Bill Text: OH SB33 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To require the Bureau of Examination and Classification within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to develop a re-entry plan for each inmate of a correctional institution.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-10 - To Judiciary Criminal Justice [SB33 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SB33-Introduced.html
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Senator Miller, D.
Cosponsors:
Senators Turner, Roberts, Miller, R., Fedor, Schiavoni, Sawyer, Stewart
To amend section 5120.11 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
require the Bureau of Examination and | 2 |
Classification within the Department of | 3 |
Rehabilitation and Correction to develop a | 4 |
re-entry plan for each inmate of a correctional | 5 |
institution. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5120.11 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
amended to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 5120.11. Within the department of rehabilitation and | 9 |
correction, there shall be established and maintained a bureau of | 10 |
examination and classification. The bureau shall conduct or | 11 |
provide for sociological, psychological, and psychiatric | 12 |
examination of each inmate of the correctional institutions. The | 13 |
examination shall be made as soon as possible after each inmate is | 14 |
admitted to any of the institutions, and further examinations may | 15 |
be made, if it is advisable. If the inmate is determined to be a | 16 |
mentally retarded or developmentally disabled person, as defined | 17 |
in section 5123.01 of the Revised Code, the bureau shall notify | 18 |
the sentencing court in writing of its determination within | 19 |
forty-five days after sentencing. | 20 |
At the time of the examination, unless contraindicated | 21 |
because of the nature of the sentence, the bureau also shall | 22 |
prepare a written re-entry plan for each inmate to assist in the | 23 |
inmate's re-entry into the community and to assess the inmate's | 24 |
needs upon release. The department shall adopt rules under Chapter | 25 |
119. of the Revised Code that establish standards to be used by | 26 |
the bureau in preparing re-entry plans. | 27 |
The bureau shall collect such social and other information as | 28 |
will aid in the interpretation of its examinations and preparation | 29 |
of re-entry plans. | 30 |
Subject to division (C) of section 5120.21 of the Revised | 31 |
Code, the bureau shall keep a record of the health, activities, | 32 |
and behavior of each inmate while the inmate is in the custody of | 33 |
the state. The records, including the findings and recommendations | 34 |
of the bureau, shall be made available to the adult parole | 35 |
authority for use in imposing post-release control sanctions under | 36 |
section 2967.28 of the Revised Code or any other section of the | 37 |
Revised Code, in granting parole, and in making parole, | 38 |
post-release, and rehabilitation plans for the inmate when the | 39 |
inmate leaves the institution, and to the department for its use | 40 |
in approving transfers of inmates from one institution to another. | 41 |
Section 2. That existing section 5120.11 of the Revised Code | 42 |
is hereby repealed. | 43 |