Full Text of HB0968 94th General Assembly
HB0968 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0968
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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730 ILCS 5/3-14-1 |
from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1 |
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that prior to release of a person on parole, mandatory release, final discharge or pardon the Department of Corrections shall screen that person for Medicaid eligibility. Requires prison officials to assist an eligible person fill out a Medicaid application to ensure that the person begins receiving benefits immediately after his or her release.
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 3-14-1 as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/3-14-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-1)
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| Sec. 3-14-1. Release from the Institution.
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| (a) Upon release of a person on parole, mandatory release, | 9 |
| final
discharge or pardon the Department shall return all | 10 |
| property held for
him, provide him with suitable clothing and | 11 |
| procure necessary
transportation for him to his designated | 12 |
| place of residence and
employment. It may provide such person | 13 |
| with a grant of money for travel and
expenses which may be paid | 14 |
| in installments. The amount of the money grant
shall be | 15 |
| determined by the Department.
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| The Department of Corrections may establish and maintain, | 17 |
| in any institution
it administers, revolving funds to be known | 18 |
| as "Travel and Allowances Revolving
Funds". These revolving | 19 |
| funds shall be used for advancing travel and expense
allowances | 20 |
| to committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners. The moneys
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| paid into such revolving funds shall be from appropriations to | 22 |
| the Department
for Committed, Paroled, and Discharged | 23 |
| Prisoners.
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| (a-1) Prior to release of a person on parole, mandatory | 25 |
| release, final discharge or pardon the Department shall screen | 26 |
| that person for Medicaid eligibility. Prison officials shall | 27 |
| assist an eligible person fill out a Medicaid application to | 28 |
| ensure that the person begins receiving benefits immediately | 29 |
| after his or her release.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the | 32 |
| Department shall
establish procedures to provide written |
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| notification of any release of any
person who has been | 2 |
| convicted of a felony to the State's Attorney
and sheriff of | 3 |
| the county from which the offender was committed, and the
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| State's Attorney and sheriff of the county into which the | 5 |
| offender is to be
paroled or released. Except as otherwise | 6 |
| provided in this Code, the
Department shall establish | 7 |
| procedures to provide written notification to
the proper law | 8 |
| enforcement agency for any municipality of any release of any
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| person who has been convicted of a felony if the arrest of the | 10 |
| offender or the
commission of the offense took place in the | 11 |
| municipality, if the offender is to
be paroled or released into | 12 |
| the municipality, or if the offender resided in the
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| municipality at the time of the commission of the offense. If a | 14 |
| person
convicted of a felony who is in the custody of the | 15 |
| Department of Corrections or
on parole or mandatory supervised | 16 |
| release informs the Department that he or she
has resided, | 17 |
| resides, or will
reside at an address that is a housing | 18 |
| facility owned, managed,
operated, or leased by a public | 19 |
| housing agency, the Department must send
written notification | 20 |
| of that information to the public housing agency that
owns, | 21 |
| manages, operates, or leases the housing facility. The written
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| notification shall, when possible, be given at least 14 days | 23 |
| before release of
the person from custody, or as soon | 24 |
| thereafter as possible.
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| (c-1) (Blank).
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| (d) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | 27 |
| mandatory
supervised release, final discharge or pardon, the | 28 |
| Department shall provide
such person with information | 29 |
| concerning programs and services of the
Illinois Department of | 30 |
| Public Health to ascertain whether such person has
been exposed | 31 |
| to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or any identified
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| causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
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| (e) Upon the release of a committed person on parole, | 34 |
| mandatory supervised
release, final discharge, or pardon, the | 35 |
| Department shall provide the person
who has met the criteria | 36 |
| established by the Department with an identification
card |
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| identifying the
person as being on parole, mandatory supervised | 2 |
| release, final discharge, or
pardon, as the case may be. The | 3 |
| Department, in consultation with the Office of
the Secretary of | 4 |
| State, shall prescribe the form of the identification card,
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| which may be similar to the form of the standard Illinois | 6 |
| Identification Card.
The Department shall inform the committed | 7 |
| person that he or she may present the
identification card to | 8 |
| the Office of the Secretary of State upon application
for a | 9 |
| standard Illinois Identification Card in accordance with the | 10 |
| Illinois
Identification Card Act. The Department shall require | 11 |
| the committed person to
pay a $1 fee for the identification | 12 |
| card.
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| For purposes of a committed person
receiving an | 14 |
| identification card issued by the Department under this
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| subsection, the Department shall establish criteria that the
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| committed person must meet before the card is issued.
It is the | 17 |
| sole responsibility of the
committed person requesting the | 18 |
| identification card issued by the Department to
meet the | 19 |
| established criteria.
The person's failure to
meet the criteria | 20 |
| is sufficient reason to deny the committed person the
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| identification card. An identification card issued by the | 22 |
| Department under
this subsection shall be valid for a period of | 23 |
| time not to exceed 30 calendar
days from the date the card is | 24 |
| issued.
The Department shall not be held civilly or
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| liable to anyone because of any act of any person utilizing a | 26 |
| card
issued by the Department under this subsection.
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| The Department shall adopt
rules governing the issuance of | 28 |
| identification cards to committed persons being
released on | 29 |
| parole, mandatory supervised release, final
discharge, or | 30 |
| pardon.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-506, eff. 8-13-99; 91-695, eff. 4-13-00; | 32 |
| 92-240, eff. 1-1-02.)
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