Bill Text: NJ A839 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires DOC to conduct quarterly site visits at residential community release programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-02 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A839 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A839-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CHARLES MAINOR
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOC to conduct quarterly site visits at residential community release programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning residential community release programs and supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Corrections shall conduct quarterly scheduled and unscheduled site visits at the residential community release programs, including the assessment and treatment centers, for the purpose of monitoring contract performance and the implementation of corrective action by the vendors, if necessary. The residential community release program vendors shall not be advised of the dates and times of the unscheduled site visits.
2. The Commissioner of Corrections, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Corrections (DOC) to conduct quarterly scheduled and unscheduled site visits at the residential community release programs, also known as halfway houses.
Specifically, under the provisions of this bill, the DOC is required to conduct quarterly scheduled and unscheduled site visits at the halfway houses, including the assessment and treatment centers. The halfway house vendors cannot be advised of the dates or times of the unscheduled site visits.
The purpose of the site visits is to monitor the halfway house vendors' performance of the terms of the contract entered into between the State and the vendors and to monitor the implementation of any corrective action taken by the vendors, if necessary.
This bill is in response to testimony heard by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on July 23, 2012 concerning oversight and accountability of this State's halfway houses.
