BILL ANALYSIS
SB 868
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 868 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)
As Amended October 7, 2010
2/3 vote. Urgency
SENATE VOTE :Vote not relevant
SUMMARY : This is the Public Safety trailer bill. It contains
necessary statutory and technical changes to implement the
Budget Act of 2010. Specifically, this bill :
1)Permits local governments to use design-build process in the
construction of jail and juvenile justice rehabilitation
facility projects authorized by AB 900 (Solorio), Chapter 7,
Statutes of 2007 and SB 81(Committee on Budget), Chapter 175,
Statutes of 2007, respectively.
2)Increases existing lease-revenue bond authority (from $100
million to $300 million) for the construction of local
juvenile rehabilitation facilities.
3)Grants the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation (CDCR) authority to provide one-year extensions
for prison health care workers hired from out of state to
acquire their state license if there are extenuating
circumstances. Authority is consistent with other state
departments.
4)Requires CDCR to provide the Legislature with an annual report
on its operations and performance related to each of its
budgeted programs.
5)AB 900 provides a one-time $300 million General Fund (GF)
appropriation for prison facility infrastructure repair and
expansion. SB 868 allows these funds to also be used for two
additional purposes: a) site evaluations for state reentry
facilities; and, b) prison dental facility modifications.
6)Requires that on a prospective basis, county probation
departments will be responsible for the supervision of
offenders released from state juvenile facilities. Further
requires that courts, rather than the Juvenile Parole Board,
determine the terms and conditions of supervision, as well as
make revocation decisions when these offenders violate those
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terms and conditions. Establishes a formula that provides
county probation departments with $15,000 for each juvenile
offender on their caseload under this realignment, as well as
$115,000 for each of these offenders held in a local juvenile
facility. Changes are estimated to save the state $5 million
in 2010-11.
7)Allows for the development, by CDCR and the Department of
Health Care Services, of a process to maximize federal
financial participation for the provision of inpatient
hospital services rendered to individuals who, but for their
institutional status as inmates, are otherwise eligible for
Medi-Cal or for the Coverage Expansion and Enrollment
Demonstration Project.
8)Requires the CDCR to maintain a statewide utilization
management program, similar to that used by HMOs, to limit
visits to specialists and promote efficient use of prison
health care resources.
9)Provides that the CDCR may establish a formulary to sustain
the use of generics and manage medication usage within the
prison system and authorizes the establishment of a Central
Fill Pharmacy. Also requires the establishment and reporting
to the Legislature of annual performance measures.
10)Urgency Clause. Declares this bill take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
Analysis Prepared by : Joe Stephenshaw / BUDGET / (916)319-2099
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