BILL NUMBER: AB 2570	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 6141 of the Penal Code, relating to
prisons.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2570, as introduced, Skinner. Prisons: California
Rehabilitation Oversight Board.
   Existing law requires the California Rehabilitation Oversight
Board to regularly examine the various mental health, substance
abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and parolees
operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and to
report to the Governor and the Legislature on March 15 and September
15 each year, as specified, including findings on the effectiveness
of treatment efforts and recommendations with respect to
modification, addition, and elimination of rehabilitation and
treatment programs.
   This bill would additionally require the board to regularly
examine the health care programs for inmates and parolees operated by
the department, and make reports, findings, and recommendations as
described above.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6141 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   6141.  The California Rehabilitation Oversight Board shall meet at
least quarterly, and shall regularly examine the various mental
health,  health care,  substance abuse, educational, and
employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The board shall report
to the Governor and the Legislature biannually, on March 15 and
September 15, and may submit other reports during the year if it
finds they are necessary. The reports shall include, but are not
limited to, findings on the effectiveness of treatment efforts,
rehabilitation needs of offenders, gaps in rehabilitation services in
the department, and levels of offender participation and success in
the programs. The board shall also make recommendations to the
Governor and Legislature with respect to modifications, additions,
and eliminations of rehabilitation and treatment programs. In
performing its duties, the board shall use the work products
developed for the department as a result of the provisions of the
2006 Budget Act, including Provision 18 of Item 5225-001-0001.