Bill Text: CA SB1054 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 436, Statutes of 2014. [SB1054 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1054-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1054 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 436
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 21, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 23, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senator Steinberg
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
An act to amend Sections 6032, 6045, 6045.4, and 6045.8 of the
Penal Code, relating to mentally ill criminal offenders.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1054, Steinberg. Mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.
(1) Existing law establishes, within the Board of State and
Community Corrections, the California Juvenile Justice Data Working
Group, as provided, and the working group is required, among other
things, to recommend a plan for improving specified juvenile justice
reporting requirements, including streamlining and consolidating
requirements without sacrificing meaningful data collection. The
working group is required to submit its recommendations to the board
no later than December 31, 2014.
This bill would extend, to April 30, 2015, the date to submit
recommendations.
(2) Existing law requires the board to administer mentally ill
offender crime reduction grants on a competitive basis to counties
that expand or establish a continuum of timely and effective
responses to reduce crime and criminal justice costs related to
mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders. The grants administered by
the board are required to be divided between adult and juvenile
mentally ill offender crime reduction grants in accordance with the
funds appropriated for each type of grant.
This bill would clarify that the grants be divided equally between
adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants.
(3) Existing law requires an application for a mentally ill
offender crime reduction grant to describe a 4-year plan for
programs, services, or strategies, and requires the board to award
grants that provide funding for 4 years with the proviso that funding
beyond the first year of the plan is contingent upon annual
appropriations and the availability of funds to support mentally ill
offender crime reduction grants beyond the first funding year.
This bill would delete that proviso and reduce the term of the
award grants to funding for 3 years.
(4) Existing law requires the board to create an evaluation design
for adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants
that assesses the effectiveness of the program in reducing crime,
adult and juvenile offender incarceration and placement levels, early
releases due to jail overcrowding, and local criminal and juvenile
justice costs. The board is required to annually submit a report to
the Legislature based on the evaluation design, commencing October 1,
2015, with a final report due on December 31, 2019.
This bill would change the due date of the final report to
December 31, 2018.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 6032 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
6032. (a) There is hereby established within the Board of State
and Community Corrections the California Juvenile Justice Data
Working Group. The purpose of the working group is to recommend
options for coordinating and modernizing the juvenile justice data
systems and reports that are developed and maintained by state and
county agencies.
(b) (1) The working group shall include representatives from each
of the following:
(A) The Department of Justice.
(B) The Board of State and Community Corrections.
(C) The Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(D) The Chief Probation Officers of California.
(E) The Judicial Council.
(F) The California State Association of Counties.
(G) Any other representatives that are deemed appropriate by the
board.
(2) Members of the working group shall include persons that have
experience or expertise related to the California juvenile justice
system or the design and implementation of juvenile justice data
systems, or both.
(c) (1) The working group shall analyze the capacities and
limitations of the data systems and networks used to collect and
report state and local juvenile caseload and outcome data. The
analysis shall include all of the following:
(A) A review of the relevant data systems, studies, or models from
California and other states having elements worthy of replication in
California.
(B) Identify changes or upgrades to improve the capacity and
utility of juvenile justice caseload and outcome data in California,
including changes to support the gathering of juvenile justice
outcome and recidivism information, and changes to improve
performance outcome measurements for state-local juvenile justice
grant programs.
(2) No later than January 1, 2016, the working group shall prepare
and submit a report to the Legislature on the options for improving
interagency coordination, modernization, and upgrading of state and
local juvenile justice data and information systems. The report shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) The additional collection and reporting responsibilities for
agencies, departments, or providers that would be affected.
(B) Recommendations for the creation of a Web-based statewide
clearinghouse or information center that would make relevant juvenile
justice information on operations, caseloads, dispositions, and
outcomes available in a user-friendly, query-based format for
stakeholders and members of the public.
(C) An assessment of the feasibility of implementing the
responsibilities identified in subparagraph (A) and the
recommendations developed pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(3) The working group shall also recommend a plan for improving
the current juvenile justice reporting requirements of Section 1961
of the Welfare and Institutions Code and Section 30061 of the
Government Code, including streamlining and consolidating current
requirements without sacrificing meaningful data collection. The
working group shall submit its recommendations to the Board of State
and Community Corrections no later than April 30, 2015.
(d) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (c) is inoperative on January 1, 2016, pursuant to
Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision
(c) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code.
SEC. 2. Section 6045 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
6045. (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall
administer mentally ill offender crime reduction grants on a
competitive basis to counties that expand or establish a continuum of
timely and effective responses to reduce crime and criminal justice
costs related to mentally ill offenders. The grants administered
under this article by the board shall be divided equally between
adult and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants in
accordance with the funds appropriated for each type of grant. The
grants shall support prevention, intervention, supervision, and
incarceration-based services and strategies to reduce recidivism and
to improve outcomes for mentally ill juvenile and adult offenders.
(b) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(1) "Board" means the Board of State and Community Corrections.
(2) "Mentally ill adult offenders" means persons described in
subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5600.3 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.
(3) "Mentally ill juvenile offenders" means persons described in
subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code.
SEC. 3. Section 6045.4 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
6045.4. (a) The application submitted by a county shall describe
a four-year plan for the programs, services, or strategies to be
provided under the grant. The board shall award grants that provide
funding for three years. Funding shall be used to supplement, rather
than supplant, funding for existing programs. Funds may be used to
fund specialized alternative custody programs that offer appropriate
mental health treatment and services.
(b) A grant shall not be awarded unless the applicant makes
available resources in accordance with the instructions of the board
in an amount equal to at least 25 percent of the amount of the grant.
Resources may include in-kind contributions from participating
agencies.
(c) In awarding grants, priority or preference shall be given to
those grant applications that include documented match funding that
exceeds 25 percent of the total grant amount.
SEC. 4. Section 6045.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
6045.8. (a) The board shall create an evaluation design for adult
and juvenile mentally ill offender crime reduction grants that
assesses the effectiveness of the program in reducing crime, adult
and juvenile offender incarceration and placement levels, early
releases due to jail overcrowding, and local criminal and juvenile
justice costs. The evaluation design may include outcome measures
related to the service levels, treatment modes, and stability
measures for juvenile and adult offenders participating in, or
benefitting from, mentally ill offender crime reduction grant
programs or services.
(b) Commencing on October 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the
board shall submit a report to the Legislature based on the
evaluation design, with a final report due on December 31, 2018.
(c) The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section shall be repealed as of January 1, 2024.
