Bill Text: IL HB4524 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the Interference with Penal Institution Article of the Code, exempts from the definition of "electronic contraband" electronic, video recording devices, computers, and computer peripheral equipment used in online educational courses approved by the Director of Corrections or the chief administrative officer of the penal institution. Defines "Internet" and "online". Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the educational programs for all committed persons provided by the Department of Corrections include educational courses taught or provided online.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4524 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4524-Introduced.html


101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4524

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
720 ILCS 5/31A-0.1
730 ILCS 5/3-6-2 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the Interference with Penal Institution Article of the Code, exempts from the definition of "electronic contraband" electronic, video recording devices, computers, and computer peripheral equipment used in online educational courses approved by the Director of Corrections or the chief administrative officer of the penal institution. Defines "Internet" and "online". Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the educational programs for all committed persons provided by the Department of Corrections include educational courses taught or provided online.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by changing
5Section 31A-0.1 as follows:
6 (720 ILCS 5/31A-0.1)
7 Sec. 31A-0.1. Definitions. For the purposes of this
8Article:
9 "Deliver" or "delivery" means the actual, constructive or
10attempted transfer of possession of an item of contraband, with
11or without consideration, whether or not there is an agency
12relationship.
13 "Employee" means any elected or appointed officer, trustee
14or employee of a penal institution or of the governing
15authority of the penal institution, or any person who performs
16services for the penal institution pursuant to contract with
17the penal institution or its governing authority.
18 "Item of contraband" means any of the following:
19 (i) "Alcoholic liquor" as that term is defined in
20 Section 1-3.05 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.
21 (ii) "Cannabis" as that term is defined in subsection
22 (a) of Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act.
23 (iii) "Controlled substance" as that term is defined in

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1 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
2 (iii-a) "Methamphetamine" as that term is defined in
3 the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the
4 Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.
5 (iv) "Hypodermic syringe" or hypodermic needle, or any
6 instrument adapted for use of controlled substances or
7 cannabis by subcutaneous injection.
8 (v) "Weapon" means any knife, dagger, dirk, billy,
9 razor, stiletto, broken bottle, or other piece of glass
10 which could be used as a dangerous weapon. This term
11 includes any of the devices or implements designated in
12 subsections (a)(1), (a)(3) and (a)(6) of Section 24-1 of
13 this Code, or any other dangerous weapon or instrument of
14 like character.
15 (vi) "Firearm" means any device, by whatever name
16 known, which is designed to expel a projectile or
17 projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion of gas
18 or escape of gas, including but not limited to:
19 (A) any pneumatic gun, spring gun, or B-B gun which
20 expels a single globular projectile not exceeding .18
21 inch in diameter; or
22 (B) any device used exclusively for signaling or
23 safety and required as recommended by the United States
24 Coast Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; or
25 (C) any device used exclusively for the firing of
26 stud cartridges, explosive rivets or industrial

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1 ammunition; or
2 (D) any device which is powered by electrical
3 charging units, such as batteries, and which fires one
4 or several barbs attached to a length of wire and
5 which, upon hitting a human, can send out current
6 capable of disrupting the person's nervous system in
7 such a manner as to render him or her incapable of
8 normal functioning, commonly referred to as a stun gun
9 or taser.
10 (vii) "Firearm ammunition" means any self-contained
11 cartridge or shotgun shell, by whatever name known, which
12 is designed to be used or adaptable to use in a firearm,
13 including but not limited to:
14 (A) any ammunition exclusively designed for use
15 with a device used exclusively for signaling or safety
16 and required or recommended by the United States Coast
17 Guard or the Interstate Commerce Commission; or
18 (B) any ammunition designed exclusively for use
19 with a stud or rivet driver or other similar industrial
20 ammunition.
21 (viii) "Explosive" means, but is not limited to, bomb,
22 bombshell, grenade, bottle or other container containing
23 an explosive substance of over one-quarter ounce for like
24 purposes such as black powder bombs and Molotov cocktails
25 or artillery projectiles.
26 (ix) "Tool to defeat security mechanisms" means, but is

