92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB4115
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House Sponsors:
FLOWERS-DAVIS,MONIQUE.

Short description: 
CD CORR-PRISONERS-AIDS                                                     

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Unified Code of          
   Corrections. Provides that a person committed to a correctional             
   institution of the Department of Corrections, including the Juvenile        
   Division, shall, upon admission to the facility, be given written           
   information on the causes and effects of acquired immunodeficiency          
   syndrome (AIDS), the means of detecting AIDS and preventing its             
   transmission, the availability of counseling and medical treatment for      
   AIDS, the right of a committed person infected with AIDS to medical         
   treatment, and such other information on AIDS as the Department deems       
   appropriate. Provides that each person committed to a Department of         
   Corrections facility (rather than just individuals convicted of             
   certain sex offenses and offenses under the Hypodermic Syringes and         
   Needles Act) shall be tested for AIDs. Provides that biological             
   materials or other bodily fluids taken from the committed person may        
   not be used for DNA profiling or any purpose other than for a               
   determination of whether the person has AIDS. Requires a person             
   released from a Department of Corrections facility to receive certain       
   written information on health facilities that test for and treat            
   persons infected with AIDS. Provides that a person who is committed         
   to a correctional institution of the Department of Corrections shall        
   be tested for AIDS within 90 days of release from the institution.          
   Provides that a committed person who tests positive for AIDS shall          
   receive from the Department appropriate medications for treatment of        
   AIDS.  Provides that a parole officer who is aware that a person            
   released from a correctional institution has AIDS shall monitor the         
   person released to determine that the person is taking prescribed           
   medications for AIDS and is not engaging in activity that could infect      
   other persons with AIDS.                                                    
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE (Department of Corrections)                        
          Over the next ten years, testing costs would be $48,464,016          
          and treatment costs would be $91,392,180 for a total of              
          $139,856,196 for testing and treatment. There are other pro-         
          visions which will have minimal or no impact on the Department.      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          705 ILCS 405/5-750                                                   
          730 ILCS 5/3-6-2                                                     
          730 ILCS 5/3-14-1                                                    
          730 ILCS 5/5-5-3                                                     
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          New Act                                                              
        Deletes everything. Creates the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for        
   Department  of  Corrections  Offenders, Significant Others, and Family      
   Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of      
   Public  Health  shall  jointly  develop  and  implement  an   HIV/AIDS      
   prevention  education  program  targeted  to offenders incarcerated in      
   Department of Corrections facilities, significant others,  and  family      
   of  adult  and  juvenile  prison  inmates.  Provides that the Illinois      
   Department of Corrections shall: (1) provide, in  all  public  waiting      
   rooms  of detention facilities and prisons, printed information on the      
   transmission and  prevention  of  HIV/AIDS,  hepatitis  C,  and  other      
   sexually    transmitted   diseases   and   referral   information   to      
   community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS  treatment,      
   and  HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services throughout Illinois; (2)      
   display in all  public  waiting  rooms  of  detention  facilities  and      
   prisons  an  HIV/AIDS  informational  video,  produced  by  a national      
   organization  with  expertise  in  HIV/AIDS  prevention;  (3)  provide      
   written information on the transmission and  prevention  of  HIV/AIDS,      
   hepatitis  C,  and  other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates      
   upon entrance to a detention center  or  prison  and  offer  voluntary      
   HIV/AIDS  testing  to all inmates; and (4) provide written information      
   on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other      
   sexually transmitted diseases to  all  inmates  just  prior  to  their      
   release  from  custody  and  referral  to  appropriate community based      
   organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services and  HIV/AIDS  counseling      
   and  testing. Provides that one year after implementation of this Act,      
   the Illinois Department of Corrections shall report  to  the  Illinois      
   General  Assembly  on  the effectiveness of this program in increasing      
   voluntary HIV/AIDS testing. Effective immediately.                          
          FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Corrections)                      
          There would be no impact on the corrections population and           
          fiscal impact would be minimal.                                      
          CORRECTIONAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Corrections)                
          Same as DOC fiscal note.                                             
          JUDICIAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Illinois Courts Administrative Office)        
          This legislation would neither increase nor decrease the number      
          of judges needed in the State.                                       
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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