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1+104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1245 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-14 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall place no additional restrictions, limitations, or requirements than that provided by the statute creating the procedure for medical release. Provides that upon a determination that the petitioner is eligible for a hearing on medical release, the Prisoner Review Board shall: (1) provide public notice of the petitioner's name, docket number, counsel, and hearing date; and (2) provide a copy of the evaluation and any medical records provided by the Department of Corrections to the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney upon scheduling the institutional hearing. Provides that a hearing on a petitioner's application for medical release is public unless the petitioner requests a non-public hearing. Provides that members of the public shall be permitted to freely attend public hearings on medical release without restriction. Provides that upon denying an eligible petitioner's application for medical release, the Prisoner Review Board shall publish a decision letter outlining the reason for denial. Provides that the decision letter must include an explanation of each statutory factor and the estimated annual cost of the petitioner's continued incarceration, including the petitioner's medical care. Makes technical changes. LRB104 06054 RLC 16087 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1245 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-3-14 730 ILCS 5/3-3-14 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall place no additional restrictions, limitations, or requirements than that provided by the statute creating the procedure for medical release. Provides that upon a determination that the petitioner is eligible for a hearing on medical release, the Prisoner Review Board shall: (1) provide public notice of the petitioner's name, docket number, counsel, and hearing date; and (2) provide a copy of the evaluation and any medical records provided by the Department of Corrections to the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney upon scheduling the institutional hearing. Provides that a hearing on a petitioner's application for medical release is public unless the petitioner requests a non-public hearing. Provides that members of the public shall be permitted to freely attend public hearings on medical release without restriction. Provides that upon denying an eligible petitioner's application for medical release, the Prisoner Review Board shall publish a decision letter outlining the reason for denial. Provides that the decision letter must include an explanation of each statutory factor and the estimated annual cost of the petitioner's continued incarceration, including the petitioner's medical care. Makes technical changes. LRB104 06054 RLC 16087 b LRB104 06054 RLC 16087 b A BILL FOR
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311 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
412 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
513 3 represented in the General Assembly:
614 4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
715 5 changing Section 3-3-14 as follows:
816 6 (730 ILCS 5/3-3-14)
917 7 Sec. 3-3-14. Procedure for medical release.
1018 8 (a) Definitions.
1119 9 (1) As used in this Section, "medically incapacitated"
1220 10 means that a petitioner an inmate has any diagnosable
1321 11 medical condition, including dementia and severe,
1422 12 permanent medical or cognitive disability, that prevents
1523 13 the petitioner inmate from completing more than one
1624 14 activity of daily living without assistance or that
1725 15 incapacitates the petitioner inmate to the extent that
1826 16 institutional confinement does not offer additional
1927 17 restrictions, and that the condition is unlikely to
2028 18 improve noticeably in the future.
2129 19 (2) As used in this Section, "terminal illness" means
2230 20 a condition that satisfies all of the following criteria:
2331 21 (i) the condition is irreversible and incurable;
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2533 23 (ii) in accordance with medical standards and a
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3468 1 reasonable degree of medical certainty, based on an
3569 2 individual assessment of the petitioner inmate, the
3670 3 condition is likely to cause death to the petitioner
3771 4 inmate within 18 months.
3872 5 (b) The Prisoner Review Board shall consider an
3973 6 application for compassionate release on behalf of any
4074 7 petitioner inmate who meets any of the following:
4175 8 (1) is suffering from a terminal illness; or
4276 9 (2) has been diagnosed with a condition that will
4377 10 result in medical incapacity within the next 6 months; or
4478 11 (3) has become medically incapacitated subsequent to
4579 12 sentencing due to illness or injury.
4680 13 (c) Initial application.
4781 14 (1) An initial application for medical release may be
4882 15 filed with the Prisoner Review Board by the petitioner an
4983 16 inmate, a prison official, a medical professional who has
5084 17 treated or diagnosed the petitioner inmate, or the
5185 18 petitioner's an inmate's spouse, parent, guardian,
5286 19 grandparent, aunt or uncle, sibling, child over the age of
5387 20 eighteen years, or attorney. If the initial application is
5488 21 made by someone other than the petitioner inmate, the
5589 22 petitioner inmate, or if the petitioner inmate is
5690 23 medically unable to consent, the guardian or family member
5791 24 designated to represent the petitioner's inmate's
5892 25 interests must consent to the application at the time of
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70104 1 (2) Application materials shall be maintained on the
71105 2 Prisoner Review Board's website and the Department of
72106 3 Corrections' website and maintained in a clearly visible
73107 4 place within the law library and the infirmary of every
74108 5 penal institution and facility operated by the Department
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76110 7 (3) The initial application need not be notarized, can
77111 8 be sent via email or facsimile, and must contain the
78112 9 following information:
79113 10 (i) the petitioner's inmate's name and Illinois
80114 11 Department of Corrections number;
81115 12 (ii) the petitioner's inmate's diagnosis;
82116 13 (iii) a statement that the petitioner inmate meets
83117 14 one of the following diagnostic criteria:
84118 15 (A) the petitioner inmate is suffering from a
85119 16 terminal illness;
86120 17 (B) the petitioner inmate has been diagnosed
87121 18 with a condition that will result in medical
88122 19 incapacity within the next 6 months; or
89123 20 (C) the petitioner inmate has become medically
90124 21 incapacitated subsequent to sentencing due to
91125 22 illness or injury.
92126 23 (3.5) The Prisoner Review Board shall place no
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94128 25 applications from petitioners.