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1 not limited to, handcuff or security restraint key, tool
2 designed to pick locks, popper, or any device or instrument
3 used to or capable of unlocking or preventing from locking
4 any handcuff or security restraints, doors to cells, rooms,
5 gates or other areas of the penal institution.
6 (x) "Cutting tool" means, but is not limited to,
7 hacksaw blade, wirecutter, or device, instrument or file
8 capable of cutting through metal.
9 (xi) "Electronic contraband" for the purposes of
10 Section 31A-1.1 of this Article means, but is not limited
11 to, any electronic, video recording device, computer, or
12 cellular communications equipment, including, but not
13 limited to, cellular telephones, cellular telephone
14 batteries, videotape recorders, pagers, computers, and
15 computer peripheral equipment brought into or possessed in
16 a penal institution without the written authorization of
17 the Chief Administrative Officer. "Electronic contraband"
18 for the purposes of Section 31A-1.2 of this Article, means,
19 but is not limited to, any electronic, video recording
20 device, computer, or cellular communications equipment,
21 including, but not limited to, cellular telephones,
22 cellular telephone batteries, videotape recorders, pagers,
23 computers, and computer peripheral equipment. "Electronic
24 contraband" does not include electronic, video recording
25 devices, computers, and computer peripheral equipment used
26 in online educational courses approved by the Director of

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1 Corrections or the chief administrative officer of the
2 penal institution. In this definition, "Internet" means an
3 interactive computer service or system or an information
4 service, system, or access software provider that provides
5 or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer
6 server; and "online" means the use of any electronic device
7 to access the Internet.
8 "Penal institution" means any penitentiary, State farm,
9reformatory, prison, jail, house of correction, police
10detention area, half-way house or other institution or place
11for the incarceration or custody of persons under sentence for
12offenses awaiting trial or sentence for offenses, under arrest
13for an offense, a violation of probation, a violation of
14parole, a violation of aftercare release, or a violation of
15mandatory supervised release, or awaiting a bail setting
16hearing or preliminary hearing; provided that where the place
17for incarceration or custody is housed within another public
18building this Article shall not apply to that part of the
19building unrelated to the incarceration or custody of persons.
20(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-558, eff. 1-1-14.)
21 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
22changing Section 3-6-2 as follows:
23 (730 ILCS 5/3-6-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-6-2)
24 Sec. 3-6-2. Institutions and facility administration.

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1 (a) Each institution and facility of the Department shall
2be administered by a chief administrative officer appointed by
3the Director. A chief administrative officer shall be
4responsible for all persons assigned to the institution or
5facility. The chief administrative officer shall administer
6the programs of the Department for the custody and treatment of
7such persons.
8 (b) The chief administrative officer shall have such
9assistants as the Department may assign.
10 (c) The Director or Assistant Director shall have the
11emergency powers to temporarily transfer individuals without
12formal procedures to any State, county, municipal or regional
13correctional or detention institution or facility in the State,
14subject to the acceptance of such receiving institution or
15facility, or to designate any reasonably secure place in the
16State as such an institution or facility and to make transfers
17thereto. However, transfers made under emergency powers shall
18be reviewed as soon as practicable under Article 8, and shall
19be subject to Section 5-905 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
20This Section shall not apply to transfers to the Department of
21Human Services which are provided for under Section 3-8-5 or
22Section 3-10-5.
23 (d) The Department shall provide educational programs for
24all committed persons, including educational courses taught or
25provided online as defined in Section 31A-0.1 of the Criminal
26Code of 2012, so that all persons have an opportunity to attain

