints used shall be the least restrictive
5    restraints possible to ensure the safety and security of
6    the prisoner, the prisoner's her child, unborn child, the
7    staff of the county department of corrections or medical
8    facility, other prisoners, or the public, and in no case
9    shall include leg irons, shackles or waist shackles.
10        (5) Upon the pregnant prisoner's entry into a hospital
11    room, and completion of initial room inspection, a
12    corrections official shall be posted immediately outside
13    the hospital room, unless requested to be in the room by
14    medical personnel attending to the prisoner's medical
15    needs.
16        (6) The county department of corrections shall provide
17    adequate corrections personnel to monitor the pregnant
18    prisoner during the prisoner's her transport to and from
19    the hospital and during the prisoner's her stay at the
20    hospital.
21        (7) Where the county department of corrections
22    requires prisoner safety assessments, a corrections
23    official may enter the hospital room to conduct periodic
24    prisoner safety assessments, except during a medical
25    examination or the delivery process.
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1    postpartum prisoners shall be restrained only with
2    handcuffs in front of the body during transport to the
3    county department of corrections. A corrections official
4    shall immediately remove all security restraints upon
5    written or oral request by medical personnel. Oral
6    requests made by medical personnel shall be verified in
7    writing as promptly as reasonably possible.
8    (c) Enforcement. No later than 30 days before the end of
9each fiscal year, the county sheriff or corrections official
10of the correctional institution where a pregnant or postpartum
11prisoner has been restrained during that previous fiscal year,
12shall submit a written report to the Illinois General Assembly
13and the Office of the Governor that includes an account of
14every instance of prisoner restraint pursuant to this Section.
15The written report shall state the date, time, location and
16rationale for each instance in which restraints are used. The
17written report shall not contain any individually identifying
18information of any prisoner. Such reports shall be made
19available for public inspection.
20    (d) Data reporting. No later than 30 days before the end of
21each fiscal year, each county sheriff shall submit a written
22report to the Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the
23Governor that includes the number of pregnant prisoners in
24custody each year and the number of people who deliver or
25miscarry while in custody. The written report shall not
26contain any individually identifying information of a

 

 

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1prisoner. The written report shall be made available for
2public inspection.
3(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 
4    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.8)
5    Sec. 3-15003.8. Educational programming for pregnant
6prisoners.
7    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide
8the county department of corrections with educational
9programming relating to pregnancy and parenting and the county
10department of corrections shall provide the programming to
11pregnant prisoners. The programming must include instruction
12regarding:
13        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
14        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
15    drugs on a developing fetus;
16        (3) parenting skills; and
17        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
18    children.
19    (b) Each county department of corrections shall provide
20written informational materials concerning the laws pertaining
21to pregnant prisoners to any pregnant or postpartum
22individual. The Department of Public Health shall provide
23these informational materials to the warden of the county
24department of corrections at no cost to the county and the
25county may accept informational materials from community-based

 

 

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1organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
2prisoners. The informational materials must include
3information regarding:
4        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
5        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
6    prisoners, including those relating to bed height and
7    supplemental nutrition;
8        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
9    delivery;
10        (4) the requirement to provide educational
11    programming;
12        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
13        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
14    desired;
15        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
16    of pregnant prisoners; and
17        (8) address or contact information for community
18    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
19    prisoners for questions or concerns.
20    (c) Each county department of corrections must also post
21informational flyers wherever pregnant prisoners may be
22housed.
23(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
24    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.9)
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1requirements. A county department of corrections shall ensure
2that, for a period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by
3a prisoner:
4        (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the prisoner,
5    unless a medical professional determines doing so would
6    pose a health or safety risk to the prisoner or infant; and
7        (2) the prisoner has access to any nutritional or
8    hygiene-related products necessary to care for the infant,
9    including diapers.
10(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.11 new)
12    Sec. 3-15003.11. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy
13or lactation. A prisoner who is pregnant or lactating,
14including a prisoner who is nursing a baby or pumping
15breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
16least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
17be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
18available outside of regular mealtimes.
 