95129 26 (4) Upon receiving the petitioner's inmate's initial
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106140 1 application, the Board shall order the Department of
107141 2 Corrections to have a physician or nurse practitioner
108142 3 evaluate the petitioner inmate and create a written
109143 4 evaluation within ten days of the Board's order. The
110144 5 evaluation shall include but need not be limited to:
111145 6 (i) a concise statement of the petitioner's
112146 7 inmate's medical diagnosis, including prognosis,
113147 8 likelihood of recovery, and primary symptoms, to
114148 9 include incapacitation; and
115149 10 (ii) a statement confirming or denying that the
116150 11 petitioner inmate meets one of the criteria stated in
117151 12 subsection (b) of this Section.
118152 13 (5) Upon a determination that the petitioner is
119153 14 eligible for a hearing, the Prisoner Review Board shall:
120154 15 (i) provide public notice of the petitioner's
121155 16 name, docket number, counsel, and hearing date; and
122156 17 (ii) provide a copy of the evaluation and any
123157 18 medical records provided by the Department of
124158 19 Corrections to the petitioner or the petitioner's
125159 20 attorney upon scheduling the institutional hearing.
126160 21 (d) Institutional hearing. No public institutional hearing
127161 22 is required for consideration of a petition, but shall be
128162 23 granted at the request of the petitioner. Hearings are public
129163 24 unless the petitioner requests a non-public hearing. The
130164 25 petitioner has a right to attend the hearing and to speak on
131165 26 the petitioner's own behalf. The petitioner inmate may be
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142176 1 represented by counsel and may present witnesses to the Board
143177 2 members. Hearings shall be governed by the Open Parole
144178 3 Hearings Act. Members of the public shall be permitted to
145179 4 freely attend public hearings without restriction.
146180 5 (e) Voting procedure. Petitions shall be considered by
147181 6 three-member panels, and decisions shall be made by simple
148182 7 majority. Voting shall take place during the public hearing.
149183 8 (f) Consideration. In considering a petition for release
150184 9 under the statute, the Prisoner Review Board may consider the
151185 10 following factors:
152186 11 (i) the petitioner's inmate's diagnosis and
153187 12 likelihood of recovery;
154188 13 (ii) the approximate cost of health care to the
155189 14 State should the petitioner inmate remain in custody;
156190 15 (iii) the impact that the petitioner's inmate's
157191 16 continued incarceration may have on the provision of
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159193 18 (iv) the present likelihood of and ability to pose
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161195 20 specifically identifiable person or persons;
162196 21 (v) any statements by the victim regarding
163197 22 release; and
164198 23 (vi) whether the petitioner's inmate's condition
165199 24 was explicitly disclosed to the original sentencing
166200 25 judge and taken into account at the time of
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178212 1 (f-1) Upon denying an eligible petitioner's application
179213 2 for medical release, the Prisoner Review Board shall publish a
180214 3 decision letter outlining the reason for denial. The decision
181215 4 letter must include an explanation of each statutory factor
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183217 6 incarceration, including the petitioner's medical care.
184218 7 (g) Petitioners Inmates granted medical release shall be
185219 8 released on mandatory supervised release for a period of 5
186220 9 years subject to Section 3-3-8, which shall operate to
187221 10 discharge any remaining term of years imposed upon him or her.
188222 11 However, in no event shall the eligible person serve a period
189223 12 of mandatory supervised release greater than the aggregate of
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191225 14 supervised release period as set forth in Section 5-4.5-20.
192226 15 (h) Within 90 days of the receipt of the initial
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194228 17 if a hearing is requested and render a decision granting or
195229 18 denying the petitioner's request for release.
196230 19 (i) Nothing in this statute shall preclude a petitioner
197231 20 from seeking alternative forms of release, including clemency,
198232 21 relief from the sentencing court, post-conviction relief, or
199233 22 any other legal remedy.
200234 23 (j) This act applies retroactively, and shall be
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202236 25 (k) Data report. The Department of Corrections and the
203237 26 Prisoner Review Board shall release a report annually
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214248 1 published on their websites that reports the following
215249 2 information about the Medical Release Program:
216250 3 (1) The number of applications for medical release
217251 4 received by the Board in the preceding year, and
218252 5 information about those applications, including:
219253 6 (i) demographic data about the petitioner
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222256 9 (ii) the highest class of offense for which the
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224258 11 (iii) the relationship of the petitioner applicant
225259 12 to the person completing the application;
226260 13 (iv) whether the petitioner applicant had applied
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229263 16 (v) whether the petitioner person applied as a
230264 17 person who is medically incapacitated or a person who
231265 18 is terminally ill; and
232266 19 (vi) a basic description of the underlying medical
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234268 21 (vii) the institution in which the petitioner was
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236270 23 (2) The number of medical statements from the
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238272 25 (3) The number of institutional hearings on medical
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254288 5 (4) The number of people approved for medical release,
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256290 7 (i) demographic data about the individual
257291 8 including race or ethnicity, gender, age, and zip code
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259293 10 (ii) whether the person applied as a person who is
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266300 17 (v) whether the petitioner was represented by an
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268302 19 (vi) whether the application was considered in a
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270304 21 (5) The number of people released on the medical
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272306 23 (6) The number of people approved for medical release
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288322 3 (iii) whether the person remains incarcerated; and
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299333 14 (iii) the number of individuals who died during
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301335 16 (8) Information on seriously ill individuals
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303337 18 (i) the number of people currently receiving
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