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1the achievement level equivalent to the completion of the
2twelfth grade in the public school system in this State. Other
3higher levels of attainment shall be encouraged and
4professional instruction shall be maintained wherever
5possible. The Department may establish programs of mandatory
6education and may establish rules and regulations for the
7administration of such programs. A person committed to the
8Department who, during the period of his or her incarceration,
9participates in an educational program provided by or through
10the Department and through that program is awarded or earns the
11number of hours of credit required for the award of an
12associate, baccalaureate, or higher degree from a community
13college, college, or university located in Illinois shall
14reimburse the State, through the Department, for the costs
15incurred by the State in providing that person during his or
16her incarceration with the education that qualifies him or her
17for the award of that degree. The costs for which reimbursement
18is required under this subsection shall be determined and
19computed by the Department under rules and regulations that it
20shall establish for that purpose. However, interest at the rate
21of 6% per annum shall be charged on the balance of those costs
22from time to time remaining unpaid, from the date of the
23person's parole, mandatory supervised release, or release
24constituting a final termination of his or her commitment to
25the Department until paid.
26 (d-5) A person committed to the Department is entitled to

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1confidential testing for infection with human immunodeficiency
2virus (HIV) and to counseling in connection with such testing,
3with no copay to the committed person. A person committed to
4the Department who has tested positive for infection with HIV
5is entitled to medical care while incarcerated, counseling, and
6referrals to support services, in connection with that positive
7test result. Implementation of this subsection (d-5) is subject
8to appropriation.
9 (e) A person committed to the Department who becomes in
10need of medical or surgical treatment but is incapable of
11giving consent thereto shall receive such medical or surgical
12treatment by the chief administrative officer consenting on the
13person's behalf. Before the chief administrative officer
14consents, he or she shall obtain the advice of one or more
15physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in
16this State. If such physician or physicians advise:
17 (1) that immediate medical or surgical treatment is
18 required relative to a condition threatening to cause
19 death, damage or impairment to bodily functions, or
20 disfigurement; and
21 (2) that the person is not capable of giving consent to
22 such treatment; the chief administrative officer may give
23 consent for such medical or surgical treatment, and such
24 consent shall be deemed to be the consent of the person for
25 all purposes, including, but not limited to, the authority
26 of a physician to give such treatment.

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1 (e-5) If a physician providing medical care to a committed
2person on behalf of the Department advises the chief
3administrative officer that the committed person's mental or
4physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation
5of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or
6surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or
7impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative
8officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
9 (f) In the event that the person requires medical care and
10treatment at a place other than the institution or facility,
11the person may be removed therefrom under conditions prescribed
12by the Department. Neither the Department of Corrections nor
13the Department of Juvenile Justice may require a committed
14person or person committed to any facility operated by the
15Department of Juvenile Justice, as set forth in Section
163-2.5-15 of this Code, to pay any co-payment for receiving
17medical or dental services.
18 (f-5) The Department shall comply with the Health Care
19Violence Prevention Act.
20 (g) Any person having sole custody of a child at the time
21of commitment or any woman giving birth to a child after her
22commitment, may arrange through the Department of Children and
23Family Services for suitable placement of the child outside of
24the Department of Corrections. The Director of the Department
25of Corrections may determine that there are special reasons why
26the child should continue in the custody of the mother until

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1the child is 6 years old.
2 (h) The Department may provide Family Responsibility
3Services which may consist of, but not be limited to the
4following:
5 (1) family advocacy counseling;
6 (2) parent self-help group;
7 (3) parenting skills training;
8 (4) parent and child overnight program;
9 (5) parent and child reunification counseling, either
10 separately or together, preceding the inmate's release;
11 and
12 (6) a prerelease reunification staffing involving the
13 family advocate, the inmate and the child's counselor, or
14 both and the inmate.
15 (i) (Blank).
16 (j) Any person convicted of a sex offense as defined in the
17Sex Offender Management Board Act shall be required to receive
18a sex offender evaluation prior to release into the community
19from the Department of Corrections. The sex offender evaluation
20shall be conducted in conformance with the standards and
21guidelines developed under the Sex Offender Management Board
22Act and by an evaluator approved by the Board.
23 (k) Any minor committed to the Department of Juvenile
24Justice for a sex offense as defined by the Sex Offender
25Management Board Act shall be required to undergo sex offender
26treatment by a treatment provider approved by the Board and

