Bill Text: CA AB1961 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: California Rehabilitation Oversight Board: reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB1961 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB1961-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1961 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gilmore
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
An act to amend Section 6141 of the Penal Code, relating to
prisons.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1961, as introduced, Gilmore. California Rehabilitation
Oversight Board: reports.
Existing law establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight
Board in the Office of the Inspector General and requires the board
to evaluate mental health, substance abuse, educational, and
employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires
the board to submit biannual reports to the Governor and Legislature
regarding the effectiveness of treatment and rehabilitation services
and to make recommendations with respect to modification, additions,
and eliminations of these programs.
This bill would require the board's reports to recommend the
elimination of any program or treatment effort the board finds is not
cost effective or is unsuccessful. This bill would require the board
to complete an evaluation of all of these programs by January 1,
2021, and would state the intention of the Legislature that the board
complete 10% of its evaluation each year.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 6141 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
6141. The California Rehabilitation Oversight Board shall meet at
least quarterly, and shall regularly examine the various mental
health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for
inmates and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation. The board shall report to the Governor and the
Legislature biannually, on March 15 and September 15, and may submit
other reports during the year if it finds they are necessary. The
reports shall include, but are not limited to, findings on the
effectiveness of treatment efforts, rehabilitation needs of
offenders, gaps in rehabilitation services in the department, and
levels of offender participation and success in the programs. The
board shall also make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature
with respect to modifications, additions, and eliminations of
rehabilitation and treatment programs. Each report shall
recommend the elimination of any rehabilitation or treatment program
or treatment effort that the board finds is not cost effective or is
unsuccessful and may include a recommendation that funding be
redirected to more effective programs or treatment efforts. In
performing its duties, the board shall use the work products
developed for the department as a result of the provisions of the
2006 Budget Act, including Provision 18 of Item 5225-001-0001.
The board shall complete the evaluation of all mental health,
substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and
parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation by January 1, 2021. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the board shall complete 10 percent of
this evaluation each year and include that information in the reports
required by this section.
