Sen. Annazette R. Collins

Filed: 4/11/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1036

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1036 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5adding Article 20 to Chapter III as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/Ch. III Art. 20 heading new)
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ARTICLE 20. INTEGRATED CORRECTIONAL RE-ENTRY PILOT PROGRAM

 
8    (730 ILCS 5/3-20-5 new)
9    Sec. 3-20-5. Integrated Correctional Re-entry Pilot
10Program.
11    (a) The General Assembly finds that an Integrated
12Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program would reduce the costs of
13incarceration and recidivism in this State.
14    (b) The Illinois Department of Corrections shall establish
15a 2-year Integrated Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program for

 

 

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1eligible offenders.
2    (c) In order for an offender to be eligible for the
3program:
4        (1) the person shall have a professional diagnostic
5    assessment that has determined that the person is drug or
6    alcohol dependent and would benefit from treatment;
7        (2) the person is a drug or alcohol dependent person
8    within the meaning of the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
9    and Dependency Act or was drug or alcohol dependent at the
10    time of the commission of the present offense;
11        (3) the present offense was committed while the person
12    was under the influence of a controlled substance or
13    alcohol or was committed to acquire property or moneys in
14    order to support the person's drug or alcohol dependency;
15        (4) substance abuse treatment and monitoring will
16    serve to benefit the person by addressing the drug or
17    alcohol dependency and will thereby reduce the likelihood
18    that the person will commit another offense;
19        (5) the person has not been previously convicted of, or
20    adjudicated delinquent for, arson or a related offense
21    pursuant to Article 20 of the Criminal Code of 1961, or a
22    similar crime under the laws of any other state or the
23    United States;
24        (6) the person has not been previously convicted of, or
25    adjudicated delinquent for, the commission of a sex offense
26    as defined in Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a

 

 

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1    similar crime under the laws of any other state or the
2    United States;
3        (7) the length of the person's aggregate sentence for
4    the present offense was at least 36 months;
5        (8) the person meets eligibility criteria established
6    pursuant to Department of Corrections rules for release to
7    residential community programs except that a person shall
8    be eligible 6 months prior to parole or mandatory
9    supervised release (MSR);
10        (9) the person shall be currently participating in an
11    institutional substance abuse treatment program in an
12    Illinois Department of Corrections facility; and
13        (10) any person who meets the eligibility criteria
14    outlined in paragraphs (1) through (9) of this subsection
15    (c) shall be eligible for admission into the program. Any
16    inmate incarcerated on the effective date of this
17    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall also be
18    eligible for the program if the eligibility requirements
19    specified in paragraphs (1) through (9) of this subsection
20    (c) are met.
21    (d) An offender eligible for the Integrated Correctional
22Re-entry Pilot Program shall be transitioned to the Integrated
23Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program for continued care and
24transitional or re-entry services for the final 6 months of the
25incarceration portion of his or her sentence.
26    (e) An offender transitioned to the Integrated

 

 

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1Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program must reside in his or her
2own approved residence or approved transitional housing, but
3shall attend on-site programming at the Integrated
4Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program facility for 8 to 12 hours
5a day. An offender in the Integrated Correctional Re-entry
6Pilot Program shall be placed on electronic monitoring with an
7approved electronic monitoring device as defined in Section
85-8A-2 of this Code for the first 60 to 90 days of his or her
9participation in the Program. An offender's movements shall be
10restricted to his or her residence, the Integrated Correctional
11Re-entry Pilot Program facility, and work or education sites as
12the offender progresses through the Program. If an offender
13violates the movement restrictions imposed by this Section, the
14offender's parole agent shall be immediately notified and the
15Department of Corrections shall impose punishment upon the
16offender up to and including revocation of electronic
17monitoring status and return to incarceration in an Illinois
18Department of Corrections facility.
19    (f) The Program shall be an integrated Service Delivery
20model provided by a single qualified vendor, and shall include,
21at a minimum the following components:
22        (1) Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorder
23    treatment. Participation in the Program must begin with
24    intensive treatment provided by certified substance abuse
25    counselors or licensed mental health professionals. Upon
26    entry into the Program an offender shall undergo a

 

 

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1    comprehensive battery of substance abuse and mental health
2    assessments to determine treatment needs. Based on
3    assessed risks and needs individualized goals and
4    objectives must be developed for each participant.
5    Treatment programming must include substance abuse
6    counseling groups, cognitive restructuring interventions,
7    anger management groups, co-occurring disorder groups,
8    individual therapy, and medication-assisted treatment, as
9    indicated. Program compliance must be monitored through
10    regular urinalysis drug testing. The intensive treatment
11    phase shall last a minimum of 90-days, and will be followed
12    by a less intensive "step-down" treatment phase for the
13    minimum of an additional 90 days, designed to prepare
14    offenders for self-sufficiency in the community through
15    continued outpatient and aftercare treatment, life skills
16    training, and employment readiness training.
17        (2) Re-entry Case Management. Re-entry case managers
18    shall coordinate comprehensive re-entry support services
19    tailored to the needs of each offender and shall coordinate
20    the treatment team in the provision of these services.
21        (3) Medication Assisted Treatment. The offender, when
22    indicated, shall be administered once-monthly,
23    non-addictive, FDA-approved medication for the treatment
24    of alcohol dependence and the prevention of relapse to
25    opioid dependence following detoxification.
26    (g) A single treatment provider shall be selected to

 

 

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1provide the Pilot Program through a Request for Qualifications
2(RFQ) process. A Request for Qualifications form of procurement
3shall allow the Department of Corrections to select the vendor
4to implement the Pilot of this Program, without the demands of
5prescribing the Program in a form solicitation procurement
6document. This is required so that a qualified provider can
7assist the Illinois Department of Corrections with the planning
8and implementation process for the Program during the start-up
9period authorized by this Code. The RFQ selection shall require
10that the Illinois Department of Corrections select a vendor for
11the program that shall:
12        (1) have significant experience providing alcohol and
13    drug abuse treatment, and co-occurring mental health
14    treatment to offenders sentenced to the Department of
15    Corrections, both on an in-custody basis and in community
16    corrections settings;
17        (2) have a record of providing high quality
18    evidence-based substance abuse and alcohol treatment at
19    the community level in Illinois;
20        (3) possess deep knowledge and familiarity with the
21    communities on Chicago's west side; and
22        (4) have experience using once-monthly, non-addictive,
23    FDA-approved medication to treat alcohol and drug abuse.
24    (h) The Integrated Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program
25shall be based in a facility designed to serve communities on
26the west side of Chicago.

 

 

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1    (i) The Department of Corrections shall operate the
2Integrated Correctional Re-entry Pilot Program for no less than
32 years plus a 6-month start-up phase, beginning on the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
5Assembly. The Department of Corrections shall monitor and
6evaluate the impact of the Integrated Correctional Re-entry
7Pilot Program during its implementation, including cost
8efficiency and the effect of the Program on recidivism, and
9establish a 3-year follow up evaluation and outcome assessment
10for all participants in the Program. The Department of
11Corrections shall include the results of the evaluation in a
12report that it must use to assess the potential long-term
13implementation and expansion of the Integrated Correctional
14Re-entry Pilot Program in Illinois.
15    (j) Upon completion of the evaluation of the pilot phase,
16per subsection (i) of this Section, if the Program is found to
17successfully reduce recidivism and incarceration costs for the
18target population, the Department of Corrections shall
19replicate the Program in additional geographic areas of the
20State. The expansion shall be accomplished through a
21competitive bid process, with preference given to entities with
22experience in the provision of integrated services similar to
23those provided in the Program's design.
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".