Bill Text: IL HB1088 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months. Provides that a committed person, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1088 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1088-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1088 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-8-4 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4
730 ILCS 5/3-10-4 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months. Provides that a committed person, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Sections 3-8-4 and 3-10-4 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-8-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-4)
Sec. 3-8-4. Intradivisional Transfers.
(a) After the initial assignments under Sections 3-8-2 and
3-8-3, all transfers of committed persons to another
institution or facility shall be reviewed and approved by a
person or persons designated by the Director. A record of each
transfer and the reasons therefor shall be included in the
person's master record file.
(b) Transfers to facilities for psychiatric treatment and
care within the Department shall be made only after prior
psychiatric examination and certification to the Director that
such transfer is required. Persons in facilities for
psychiatric treatment and care within the Department shall be
reexamined at least every 6 months. Persons found to no longer
require psychiatric treatment and care shall be transferred to
other facilities of the Department.
(c) A committed person may make a request to be
transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months.

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(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)
(730 ILCS 5/3-10-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-10-4)
Sec. 3-10-4. Intradivisional Transfers.
(a) The transfer of committed persons between institutions
or facilities of the Department of Juvenile Justice shall be
under this Section, except that emergency transfers shall be
under Section 3-6-2.
(b) The chief administrative officer of an institution or
facility desiring to transfer a committed person to another
institution or facility shall notify the Director of Juvenile
Justice or his delegate of the basis for the transfer. The
Director or his delegate shall approve or deny such request.
(c) If a transfer request is made by a committed person or
his parent, guardian or nearest relative, the chief
administrative officer of the institution or facility from
which the transfer is requested shall notify the Director of
Juvenile Justice or his delegate of the request, the reasons
therefor and his recommendation. The Director of Juvenile
Justice or his delegate shall either grant the request or if he
denies the request he shall advise the person or his parent,
guardian or nearest relative of the basis for the denial.
(d) A committed person, or the committed person's parent
or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another
institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice
at any time.

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