Bill Text: IL HB5109 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5109 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5109-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5109 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
730 ILCS 5/3-18-30 new
Amends the 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.
LRB101 17165 RLC 66566 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5109 LRB101 17165 RLC 66566 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 3-18-30 as follows:
(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.