19    Section 10. The Health Care Violence Prevention Act is
20amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
21    (210 ILCS 160/30)
22    Sec. 30. Medical care for committed persons.
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1treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
2the Department of Corrections, a county, or a municipality,
3then the institution or facility shall:
4        (1) to the greatest extent practicable, notify the
5    hospital or medical facility that is treating the
6    committed person prior to the committed person's visit and
7    notify the hospital or medical facility of any significant
8    medical, mental health, recent violent actions, or other
9    safety concerns regarding the patient;
10        (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the
11    transferred committed person is accompanied by the most
12    comprehensive medical records possible;
13        (3) provide at least one guard trained in custodial
14    escort and custody of high-risk committed persons to
15    accompany any committed person. The custodial agency shall
16    attest to such training for custodial escort and custody
17    of high-risk committed persons through: (A) the training
18    of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile
19    Justice, or Illinois State Police; (B) law enforcement
20    training that is substantially equivalent to the training
21    of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile
22    Justice, or Illinois State Police; or (C) the training
23    described in Section 35. Under no circumstances may leg
24    irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any
25    pregnant female prisoner who is in labor. In addition,
26    restraint of a pregnant female prisoner in the custody of

 

 

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1    the Cook County shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the
2    Counties Code. Additionally, restraints shall not be used
3    on a committed person if medical personnel determine that
4    the restraints would impede medical treatment; and
5        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
6    Corrections, county, or municipality personnel, and
7    visitors on the committed person's approved institutional
8    visitors list may visit the committed person. Visitation
9    by a person on the committed person's approved
10    institutional visitors list shall be subject to the rules
11    and procedures of the hospital or medical facility and the
12    Department of Corrections, county, or municipality. In any
13    situation in which a committed person is being visited:
14            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
15        facility's or institution's documentation;
16            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
17        or her person or any personal property under his or her
18        control at any time; and
19            (C) the custodial agency may deny the committed
20        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
21        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
22        of safety.
23    If a committed person receives medical care and treatment
24at a place other than an institution or facility of the
25Department of Corrections, county, or municipality, then the
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1wearing security restraints in accordance with the custodial
2agency's rules and procedures if the custodial agency
3determines that restraints are necessary for the following
4reasons: (i) to prevent physical harm to the committed person
5or another person; (ii) because the committed person has a
6history of disruptive behavior that has placed others in
7potentially harmful situations or presents a substantial risk
8of inflicting physical harm on himself or herself or others as
9evidenced by recent behavior; or (iii) there is a well-founded
10belief that the committed person presents a substantial risk
11of flight. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles or
12waist shackles be used on any pregnant female prisoner who is
13in labor. In addition, restraint of a pregnant female prisoner
14in the custody of the Cook County shall comply with Section
153-15003.6 of the Counties Code.
16    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
17for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
18Department of Corrections, county, or municipality,
19specifically with regard to potentially violent persons.
20    (b) If a committed person receives medical care and
21treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
22the Department of Juvenile Justice, then the institution or
23facility shall:
24        (1) to the greatest extent practicable, notify the
25    hospital or medical facility that is treating the
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1    and notify the hospital or medical facility of any
2    significant medical, mental health, recent violent
3    actions, or other safety concerns regarding the patient;
4        (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the
5    transferred committed person is accompanied by the most
6    comprehensive medical records possible;
7        (3) provide: (A) at least one guard trained in
8    custodial escort and custody of high-risk committed
9    persons to accompany any committed person. The custodial
10    agency shall attest to such training for custodial escort
11    and custody of high-risk committed persons through: (i)
12    the training of the Department of Corrections, Department
13    of Juvenile Justice, or Illinois State Police, (ii) law
14    enforcement training that is substantially equivalent to
15    the training of the Department of Corrections, Department
16    of Juvenile Justice, or Illinois State Police, or (iii)
17    the training described in Section 35; or (B) 2 guards to
18    accompany the committed person at all times during the
19    visit to the hospital or medical facility; and
20        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
21    Juvenile Justice personnel, and visitors on the committed
22    person's approved institutional visitors list may visit
23    the committed person. Visitation by a person on the
24    committed person's approved institutional visitors list
25    shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the
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1    Juvenile Justice. In any situation in which a committed
2    person is being visited:
3            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
4        facility's or institution's documentation;
5            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
6        or her person or any personal property under his or her
7        control at any time; and
8            (C) the custodial agency may deny the committed
9        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
10        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
11        of safety.
12    If a committed person receives medical care and treatment
13at a place other than an institution or facility of the
14Department of Juvenile Justice, then the Department of
15Juvenile Justice shall ensure that the committed person is
16wearing security restraints on either his or her wrists or
17ankles in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
18Department of Juvenile Justice if the Department of Juvenile
19Justice determines that restraints are necessary for the
20following reasons: (i) to prevent physical harm to the
21committed person or another person; (ii) because the committed
22person has a history of disruptive behavior that has placed
23others in potentially harmful situations or presents a
24substantial risk of inflicting physical harm on himself or
25herself or others as evidenced by recent behavior; or (iii)
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1presents a substantial risk of flight. Any restraints used on
2a committed person under this paragraph shall be the least
3restrictive restraints necessary to prevent flight or physical
4harm to the committed person or another person. Restraints
5shall not be used on the committed person as provided in this
6paragraph if medical personnel determine that the restraints
7would impede medical treatment. Under no circumstances may leg
8irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any pregnant
9female prisoner who is in labor. In addition, restraint of a
10pregnant female prisoner in the custody of the Cook County
11shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the Counties Code.
12    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
13for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
14Department of Juvenile Justice, specifically with regard to
15persons recently exhibiting violence.
16(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
17    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
18changing Sections 3-6-7, 3-6-7.2, 3-6-7.3, and 5-8A-4 and by
19adding Sections 3-6-0.5 and 3-6-7.5 as follows:
 
