(730 ILCS 190/15)
Sec. 15. Adoption, validation, and utilization of an assessment tool.
(a) Purpose. In order to determine appropriate punishment or services which will protect public safety, it is necessary for the State and local jurisdictions to adopt a common assessment tool. Supervision and correctional programs are most effective at reducing future crime when they accurately assess offender risks, assets, and needs, and use these assessment results to assign supervision levels and target programs to criminogenic needs.
(b) After review of the plan issued by the Task Force described in subsection (c), the Department of Corrections, the Parole Division of the Department of Corrections, and the Prisoner Review Board shall adopt policies, rules, and regulations that within 3 years of the effective date of this Act result in the adoption, validation, and utilization of a statewide, standardized risk assessment tool across the Illinois criminal justice system.
(c) The Governor's Office shall convene a Risks, Assets, and Needs Assessment Task Force to develop plans for the adoption, validation, and utilization of such an assessment tool. The Task Force shall include, but not be limited to, designees from the Department of Corrections who are responsible for parole services, a designee from the Cook County Adult Probation; a representative from a county probation office, a designee from DuPage County Adult Probation, a designee from Sangamon County Adult Probation; and designees from the Attorney General's Office, the Prisoner Review Board, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, the Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, the Cook County State's Attorney, a State's Attorney selected by the President of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, the Cook County Public Defender, and the State Appellate Defender.
(c-5) The Department of Human Services shall provide administrative support for the Task Force.
(d) The Task Force's plans shall be released within one year of the effective date of this Act and shall at a minimum include:
(1) A computerized method and design to allow
each of the State and local agencies and branches of government which are part of the criminal justice system to share the results of the assessment. The recommendations for the automated system shall include cost estimates, a timetable, a plan to pay for the system and for sharing data across agencies and branches of government.
(2) A selection of a common validated tool to
be used across the system.
(3) A description of the different points in
the system at which the tool shall be used.
(4) An implementation plan, including training
and the selection of pilot sites to test the tool.
(5) How often and in what intervals offenders
will be reassessed.
(6) How the results can be legally shared with
non-governmental organizations that provide treatment and services to those under local supervision.
(Source: P.A. 96-761, eff. 1-1-10.)
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