Bill Text: CA AB1919 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: California Immigrant Integration Task Force.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-07 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. [AB1919 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1919-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1919	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act  to add Section 1210.17 to the Penal Code, 
relating to inmates.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1919, as amended, V. Manuel Pérez. Inmates:  local
supervision:  assessment.
   Existing law generally requires felons to be incarcerated in 
state prison or  county jails and generally requires those
inmates  to  be supervised by  the   Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation or  county probation agencies
upon release. Existing law authorizes a variety of programs for
inmates who are  supervised by local probation agencies
  on postrelease supervision, including parole,
postrelease community supervision, and mandatory supervision  .

   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to provide better assessment of inmates in local
facilities for purposes of local supervision after their release, or
local supervision as an alternative to incarceration.  
   This bill would encourage all actors in the criminal justice
system to use a validated risk and needs assessment, as defined, to
help make determinations at all stages of the judicial process, as
prescribed. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 1210.17 is added to the 
 Penal Code   ,  immediately following Section
1210.16  , to read:  
   1210.17.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) According to research by the Washington State Institute for
Public Policy, combining supervision based on the risk level of an
individual in the criminal justice system with evidence-based
programming to address the specific needs of that individual yields
the greatest reduction in recidivism rates.
   (2) According to a 2010 study, entitled "The Role of Offender Risk
Assessment: A Policy Maker Guide," the mismatch of higher
supervision and inappropriate services can actually increase the
recidivism rate of a low-risk individual, thereby decreasing public
safety and wasting valuable funding.
   (3) Validated risk and needs assessments are an important tool
that can provide decisionmakers with data to help predict an
individual's likelihood of committing a crime and engaging in harmful
behavior, such as substance abuse, and can help determine which
interventions or services will have the most impact on the
individual.
   (4) Validated risk and needs assessments can be used at many
different times in the criminal justice process, including in
determining who should be detained while awaiting trial, on
probation, before release from incarceration, and while on
postrelease supervision, such as parole, postrelease community
supervision, or mandatory supervision.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "risk and needs assessment"
means a set of measures and questions that are used to measure the
risk of an individual to commit another offense, miss future court
appearance or other appointments, engage in substance abuse, and
determine what unmet needs the individual has.
   (c) All actors in the criminal justice system are encouraged to
use a validated risk and needs assessment to help make determinations
at all stages of the judicial process, including in making the
determination of who should be detained while awaiting trial, and
determining supervision level and service referrals while on
probation, before release from incarceration, and while on
postrelease supervision, such as parole, postrelease community
supervision, or mandatory supervision.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to provide better assessment of inmates in local
facilities for purposes of local supervision after their release or
local supervision as an alternative to incarceration, including
postrelease services such as education and vocational training.