CD CORR-ADDICTION TREATMENT

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with DuPage County to establish a pilot program within DuPage County, which shall include the establishment of a secure facility for the purpose of delivering intensive and individualized evidence-based substance abuse treatment to persons sentenced to incarceration. Provides that contingent upon the establishment of a secure treatment facility in DuPage County under an intergovernmental agreement between DuPage County and the Department, a defendant sentenced to a term of incarceration for any Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis Control Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Theft and Related Offenses Article or the Deception and Fraud Article of the Criminal Code of 2012, burglary, or possession of burglary tools, may serve his or her sentence at the secure treatment facility if: (1) the defendant, the State's Attorney, the Department, and DuPage County all consent to the defendant serving his or her sentence at the secure treatment facility; and (2) a risks and needs assessment of the defendant conducted by the Department indicates that the defendant has a severe addiction which makes it likely that he or she will reoffend if the addiction is not effectively treated. Provides that the pilot program shall terminate on January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.