Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3773 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3773 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in which the cost of the service is not based on the number of telephone calls made. Provides that a committed person is entitled to make free telephone calls from the correctional institution or facility. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone call made. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules determining the length of each call made by a committed person, how many times each day a committed person may make telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes. LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3773 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in which the cost of the service is not based on the number of telephone calls made. Provides that a committed person is entitled to make free telephone calls from the correctional institution or facility. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone call made. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules determining the length of each call made by a committed person, how many times each day a committed person may make telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes. LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b LRB104 09839 RLC 19907 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3773 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1
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5	5	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in which the cost of the service is not based on the number of telephone calls made. Provides that a committed person is entitled to make free telephone calls from the correctional institution or facility. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone call made. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules determining the length of each call made by a committed person, how many times each day a committed person may make telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning criminal law.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
15	15	5 changing Section 3-4-1 as follows:
16	16	6 (730 ILCS 5/3-4-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1)
17	17	7 Sec. 3-4-1. Gifts and Grants; Special Trusts Funds;
18	18	8 Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund.
19	19	9 (a) The Department may accept, receive and use, for and in
20	20	10 behalf of the State, any moneys, goods or services given for
21	21	11 general purposes of this Code by the federal government or
22	22	12 from any other source, public or private, including
23	23	13 collections from inmates, reimbursement of payments under the
24	24	14 Workers' Compensation Act, and commissions from inmate collect
25	25	15 call telephone systems under an agreement with the Department
26	26	16 of Central Management Services. For these purposes the
27	27	17 Department may comply with such conditions and enter into such
28	28	18 agreements upon such covenants, terms, and conditions as the
29	29	19 Department may deem necessary or desirable, if the agreement
30	30	20 is not in conflict with State law.
31	31	21 (a-5) The Department of Central Management Services shall
32	32	22 contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in
33	33	23 which the cost of the service is not based on the number of
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3773 Introduced , by Rep. Hoan Huynh SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1 730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1
39	39	730 ILCS 5/3-4-1 from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1
40	40	Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375, FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall contract with a qualified vendor for telephone services in which the cost of the service is not based on the number of telephone calls made. Provides that a committed person is entitled to make free telephone calls from the correctional institution or facility. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone call made. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules determining the length of each call made by a committed person, how many times each day a committed person may make telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes.
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68	68	1 telephone calls made. A committed person is entitled to make
69	69	2 free telephone calls from the correctional institution or
70	70	3 facility. Neither the Department of Corrections nor its agents
71	71	4 may adopt rules that charge a committed person per telephone
72	72	5 call made. The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules
73	73	6 determining the length of each call made by a committed
74	74	7 person, how many times each day a committed person may make
75	75	8 telephone calls, and may prohibit calls for illegal purposes.
76	76	9 Beginning January 1, 2018, the Department of Central
77	77	10 Management Services shall contract with the qualified vendor
78	78	11 who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7 cents
79	79	12 per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does not
80	80	13 bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional fee
81	81	14 exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited to,
82	82	15 any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement
83	83	16 fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as
84	84	17 established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for
85	85	18 state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate
86	86	19 Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375,
87	87	20 FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Telephone services made
88	88	21 available through a prepaid or collect call system shall
89	89	22 include international calls; those calls shall be made
90	90	23 available at reasonable rates subject to Federal
91	91	24 Communications Commission rules and regulations, but not to
92	92	25 exceed 23 cents per minute. Public Act 99-878 applies to any
93	93	26 new or renewal contract for inmate calling services.
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104	104	1 (b) The Department of Corrections Reimbursement and
105	105	2 Education Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State
106	106	3 Treasury. The moneys deposited into the Department of
107	107	4 Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund shall be
108	108	5 appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the expenses
109	109	6 of the Department.
110	110	7 The following shall be deposited into the Department of
111	111	8 Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund:
112	112	9 (i) Moneys received or recovered by the Department of
113	113	10 Corrections as reimbursement for expenses incurred for the
114	114	11 incarceration of committed persons.
115	115	12 (ii) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as
116	116	13 reimbursement of payments made under the Workers'
117	117	14 Compensation Act.
118	118	15 (iii) Moneys received by the Department as commissions
119	119	16 from inmate collect call telephone systems.
120	120	17 (iv) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as
121	121	18 reimbursement for expenses incurred by the employment of
122	122	19 persons referred to the Department as participants in the
123	123	20 federal Job Training Partnership Act programs.
124	124	21 (v) Federal moneys, including reimbursement and
125	125	22 advances for services rendered or to be rendered and
126	126	23 moneys for other than educational purposes, under grant or
127	127	24 contract.
128	128	25 (vi) Moneys identified for deposit into the Fund under
129	129	26 Section 13-44.4 of the School Code.
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140	140	1 (vii) (Blank).
141	141	2 (c) The Department of Juvenile Justice Reimbursement and
142	142	3 Education Fund is created as a special fund in the State
143	143	4 Treasury. The moneys deposited into the Department of Juvenile
144	144	5 Justice Reimbursement Fund and Education shall be appropriated
145	145	6 to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the expenses of the
146	146	7 Department. The following moneys shall be deposited into the
147	147	8 Department of Juvenile Justice Reimbursement Fund and
148	148	9 Education Fund:
149	149	10 (i) received or recovered by the Department of
150	150	11 Juvenile Justice as reimbursement for expenses incurred
151	151	12 for the incarceration of committed youth;
152	152	13 (ii) received or recovered by the Department as
153	153	14 reimbursement of payments made under the Workers'
154	154	15 Compensation Act;
155	155	16 (iii) received or recovered by the Department as
156	156	17 reimbursement for expenses incurred by the employment of
157	157	18 persons referred to the Department as participants in the
158	158	19 federal Job Training Partnership Act programs;
159	159	20 (iv) federal moneys, including reimbursement and
160	160	21 advances for services rendered or to be rendered and
161	161	22 moneys for other than educational purposes, under grant or
162	162	23 contract; and
163	163	24 (v) moneys identified for deposit into the Fund under
164	164	25 Section 13-44.6 of the School Code.
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