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92_SB0435
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1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
5 by changing Section 3-15-3 as follows:
6 (730 ILCS 5/3-15-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-15-3)
7 Sec. 3-15-3. Persons with mental illness and
8 developmental disabilities.
9 (a) The Department must, may by rule, establish
10 standards and procedures for the provision of mental health
11 and developmental disability services to persons with mental
12 illness and persons with a developmental disability confined
13 in a local jail or juvenile detention facility as set forth
14 under Section 3-7-7 of this Code.
15 Those standards must address screening and
16 classification, the use of psychotropic medications, suicide
17 prevention, qualifications of staff, staffing levels, staff
18 training, discharge, linkage and aftercare, the
19 confidentiality of mental health records, and such other
20 issues as are necessary to insure that inmates with mental
21 illness receive adequate and humane care and services.
22 (b) At least once each year, the Department must inspect
23 each local jail and juvenile detention facility for
24 compliance with the standards established. The results of the
25 inspection must be made available by the Department for
26 public inspection. If any jail or facility does not comply
27 with the standards established, the Director of Corrections
28 must give notice to the county board and the sheriff of such
29 noncompliance, specifying the particular standards that have
30 not been met by the jail or facility. If the jail or
31 facility is not in compliance with the standards when 6
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1 months have elapsed from the giving of such notice, the
2 Director of Corrections may petition the appropriate court
3 for an order requiring Jail or facility to comply with the
4 standards established by the Department or for other
5 appropriate relief.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
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