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90_HB1372
730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a
prisoner convicted of a forcible felony who is committed to a
Department of Corrections facility shall be examined by a
psychiatrist before release from the facility. If the
psychiatrist determines that the prisoner is a person who
because of his or her mental illness is reasonably expected
to inflict serious physical harm upon himself or herself or
another person in the near future, the warden shall file a
petition to have the prisoner involuntarily admitted to a
mental health facility until the person is no longer subject
to involuntary admission. Effective immediately.
LRB9004423RCcw
LRB9004423RCcw
1 AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by adding
2 Section 3-7-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6 adding Section 3-7-8 as follows:
7 (730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new)
8 Sec. 3-7-8. Examination of committed person by
9 psychiatrist. A committed person convicted of a forcible
10 felony before being released from a Department correctional
11 institution or facility shall be examined by a psychiatrist
12 as defined in Section 1-121 of the Mental Health and
13 Developmental Disabilities Code. The psychiatrist shall make
14 a finding to determine if the committed person has a mental
15 illness and because of his or her mental illness is
16 reasonably expected to inflict serious physical harm upon
17 himself or herself or another person in the near future. If
18 the psychiatrist makes that determination, then the chief
19 administrative officer of the Department facility in which
20 the committed person is incarcerated shall file a petition
21 for involuntary admission to a mental health facility under
22 the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to have
23 the committed person committed to such a facility until the
24 person is no longer subject to involuntary admission to a
25 mental health facility.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.