BILL NUMBER: AB 2570	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2014

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 amended, 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.   board, beginning
January 1, 2015, to examine the department's effort to assist inmates
and parolees obtain postrelease health care coverage. 
   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.  Beginning January
1, 2015, the board shall examine the department's effort to assist
inmates and parolees obtain postrelease health care coverage. 
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.