BILL NUMBER: AB 2570	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2014
	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, 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 annually on September 15
each year, as specified, 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.


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.