BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW Senator Mark Leno, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Bill No: AB 112 Hearing Date: June 18, 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Author: |Committee on Budget | |----------+------------------------------------------------------| |Version: |January 9, 2015 Introduced | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultant|Julie Salley-Gray | |: | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Budget Act of 2015. Summary: Provides for statutory changes necessary to enact the public safety provisions of the Budget Act of 2015. Background: As part of the 2015-16 budget package, AB 112 makes statutory changes to implement the budget act. Proposed Law: This bill makes the following statutory changes: 1.Debt Amnesty Program. Establishes an 18-month amnesty program, which allows individuals with past-due court-ordered debt to receive a reduction in the amount owed if they meet certain eligibility criteria. Allow drivers with suspended licenses to reinstate their licenses as part of the amnesty program. 2.Drug Interdiction. Requires an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) enhanced drug interdiction effort. Removes the requirement that visitors be offered a strip search as an option if they test positive using an Ion scanner or canines. 3.Enhanced Treatment Program Reporting Requirements. Requires the Department of State Hospitals to submit written draft AB 112 (Committee on Budget) Page 2 of ? policies and procedures that will guide the operation of the Enhanced Treatment Units (ETPs) prior to the activation of the ETPs. 4.Closure of the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC). Requires the Administration to provide an updated comprehensive plan for the state prison system, including a permanent solution for the decaying infrastructure of the California Rehabilitation Center. In addition, states legislative findings and declarations that given the reduction in the prison population, the Legislature believes that further investment in building additional prisons is unnecessary at this time and that the California Rehabilitation Center can be closed without jeopardizing the court-ordered population cap. 5.Community Performance Incentive Grants. Updates the formula for the Community Performance Incentive Grants to reflect changes in the prison and county probation populations as a result of 2011 Public Safety Realignment. 6.Office of Law Enforcement Support (OLES) Reporting Requirements. Requires OLES to submit reports to the Legislature semi-annually, beginning October 1, 2016, that include, but are not limited to, the following: a. The number, type, and disposition of complaints made against employees. b. A synopsis of each investigation reviewed by the Office of Law Enforcement Support. c. An assessment of the quality of each investigation. d. The report of any settlement and whether the Office of Law Enforcement Support concurred with the settlement. e. The extent to which any disciplinary action was modified after imposition. f. Timeliness of investigations and completion of investigation reports. g. The number of reports made to an individual's licensing board, in cases involving serious or criminal misconduct by the individual. h. The number of investigations referred for criminal prosecution and employee disciplinary action and the outcomes of those cases. i. The adequacy of the State Department of State AB 112 (Committee on Budget) Page 3 of ? Hospitals' and the Developmental Centers Division of the State Department of Developmental Services' systems for tracking patterns and monitoring investigation outcomes and employee compliance with training requirements. 7.Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training (CPOST). Reduces the length of the correctional officer training academy from 16 to 12 weeks and re-establishes CPOST. CPOST is responsible for developing and monitoring standards for the selection and training of correctional officers and would be governed by six members (three from CDCR management and three from the correctional officers' union) appointed by the Governor. In addition, requires CPOST to regularly consult with experts in the area of correctional officer training. 8.Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program. Authorizes the California Highway Patrol to develop a plan, by January 1, 2016, for conducting a body-worn camera pilot program that explores things such as the types of officers that would be assigned or permitted to wear body-worn cameras, the minimum specifications for the cameras to be used in the program, and the best practices for notifying the public that an officer's body-worn camera is recording. 9.Involuntary Medication Process for Individuals found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Modifies the fair hearing process for individuals who have been found not guilty by reason of insanity and refuse to take medication. 10.Restoration of Competency. Removes the sunset date for the Restoration of Competency program. Streamlines current local restoration of competency programs, funded by the Department of State Hospitals to allow more counties to participate in the program. 11.Native American Heritage Day. Clarifies that Native American Heritage Day is not a court holiday. 12.Sunset Extension for Enhanced Civil Fees. Extends the sunset for enhanced civil fees from July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2018. 13.Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Growth Special Account. Deletes the requirement that funds in the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Growth Special Account be distributed AB 112 (Committee on Budget) Page 4 of ? on August 25th of each fiscal year. Specifies that each growth allocation from the Enhancing Law Enforcement Activities Growth Special Account shall utilize the same allocation schedules calculated for the base allocations from the same fiscal year to which the growth is attributed. 14.Includes other technical and clarifying changes necessary to enact the budget. Fiscal Effect: The funding related to the changes in this bill is contained in the 2015-16 budget act. The bill also contains a reappropriation for the Board of State and Community Corrections to administer the mentally ill crime reduction grants. Support: Unknown. Opposed: Unknown. Comments: This bill provides the necessary statutory references to enact the 2015-16 budget related to public safety. -- END --