Bill Text: IL SB2539 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules requiring each institution and facility of the Department to permit a committed person to be examined by a physician or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her guardian, if the institution or facility determines that the examination would not be harmful or dangerous to the security or safety of the committed person or other persons in the institution or facility. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to create a right of any committed person, who cannot afford the examination or obtain the examination without charge, to any assistance from the Department, financial or otherwise, in obtaining or paying for the examination. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-31 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB2539 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2539-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2539 Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Pat McGuire SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules requiring each institution and facility of the Department to permit a committed person to be examined by a physician or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her guardian, if the institution or facility determines that the examination would not be harmful or dangerous to the security or safety of the committed person or other persons in the institution or facility. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to create a right of any committed person, who cannot afford the examination or obtain the examination without charge, to any assistance from the Department, financial or otherwise, in obtaining or paying for the examination. Effective immediately.
LRB099 15401 RLC 39677 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
SB2539 LRB099 15401 RLC 39677 b
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
adding Section 3-7-8 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-7-8 new)
Sec. 3-7-8. Examination of committed person by a physician
or clinical psychologist chosen by the committed person or his
or her guardian. The Department shall adopt rules requiring
each institution and facility of the Department to permit a
committed person to be examined by a physician or clinical
psychologist chosen by the committed person or his or her
guardian, if the institution or facility determines the
examination would not be harmful or dangerous to the security
or safety of the committed person or other persons in the
institution or facility. Nothing in this Section shall be
construed to create a right of any committed person, who cannot
afford the examination or obtain the examination without
charge, to any assistance from the Department, financial or
otherwise, in obtaining or paying for the examination.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.