BILL NUMBER: AB 2570	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2014
	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
  annually on  September 15 each year, as
specified,  including   and include in the
report, among other things,  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, beginning January
1, 2015, to examine the department's effort to assist inmates and
parolees  to  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 twice annually, and shall regularly examine the various mental
health, 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 to
obtain postrelease health care coverage.  The board shall report
to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on 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  the  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.

  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, 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.