20    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-0.5 new)
21    Sec. 3-6-0.5. Definitions. As used in this Section and
22Sections 3-6-7, 3-6-7.2, 3-6-7.3, and 3-6-7.4:
23    "Extraordinary circumstance" means an extraordinary
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1flight risk, that dictates restraints be used to ensure the
2safety and security of the committed person, the staff of the
3correctional institution or medical facility, other committed
4persons, or the public.
5    "Labor" means the period of time before a birth and shall
6include any medical condition in which an individual is sent
7or brought to the hospital for the purpose of delivering a
8baby. These situations include: induction of labor, prodromal
9labor, pre-term labor, prelabor rupture of membranes, the 3
10stages of active labor, uterine hemorrhage during the third
11trimester of pregnancy, and caesarian delivery, including
12pre-operative preparation.
13    "Postpartum" means the 6-week period following birth
14unless determined to be a longer period by a physician,
15advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.
16    "Restraints" means any physical restraint or mechanical
17device used to control the movement of a committed person's
18body or limbs, or both, including, but not limited to, flex
19cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal handcuffs, a black box,
20Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly chains, a security (tether)
21chain, or a convex shield, or shackles of any kind.
 
22    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7)
23    Sec. 3-6-7. Pregnant female committed persons.
24    (a) The Department shall not apply security restraints to
25a committed person that has been determined by a qualified

 

 

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1medical professional to be pregnant or otherwise is known by
2the Department to be pregnant or in postpartum recovery,
3unless the correctional official makes an individualized
4determination that the committed person presents a substantial
5flight risk or some other extraordinary circumstance that
6dictates security restraints be used to ensure the safety and
7security of the committed person, the committed person's child
8or unborn child, the staff of the Department or medical
9facility, other committed persons, or the public. The
10protections set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Section
11shall apply to security restraints used as provided in this
12subsection. The correctional officer employed by the
13Department shall immediately remove all restraints and
14approved electronic monitoring devices, as that term is
15defined in Section 5-8A-2 of the Unified Code of Corrections,
16upon the written or oral request of medical personnel. Oral
17requests made by medical personnel shall be verified in
18writing as promptly as reasonably possible.
19        (1) Qualified authorized health staff shall have the
20    authority to order therapeutic restraints for a pregnant
21    or postpartum committed person who is a danger to the
22    committed person, the committed person's child, unborn
23    child, or other persons due to a psychiatric or medical
24    disorder. Therapeutic restraints may only be initiated,
25    monitored, and discontinued by qualified and authorized
26    health staff and used to safely limit a committed person's

