JHA Testimony in support of HB 2045 to Senate Criminal Law Committee

Testimony in support of HB 2045 to the Senate Criminal Law Committee of the 101st Illinois General Assembly, May 7, 2019.

HB 2045 will repeal the statutory language compelling IDOC to collect a $5 co-pay from inmates who request medical services. Elimination of the co-pay will be cost effective, and result in healthier, safer prisons to the benefit of inmates, staff, and the State of Illinois as a whole.