BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 6, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
1870 (Gallagher) - As Introduced February 10, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill, beginning July 1, 2017, requires the Board of State
and Community Corrections (BSCC), in consultation with specified
stakeholders - courts, sheriffs, counties, probation - to
collect and analyze data regarding recidivism rates of
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offenders sentenced and released under realignment, and requires
the data collection and analysis to include one, two, and
three-year recidivism rates. BSCC is required post the data
online quarterly beginning September 1, 2018.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Annual GF staffing costs, likely in the range of $300,000 for
2.5 personnel-year equivalents to collect, track, analyze, and
post data relating to thousands of offenders. Collecting the
required data will be a challenge, as it will require
considerable cooperation with local law enforcement.
As written, this bill does not require counties to collect and
submit new data to the BSCC. Under Proposition 30, the state is
required to provide funding to local governments if it imposes a
higher level of service on a local agency for a realigned
program. To the extent the state does not provide funding to
cover the cost, local governments are not required to provide
the higher level of service. If the data collection was a
requirement on counties, this bill would increase the level of
services for a realigned program and require state funding for
counties.
COMMENTS:
1)Background. The mission of BSCC includes providing statewide
leadership, coordination, and technical assistance to promote
effective state and local efforts and partnerships in
California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system. BSCC
is charged with collecting and maintaining available
information and data about state and community correctional
policies, practices, capacities, and needs, including, but not
limited to, prevention, intervention, suppression,
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supervision, and incapacitation.
2)Purpose. According to the author, "'It is imperative that we
track the recidivism rates of offenders who, before
realignment, would have served their sentence in prison, but
now serve those sentences in county jails or being released
early. This is important data that is necessary to evaluate
the effects of realignment on public safety in our communities
and the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs? Collecting
and reporting recidivism data is an essential part of
evaluating the success of realignment and in identifying any
need for changes."
3)Prior Legislation:
a) AB 602 (Gallagher) of the 2014 Legislative Session, a
substantially similar bill, was held on this committee's
Suspense File.
b) AB 2521 (Hagman), of the 2013-2014 Legislative Session,
another similar bill, was held on the Senate Appropriations
Suspense File.
c) AB 1050 (Dickinson), Chapter 270, Statutes of 2013,
requires BSCC, in consultation with certain individuals
that represent or are selected after conferring with
specified stakeholders, to develop definitions of key
terms, which include, but are not limited to, "recidivism,"
"average daily population," "treatment program completion
rates," and any other terms deemed relevant in order to
facilitate consistency in local data collection,
evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based practices,
promising evidence-based practices, and evidence-based
programs.
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Analysis Prepared by:Pedro Reyes / APPR. / (916) 319-2081