Bill Text: IL HB3463 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall make information about the availability of referral services to any other State or local agencies known to a parolee or releasee prior to his or her release from the correctional facility where the parolee or releasee has been residing. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0478 [HB3463 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3463-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 102-0478 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||
changing Section 3-14-3 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/3-14-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-14-3)
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Sec. 3-14-3. Parole Services. To assist parolees or | ||||
releasees, the
Department shall provide employment counseling | ||||
and job placement services,
and may in addition to other | ||||
services provide the following:
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(1) assistance in residential placement;
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(2) family and individual counseling and treatment | ||||
placement;
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(3) financial counseling;
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(4) vocational and educational counseling and placement; | ||||
and
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(5) referral services to any other State or local | ||||
agencies.
The Department shall make information about the | ||||
availability of these services known to a parolee or releasee | ||||
prior to his or her release from the correctional facility | ||||
where the parolee or releasee has been residing. The | ||||
Department may purchase necessary services for a parolee or | ||||
releasee if
they are otherwise unavailable and the parolee or | ||||
releasee is unable to pay
for them. It may assess all or part | ||
of the costs of such services to a
parolee or releasee in | ||
accordance with his ability to pay for them.
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(Source: P.A. 84-669.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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