 

 

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1    mobility for psychiatric or medical reasons. No order for
2    therapeutic restraints shall be written unless medical or
3    mental health personnel, after personally observing and
4    examining the committed person, are clinically satisfied
5    that the use of therapeutic restraints is justified and
6    permitted in accordance with hospital policies and
7    applicable State law. Metal handcuffs or shackles are not
8    considered therapeutic restraints.
9        (2) Whenever therapeutic restraints are used by
10    medical personnel, Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and
11    Developmental Disabilities Code shall apply.
12        (3) Leg irons, shackles or waist shackles shall not be
13    used on any pregnant or postpartum committed person
14    regardless of security classification. Except for
15    therapeutic restraints under paragraph (2) of subsection
16    (b), no restraints of any kind may be applied to committed
17    persons during labor.
18        (4) When a pregnant or postpartum committed person
19    must be restrained, restraints used shall be the least
20    restrictive restraints possible to ensure the safety and
21    security of the committed person, the committed person's
22    child, unborn child, the staff of the Department or
23    medical facility, other committed persons, or the public,
24    and in no case shall include leg irons, shackles, or waist
25    shackles.
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1    hospital room, and completion of initial room inspection,
2    a correctional officer shall be posted immediately outside
3    the hospital room unless requested to be in the room by
4    medical personnel attending to the committed person's
5    medical needs.
6        (6) The Department shall provide adequate corrections
7    personnel to monitor the pregnant committed person during
8    the committed person's transport to and from the hospital
9    and during the committed person's stay at the hospital.
10        (7) Where the correctional institution or facility
11    requires committed person safety assessments, a
12    correctional official may enter the hospital room to
13    conduct periodic committed person safety assessments,
14    except during a medical examination or the delivery
15    process.
16    (b) No later than 30 days before the end of each fiscal
17year, the Department shall submit a written report to the
18Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the Governor that
19includes an account of every instance of committed person
20restraint pursuant to this Section. The written report shall
21state the date, time, location and rationale for each instance
22in which restraints are used. The written report shall not
23contain any individually identifying information of any
24committed person. Such reports shall be made available for
25public inspection.
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1year, the Department shall submit a written report to the
2Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the Governor that
3includes the number of pregnant committed persons in custody
4each year and the number of people who deliver or miscarry
5while in custody. The written report shall not contain any
6individually identifying information of a prisoner. The
7written report shall be made available for public inspection
8Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
9administrative regulation, when a pregnant female committed
10person is brought to a hospital from an Illinois correctional
11center for the purpose of delivering her baby, no handcuffs,
12shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used during her
13transport to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering
14her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles or
15waist shackles be used on any pregnant female committed person
16who is in labor. Upon the pregnant female committed person's
17entry to the hospital delivery room, a correctional officer
18must be posted immediately outside the delivery room. The
19Department must provide for adequate personnel to monitor the
20pregnant female committed person during her transport to and
21from the hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
22(Source: P.A. 91-253, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
23    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.2)
24    Sec. 3-6-7.2. Educational programming and information for
25pregnant committed persons.

