SB2539 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 15401 RLC 39677 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2539

Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Pat McGuire

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules requiring each institution and facility of the Department to permit a committed person to be examined by a physician or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her guardian, if the institution or facility determines that the examination would not be harmful or dangerous to the security or safety of the committed person or other persons in the institution or facility. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to create a right of any committed person, who cannot afford the examination or obtain the examination without charge, to any assistance from the Department, financial or otherwise, in obtaining or paying for the examination. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by adding Section 3-7-8 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new)

Sec. 3-7-8. Examination of committed person by a physician or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her guardian. The Department shall adopt rules requiring each institution and facility of the Department to permit a committed person to be examined by a physician or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her guardian, if the institution or facility determines the examination would not be harmful or dangerous to the security or safety of the committed person or other persons in the institution or facility. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to create a right of any committed person, who cannot afford the examination or obtain the examination without charge, to any assistance from the Department, financial or otherwise, in obtaining or paying for the examination.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.