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Sponsors
24 Co-sponsors
- Greg Ball
- John J. Bonacic
- Phil Boyle
- Patrick M. Gallivan
- Terry Gipson
- Martin J. Golden
- Joseph A. Griffo
- Kemp Hannon
- Andrew J. Lanza
- William J. Larkin Jr.
- Kenneth P. LaValle
- Betty Little
- Carl L. Marcellino
- Kathleen A. Marchione
- Jack M. Martins
- George D. Maziarz
- Thomas F. O'Mara
- Michael H. Ranzenhofer
- Patty Ritchie
- Joseph E. Robach
- Diane J. Savino
- James L. Seward
- David J. Valesky
- Catharine Young
History
- Referred to correction
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1144
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 7655a
- Amend (t) and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7655A
Title of bill
An act directing the study of the feasibility of converting certain correctional facilities into treatment facilities
Purpose
This bill directs the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting correctional facilities which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for persons addicted to controlled substances.
Summary of provisions:
Section one of the bill directs the Department of Correctional Services and Community Supervision and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of converting correctional facilities, which are closed or scheduled to be closed, to be used as treatment facilities for the treatment of persons with substance abuse addiction both on an in-patient residential basis and an outpatient basis. The study shall be comprehensive and shall evaluate the efficacy of removing individuals from the community and placing those individuals in residential treatment facilities, assess the value of treatment in a facility which was formerly used as a correctional facility, and perform an analysis of the extent of renovations needed as well as an estimate of the cost of those renovations. Other considerations are to be taken into account as part of the study, such as the number of participants for operating efficiency and the factors to be considering in determining or recommending the treatment modalities to be provided.
Section two provides that the study is to be completed and a report issued within sixty days.
Justification
Adequate treatment facilities and programs and a sufficient supply of treatment beds has been an issue in the substance abuse treatment field for some time and the recent dramatic increase of heroin addiction, which is reaching epidemic proportions has amplified that shortage. The state has been closing prisons for some time and plans to close additional prisons in the very near future. This bill requires that a study be done of those correctional facilities to determine the feasibility of converting those facilities to treatment facilities. The need for additional beds has become obvious and this bill provides an opportunity to whether those beds can be provided in existing facilities owned by the state.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediately.
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