 

 

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1    (a) The Department shall develop and provide to each
2pregnant committed person educational programming relating to
3pregnancy and parenting. The programming must include
4instruction regarding:
5        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
6        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
7    drugs on a developing fetus;
8        (3) parenting skills; and
9        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
10    children.
11    (b) The Department shall provide informational materials
12concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant committed persons
13to any pregnant or postpartum individual. The Department of
14Public Health and community-based organizations specializing
15in the rights of pregnant committed persons shall provide
16these information materials to the warden at no cost to the
17county. The informational materials must include information
18regarding:
19        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
20        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
21    committed persons, including those relating to bed height
22    and supplemental nutrition;
23        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
24    delivery;
25        (4) the requirement to provide educational
26    programming;

 

 

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1        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
2        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
3    desired;
4        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
5    of pregnant committed persons; and
6        (8) address or contact information for community
7    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
8    committed persons for questions or concerns;
9    (c) The Department must also post informational flyers
10wherever pregnant committed persons may be housed.
11(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
12    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.3)
13    Sec. 3-6-7.3. Committed person postpartum post-partum
14recovery requirements. The Department shall ensure that, for a
15period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by a committed
16person:
17        (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the committed
18    person, unless a medical professional determines doing so
19    would pose a health or safety risk to the committed person
20    or infant based on information only available to the
21    Department. The mental health professional shall make any
22    such determination on an individualized basis and in
23    consultation with the birthing team of the pregnant person
24    and the Chief of the Women's Division. The birthing team
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1    providers and doula, if available; and
2        (2) the committed person has access to any nutritional
3    or hygiene-related products necessary to care for the
4    infant, including diapers.
5(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.5 new)
7    Sec. 3-6-7.5. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy or
8lactation. A committed person who is pregnant or lactating,
9including a committed person who is nursing a baby or pumping
10breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
11least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
12be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
13available outside of regular mealtimes.
 
14    (730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4)
15    Sec. 5-8A-4. Program description. The supervising
16authority may promulgate rules that prescribe reasonable
17guidelines under which an electronic monitoring and home
18detention program shall operate. When using electronic
19monitoring for home detention these rules may include, but not
20be limited to, the following:
21        (A) The participant may be instructed to remain within
22    the interior premises or within the property boundaries of
23    his or her residence at all times during the hours
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1    approved absences from the home shall include, but are not
2    limited to, the following:
3            (1) working or employment approved by the court or
4        traveling to or from approved employment;
5            (2) unemployed and seeking employment approved for
6        the participant by the court;
7            (3) undergoing medical, psychiatric, mental health
8        treatment, counseling, or other treatment programs
9        approved for the participant by the court;
10            (4) attending an educational institution or a
11        program approved for the participant by the court;
12            (5) attending a regularly scheduled religious
13        service at a place of worship;
14            (6) participating in community work release or
15        community service programs approved for the
16        participant by the supervising authority;
17            (7) for another compelling reason consistent with
18        the public interest, as approved by the supervising
19        authority; or
20            (8) purchasing groceries, food, or other basic
21        necessities.
22        (A-1) At a minimum, any person ordered to pretrial
23    home confinement with or without electronic monitoring
24    must be provided with movement spread out over no fewer
25    than two days per week, to participate in basic activities
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1    (A-1), "days" means a reasonable time period during a
2    calendar day, as outlined by the court in the order
3    placing the person on home confinement.
4        (B) The participant shall admit any person or agent
5    designated by the supervising authority into his or her
6    residence at any time for purposes of verifying the
7    participant's compliance with the conditions of his or her
8    detention.
9        (C) The participant shall make the necessary
10    arrangements to allow for any person or agent designated
11    by the supervising authority to visit the participant's
12    place of education or employment at any time, based upon
13    the approval of the educational institution employer or
14    both, for the purpose of verifying the participant's
15    compliance with the conditions of his or her detention.
16        (D) The participant shall acknowledge and participate
17    with the approved electronic monitoring device as
18    designated by the supervising authority at any time for
19    the purpose of verifying the participant's compliance with
20    the conditions of his or her detention.
21        (E) The participant shall maintain the following:
22            (1) access to a working telephone;
23            (2) a monitoring device in the participant's home,
24        or on the participant's person, or both; and
25            (3) a monitoring device in the participant's home
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1        telephone.
2        (F) The participant shall obtain approval from the
3    supervising authority before the participant changes
4    residence or the schedule described in subsection (A) of
5    this Section. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
6    withheld.
7        (G) The participant shall not commit another crime
8    during the period of home detention ordered by the Court.
9        (H) Notice to the participant that violation of the
10    order for home detention may subject the participant to
11    prosecution for the crime of escape as described in
12    Section 5-8A-4.1.
13        (I) The participant shall abide by other conditions as
14    set by the supervising authority.
15    The supervising authority shall adopt rules to immediately
16remove all approved electronic monitoring devices of a
17pregnant participant during labor and delivery.
18    (J) This Section takes effect January 1, 2022.
19(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21;
20102-687, eff. 12-17-21; 102-1104, eff. 12-6-22.)
 
