Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 6 months. Provides that a committed person, or the committed person's parent or guardian, may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice at any time.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Provides that a committed person may make a request to be transferred to another institution or facility every 12 (rather than 6) months. Provides that Department of Corrections staff shall consider programmatic needs and visitation hardships for each committed person requesting to be transferred to ensure the committed person is placed in a facility best suited to the committed person's case plan.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 730 ILCS 5/3
Engrossed: 730 ILCS 5/3