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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           973 (Negrete McLeod)
          
          Hearing Date:  05/27/2010           Amended: 05/25/2010
          Consultant:  Jacqueline Wong-HernandezPolicy Vote: Public Safety  
          7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 973 requires the Department of Corrections and  
          Rehabilitation (CDCR) to operate a parole reentry program at an  
          existing Day Reporting Center in San Bernardino County that  
          would, in partnership with local law enforcement and service  
          agencies, provide specified services to parolees. 
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund
           
          Pilot reentry program                  $200                $600   
                        $600           General

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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE.
          
          This bill creates a new parole reentry program at a day  
          reporting center in the city of San Bernardino, which would  
          provide parolees with various services including transitional  
          housing, educational services, and job services. The bill  
          requires that CDCR maintain specified statistical information.

          The exact cost of the bill will be determined by the scope and  
          extent of services provided. It is unclear how many new parolees  
          would be served by this program, and whether it would be  
          required as a condition of parole for some or all of the  
          participants. The existing day reporting center in San  
          Bernardino (which provides some of the services outlined in this  
          bill) will become operational in October 2010, and will be   
          funded by a CDCR contract of $1.2 million General Fund per  
          fiscal year. The program proposed by this bill would add new  
          services to that existing contract.











          To the extent the reentry program successfully reduces  
          recidivism and/or dependence on state social services programs,  
          the state will realize cost savings. The amount of state savings  
          depends on the number of parolees successfully served.