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History
- Print number 6349a
- Amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Provides for the examination of the re-entry of incarcerated individuals
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Luis R. Sepúlveda
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act in relation to the examination of an incarcerated individual's re-entry planning; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
To ensure that sanctions are removed or examined as part of an incarcerated individuals re-entry planning.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 requires the office of temporary and disability assistance and the department of corrections and community supervision to examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the current sanctions placed by the state and local social services districts on individual's re-entry planning including but not limited to: Housing; Medical; Mental health counseling; Substance abuse and addiction services; Employment; Benefits programs; and Childcare Services.
Section 2 provides the authority to the office and department to request and receive any available information from state and local agencies that are relevant and material to the study in section 1.
Section 3 requires a report by the office and department within twelve months of the effective date to be delivered to the governor, to the majority and minority leaders of the senate and assembly and to the chairs of relevant committees in both the senate and the assembly on the office and department's findings, conclusions and recommendations and shall submit any legislative or regulatory proposals deemed necessary to implement their recommendations.
Justification
At a recent roundtable, many individuals raised the concern of social service sanctions and the implications that these sanctions have for individuals who are currently incarcerated and will be released shortly.
The concern being that many times when a person is on public assistance and then incarcerated they are often subject to having sanctions placed on them which in many instances stay with them even after they are released which has been a leading cause of recidivism. This legislation will require the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to conduct an evaluation on the current way the sanction system exists as part of re-entry planning.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
Minimal
Effective date
The act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed one year after it shall have become law.
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