BILL NUMBER: SB 1453	CHAPTERED  09/30/06

	CHAPTER  875
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Speier

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add and repeal Section 2933.4 of the Penal Code,
relating to prisoners.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1453, Speier  Participation in inprison drug treatment program:
mandatory aftercare.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation to reduce the prison term of specified inmates for
good behavior and participation, as specified.
   This bill would provide that certain inmates under the custody of
the department, after successful completion of an inprison drug
treatment program, upon parole, shall, whenever possible, be entered
into a residential aftercare drug treatment program. If the parolee
successfully completes 150 days of residential aftercare, he or she
shall be discharged from parole, as specified. The bill would also
require the department to report annually to the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee and the State Auditor on the effectiveness of these
provisions.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2933.4 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   2933.4.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
inmate under the custody of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation who is not currently serving and has not served a
prior indeterminate sentence or a sentence for a violent felony, a
serious felony, or a crime that requires him or her to register as a
sex offender pursuant to Section 290, who has successfully completed
an inprison drug treatment program, upon release from state prison,
shall, whenever possible, be entered into a 150-day residential
aftercare drug treatment program sanctioned by the department.
   (b) As a condition of parole, if the inmate successfully completes
150 days of residential aftercare treatment, as determined by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the aftercare
provider, the parolee shall be discharged from parole supervision at
that time.
   (c) Commencing with 2008, the department shall report annually to
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the State Auditor on the
effectiveness of these provisions, including recidivism rates.