104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB0307

 

Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-14-3  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning parole services.


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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 Section 3-14-3 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-14-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3)
7    Sec. 3-14-3. Parole services. To assist parolees or
8releasees, the the Department shall provide employment
9counseling and job placement services, and may in addition to
10other services provide the following:
11        (1) assistance in residential placement;
12        (2) family and individual counseling and treatment
13    placement;
14        (3) financial counseling;
15        (4) vocational and educational counseling and
16    placement; and
17        (5) referral services to any other State or local
18    agencies. The Department shall make information about the
19    availability of these services known to a parolee or
20    releasee prior to his or her release from the correctional
21    facility where the parolee or releasee has been residing.
22    The Department may purchase necessary services for a
23    parolee or releasee if they are otherwise unavailable and

 

 

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1    the parolee or releasee is unable to pay for them. It may
2    assess all or part of the costs of such services to a
3    parolee or releasee in accordance with his ability to pay
4    for them.
5(Source: P.A. 102-478, eff. 8-20-21.)