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(725 ILCS 205/9) (from Ch. 38, par. 105-9)
Sec. 9. Recovery; examination and hearing.
(a) An application in writing setting forth facts showing that the
sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has
recovered may be filed before the committing court. Upon receipt thereof,
the clerk of the court shall cause a copy of the application to be sent to
the Director of the Department of Corrections. The Director shall then
cause to be prepared and sent to the court a socio-psychiatric report
concerning the applicant. The report shall be prepared by an evaluator licensed under the Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment Provider Act. The court
shall set a date for the
hearing upon the application and shall consider the report so prepared
under the direction of the Director of the Department of Corrections and
any other relevant information submitted by or on behalf of the applicant. (b) At a hearing under this Section, the Attorney General or State's Attorney who filed the original application shall represent the State. The sexually dangerous person or the State may elect to have the hearing before a jury. The State has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person. (c) If the applicant refuses to speak to, communicate with, or otherwise fails to cooperate with the State's examiner, the applicant may only introduce evidence and testimony from any expert or professional person who is retained to conduct an examination based upon review of the records and may not introduce evidence resulting from an examination of the person. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, all evaluations conducted under this Act and all Illinois Department of Corrections treatment records shall be admissible at all proceedings held under this Act.
(d) If a person has previously filed an application in writing setting forth facts showing that the sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered and the court determined either at a hearing or following a jury trial that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person, or if the application is withdrawn, no additional application may be filed for 2 years after a finding that the person is still sexually dangerous or after the application is withdrawn, except if the application is accompanied by a statement from the treatment provider that the applicant has made exceptional progress and the application contains facts upon which a court could find that the condition of the person had so changed that a hearing is warranted.
(e) If the person is found to be no longer dangerous, the court shall order
that he or she be discharged. If the court finds that the person appears no
longer to be dangerous but that it is impossible to determine with
certainty under conditions of institutional care that the person has fully
recovered, the court shall enter an order permitting the person to go at
large subject to the conditions and supervision by the Director as in
the opinion of the court will adequately protect the public. In the event
the person violates any of the conditions of the order, the court shall
revoke the conditional release and recommit the person under Section
5-6-4 of the Unified Code of Corrections under the terms of the original
commitment. Upon an order of discharge every outstanding information and
indictment, the basis of which was the reason for the present detention,
shall be quashed.
(Source: P.A. 98-88, eff. 7-15-13.)
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