BILL NUMBER: SB 678	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 1203.83 to the Penal Code, relating to
probation.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 678, as introduced, Negrete McLeod. Probation: community
corrections multidisciplinary teams.
   Existing law authorizes the members of multidisciplinary teams
engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of juvenile
crime to share certain information with each other, as specified.
   This bill would, in addition, authorize the members of community
corrections multidisciplinary teams engaged in providing community
corrections supervision, treatment, and services, to exchange
nonprivileged information and writings with one another relating to
incidents of adult crime, as specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1203.83 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   1203.83.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members
of a community corrections multidisciplinary team may disclose and
exchange nonprivileged information and writings to and with one
another relating to any incidents of adult crime that may be part of
an adult court record or designated as confidential under state law
if the member of the team having that information or writing
reasonably believes it is generally relevant to providing community
corrections supervision and services. Every member of a community
corrections multidisciplinary team who receives that information or
writings shall be under the same privacy and confidentiality
obligations and subject to the same penalties for violating those
obligations as the person disclosing or providing the information or
writings. The information obtained shall be maintained in a manner
that ensures the protection of confidentiality.
   (b) As used in this section, "nonprivileged information" means any
information not subject to a privilege pursuant to Division 8
(commencing with Section 900) of the Evidence Code.
   (c) As used in this section, "community corrections" means the
placement of persons convicted of a felony offense under probation
supervision, with conditions imposed by a court for a specified
period.
   (d) As used in this section, "multidisciplinary team" means any
team of three or more persons, the members of which are engaged in
providing community corrections supervision, treatment, and services.
The team may include, but is not limited to:
   (1) Probation officers.
   (2) Police officers, sheriffs' deputies, and other law enforcement
officers.
   (3) Social workers.
   (4) Health and mental health providers.
   (5) Substance abuse treatment providers.
   (6) Education professionals.
   (7) Employment coordinators.
   (8) Representatives from community-based organizations with
experience in successfully providing rehabilitative services.