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1conducted in conformance with the Sex Offender Management Board
2Act.
3 (l) Prior to the release of any inmate committed to a
4facility of the Department or the Department of Juvenile
5Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with
6appropriate information verbally, in writing, by video, or
7other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. The Department
8shall develop the informational materials in consultation with
9the Department of Public Health. At the same time, the
10Department must also offer the committed person the option of
11testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
12with no copayment for the test. Pre-test information shall be
13provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained
14as required in subsection (d) of Section 3 and Section 5 of the
15AIDS Confidentiality Act. The Department may conduct opt-out
16HIV testing as defined in Section 4 of the AIDS Confidentiality
17Act. If the Department conducts opt-out HIV testing, the
18Department shall place signs in English, Spanish and other
19languages as needed in multiple, highly visible locations in
20the area where HIV testing is conducted informing inmates that
21they will be tested for HIV unless they refuse, and refusal or
22acceptance of testing shall be documented in the inmate's
23medical record. The Department shall follow procedures
24established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV
25testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. All
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1and other information may be provided by committed persons who
2have received appropriate training. The Department, in
3conjunction with the Department of Public Health, shall develop
4a plan that complies with the AIDS Confidentiality Act to
5deliver confidentially all positive or negative HIV test
6results to inmates or former inmates. Nothing in this Section
7shall require the Department to offer HIV testing to an inmate
8who is known to be infected with HIV, or who has been tested
9for HIV within the previous 180 days and whose documented HIV
10test result is available to the Department electronically. The
11testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of a
12test approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health to
13determine the presence of HIV infection, based upon
14recommendations of the United States Centers for Disease
15Control and Prevention. If the test result is positive, a
16reliable supplemental test based upon recommendations of the
17United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall
18be administered.
19 Prior to the release of an inmate who the Department knows
20has tested positive for infection with HIV, the Department in a
21timely manner shall offer the inmate transitional case
22management, including referrals to other support services.
23 (m) The chief administrative officer of each institution or
24facility of the Department shall make a room in the institution
25or facility available for substance use disorder services to be
26provided to committed persons on a voluntary basis. The

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1services shall be provided for one hour once a week at a time
2specified by the chief administrative officer of the
3institution or facility if the following conditions are met:
4 (1) the substance use disorder service contacts the
5 chief administrative officer to arrange the meeting;
6 (2) the committed person may attend the meeting for
7 substance use disorder services only if the committed
8 person uses pre-existing free time already available to the
9 committed person;
10 (3) all disciplinary and other rules of the institution
11 or facility remain in effect;
12 (4) the committed person is not given any additional
13 privileges to attend substance use disorder services;
14 (5) if the substance use disorder service does not
15 arrange for scheduling a meeting for that week, no
16 substance use disorder services shall be provided to the
17 committed person in the institution or facility for that
18 week;
19 (6) the number of committed persons who may attend a
20 substance use disorder meeting shall not exceed 40 during
21 any session held at the correctional institution or
22 facility;
23 (7) a volunteer seeking to provide substance use
24 disorder services under this subsection (m) must submit an
25 application to the Department of Corrections under
26 existing Department rules and the Department must review

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1 the application within 60 days after submission of the
2 application to the Department; and
3 (8) each institution and facility of the Department
4 shall manage the substance use disorder services program
5 according to its own processes and procedures.
6 For the purposes of this subsection (m), "substance use
7disorder services" means recovery services for persons with
8substance use disorders provided by volunteers of recovery
9support services recognized by the Department of Human
10Services.
11(Source: P.A. 100-759, eff. 1-1-19; 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19;
12101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-86, eff. 1-1-20.)
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