Bill Text: CA SB903 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Prisons: California Rehabilitation Oversight Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 821, Statutes of 2022. [SB903 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB903-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 903
CHAPTER 821
An act to amend Section 6141 of the Penal Code, relating to prisons.
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Approved by
Governor
September 29, 2022.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 29, 2022.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 903, Hertzberg.
Prisons: California Rehabilitation Oversight Board.
Existing law establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board in the Office of the Inspector General and requires the board to regularly examine the various mental health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for incarcerated persons and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires the board to annually report to the Governor and the Legislature, as specified.
This bill would additionally require the board to examine the department’s efforts to address the housing needs of incarcerated persons, including those who are identified as having serious mental health needs, who are released to the community as
parolees and to include specified data on homelessness in its reports.