2023 House Bill 5017

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 5017 would amend the Corrections Code to require the Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide reentry services to prisoners who are discharged from custody immediately after being resentenced by a court because of their age at the time of the relevant offense. The act now requires DOC to provide all of the following in a timely manner to a prisoner who is discharged from custody because their sentence was reversed, vacated, or overturned: • Reentry services, excluding reentry housing, consistent with the services received by parolees for a period of up to two years following the date of discharge. • Reentry housing, consistent with the transitional housing provided to parolees for a period of up to one year following the date of discharge. • Vital documents, including at least the prisoner's birth certificate.