21    Section 20. The County Jail Act is amended by changing
22Sections 17.5, 17.7, and 17.8 and by adding Section 17.11 as
23follows:
 
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1    Sec. 17.5. Pregnant female prisoners. Restraint of a
2pregnant or postpartum prisoner shall comply with Section
33-15003.6 of the County Department of Corrections Law
4Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
5administrative regulation, when a pregnant female prisoner is
6brought to a hospital from a county jail for the purpose of
7delivering her baby, no handcuffs, shackles, or restraints of
8any kind may be used during her transport to a medical facility
9for the purpose of delivering her baby. Under no circumstances
10may leg irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any
11pregnant female prisoner who is in labor. In addition,
12restraint of a pregnant female prisoner in the custody of the
13Cook County shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the
14Counties Code. Upon the pregnant female prisoner's entry to
15the hospital delivery room, 2 county correctional officers
16must be posted immediately outside the delivery room. The
17Sheriff must provide for adequate personnel to monitor the
18pregnant female prisoner during her transport to and from the
19hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
20(Source: P.A. 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
21    (730 ILCS 125/17.7)
22    Sec. 17.7. Educational programming and information for
23pregnant prisoners.
24    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide
25the sheriff with educational programming relating to pregnancy

 

 

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1and parenting and the sheriff shall provide the programming to
2pregnant prisoners. The programming must include instruction
3regarding:
4        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
5        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
6    drugs on a developing fetus;
7        (3) parenting skills; and
8        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
9    children.
10    (b) Each sheriff shall provide informational materials
11concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant prisoners to any
12pregnant or postpartum individual. The Department of Public
13Health shall provide these informational materials to the
14warden of the sheriff at no cost to the county and the county
15may accept informational materials from community-based
16organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
17prisoners. The informational materials must include
18information regarding:
19        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
20        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
21    prisoners, including those relating to bed height and
22    supplemental nutrition;
23        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
24    delivery;
25        (4) the requirement to provide educational
26    programming;

 

 

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1        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
2        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
3    desired;
4        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
5    of pregnant prisoners; and
6        (8) address or contact information for community
7    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
8    prisoners
     for questions or concerns.
9    (c) Each sheriff must also post informational flyers
10wherever pregnant prisoners may be housed.
11(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
12    (730 ILCS 125/17.8)
13    Sec. 17.8. Prisoner postpartum post-partum recovery
14requirements. The sheriff shall ensure that, for a period of
1572 hours after the birth of an infant by a prisoner:
16        (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the prisoner,
17    unless a medical professional determines doing so would
18    pose a health or safety risk to the prisoner or infant; and
19        (2) the prisoner has access to any nutritional or
20    hygiene-related products necessary to care for the infant,
21    including diapers.
22(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 
23    (730 ILCS 125/17.11 new)
24    Sec. 17.11. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy or

 

 

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1while lactating. A prisoner who is pregnant or lactating,
2including a prisoner who is nursing a baby or pumping
3breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
4least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
5be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
6available outside of regular mealtimes.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6
4    55 ILCS 5/3-15003.8
5    55 ILCS 5/3-15003.9
6    55 ILCS 5/3-15003.11 new
7    210 ILCS 160/30
8    730 ILCS 5/3-6-0.5 new
9    730 ILCS 5/3-6-7
10    730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.2
11    730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.3
12    730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.5 new
13    730 ILCS 5/5-8A-4from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8A-4
14    730 ILCS 125/17.5
15    730 ILCS 125/17.7
16    730 ILCS 125/17.8
17    730 ILCS 125/17.11 new