Bill Text: IL HB3465 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that each institution or facility of the Department of Corrections shall hire a reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders into the community. Provides that the Department shall by rule provide for the duties and responsibilities of reentry specialists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0760 [HB3465 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3465-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 102-0760 | ||||
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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 | ||||
adding Section 3-18-30 as follows:
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(730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new) | ||||
Sec. 3-18-30. Reentry specialist. Irrespective of whether | ||||
an institution or facility has access to a reentry program | ||||
under this Article, each institution or facility shall hire a | ||||
reentry specialist to assist with the reentry of offenders | ||||
into the community who have been committed to the Department | ||||
for commission of a felony. The Department shall provide by | ||||
rule for the duties and responsibilities of reentry | ||||
specialists, including, but not limited to, signing inmates up | ||||
for health care under the federal Patient Protection and | ||||
Affordable Care Act.
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